I spent my birthday in Kenya, in the slums of Mathare Valley. Today, a couple hundred small human beings surprised me with cake, sang “Happy Birthday,” then fed me….literally. Mathare is one of Africa’s largest slums. In three square miles, close to a million people reside. As you walk the dirt pathways, you can’t help but step in raw sewage mixed with mud. Smoke hovers over the slum from burning garbage, but… Read More