Ryan and Simon’s Trip to Kibera


Apr 25th, 2007 8:30 PM EST
By Virginia Simmons

During the first half hour of the show, we see footage of Ryan and Simon’s in Kibera, a slum in Nairobi, Kenya that fits 1.2 million people in an area the size of New York City’s Central Park.

There they meet a boy who has lost both of his parents and lives with his sister in a one-room home. These two young people must cook, clean, and take care of themselves. The school they go to, costs $200 a year each, and is their only hope to escape extreme poverty.

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