The Kibera slum is experiencing new faces in the wake of each day.
Many citizens, both domestic and foreign, have shown unwavering interests in serving the slum residents. A number of organisations have sprawled up to make use of the slum's marketplaces and businesses to push for awareness and pride in social, economic and cultural diversity.
Middle-class Kenyans have flocked Nairobi slums with ambitions of creating new forms of business opportunities to supplement their meagre stipends. There are a number of non-governmental organisations that are currently operational in Kibera, those offering humanitarian assistance and those raising awareness in the hard slum life and how to cope with it.
Recently, an Irish lady named Amy Davis hinted on joining the Kibera people in charity work. This is just an indication that Kibera is gaining popularity in the national and international arena.
Slum tourism is a sector that is swiftly earning momentum in Nairobi and the slum people are the major beneficiaries. It is only last week that Peter, a Kibera resident, provided tour guide services to a Briton who wanted to get a gist of the slum life. He was able to pocket sh4, 000 in a span of two days by taking the tourist across the various villages of the biggest slum. Peter says the tourist wanted to have a view of Africa's biggest slum after his recent visit to Soweto slums in South Africa.
With the new trend of social enterprise, slum poverty can be a word of the past as people get empowered in fighting illiteracy, diseases and also tribalism that is threatening to tear the country apart.