Kids photograph the slum they call home

By Will Worley, for CNN

Updated 1510 GMT (2310 HKT) January 7, 2016

The Mathare Slum in Nairobi, Kenya, has a reputation for poverty, crime and overcrowding. There are few opportunities for its children. <br /><br />However, there is a charity operating there which aims to change this in a novel way. <br /><a href="http://www.matharefoundation.org/" target="_blank">The Mathare Foundation</a>, established and run by local volunteers like Eric Omwanda, teaches photography to children from Mathare. <br /><br />Here, a student is coached by Mathare volunteer James Otieno, who was a runner up in the Canon Kenya Photography Awards.
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The Mathare Slum in Nairobi, Kenya, has a reputation for poverty, crime and overcrowding. There are few opportunities for its children.

However, there is a charity operating there which aims to change this in a novel way.
The Mathare Foundation, established and run by local volunteers like Eric Omwanda, teaches photography to children from Mathare.

Here, a student is coached by Mathare volunteer James Otieno, who was a runner up in the Canon Kenya Photography Awards.
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The photos offer a unique, insider's insight into life in Mathare, and capture nuances and details that might be missed by an outsider. In this photo, a woman's stall remains open to sell vegetables into the night. <br />
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The photos offer a unique, insider's insight into life in Mathare, and capture nuances and details that might be missed by an outsider. In this photo, a woman's stall remains open to sell vegetables into the night.
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Many of the photos taken by the children reflect the harsh environment they are forced to live in. Hygiene is poor and raw sewage is often present in the streets<br />Here, a young girl does her laundry by the side of the road.