Nairobi's

Then this afternoon, we spent time in Kibera, one of Nairobi's most well-known kagigis, or slums.

Lindsay Maines: Creativity, Energy and Extra-Ordinaryness in Kenya Lindsay Maines 2011

Then this afternoon, we spent time in Kibera, one of Nairobi's most well-known kagigis, or slums.

Lindsay Maines: Creativity, Energy and Extra-Ordinaryness in Kenya Lindsay Maines 2011

My first day at Nairobi's UNHCR compound this summer, I was working at a computer when a woman's scream tore into the air.

Ming Holden: The Real Haunted House Ming Holden 2011

My first day at Nairobi's UNHCR compound this summer, I was working at a computer when a woman's scream tore into the air.

Ming Holden: The Real Haunted House Ming Holden 2011

Simply, working with refugees is working with traumatized persons, and Nairobi's UNHCR office alone has processed well over 400,000 refugees about the same number of people who now populate Dadaab, the refugee camp on the Sudanese border.

Ming Holden: The Real Haunted House Ming Holden 2011

The land in Nairobi's Mavoko township was intended for a new cemetery to replace another graveyard that is full.

Nairobi Mayor Arrested in Cemetery Scandal 2010

However, as I spent more time in Nairobi's urban slums Mathare slum in particular I couldn't help but notice and be concerned by the hundreds of very young children that I saw running around unsupervised on a daily basis.

Soiya Gecaga: Being the Change That I Wish To See In the World Soiya Gecaga 2012

Another poster, noting Nairobi's cloudy skies Monday, said: "No wonder the sun is not shining today."

First African woman to win Nobel Peace Prize dies 2011

However, as I spent more time in Nairobi's urban slums Mathare slum in particular I couldn't help but notice and be concerned by the hundreds of very young children that I saw running around unsupervised on a daily basis.

Soiya Gecaga: Being the Change That I Wish To See In the World Soiya Gecaga 2012

Simply, working with refugees is working with traumatized persons, and Nairobi's UNHCR office alone has processed well over 400,000 refugees about the same number of people who now populate Dadaab, the refugee camp on the Sudanese border.

Ming Holden: The Real Haunted House Ming Holden 2011