Children Play Near River Auji

Lake Victoria is nearby in this photo. The children live in Nyalenda, a slum area of Kisumu, and they walk to the back of their neighborhood to this river, called River Auji (pronounced "ah-oo-gee"). River Auji runs into Lake Victoria about one mile away. Even though the children live so close to these beautiful fields, they are not allowed to play or explore back here because of snakes.