Environmental Pollution in Slums
With environmental pollution being a common feature in slums, students from Mathare slum chose to focus on it. The students learned a lot about environmental pollution in the slum through having interviews with community members. They listed the main causes of pollution as poor garbage disposal and increased human population.
In terms of ensuring that the government plays a role in providing a clean environment, most of the residents said that the government through the county government mostly focus on the cleanliness of the city centre and due to the poverty in the slums, people are unable to have proper waste collection facilities and environmental conservation.
The community members said that it is very difficult to bring people together and have a clean environment since there is little cooperation from the slum dwellers. The community members suggested that to bring change to address the issue of environmental degradation, it should first start with the students who should initiate clean up exercises.