Study space crisis pushes Nairobi slum learners to community libraries

AMG Foundation Director Andrew Muthee and other officials cut the ribbon at the newly opened Mukuru Kwa Njenga community library on Saturday

For many children growing up in Nairobi's informal settlements, home is a single room shared by an entire family, a space where cooking, sleeping and daily life compete for every square metre, leaving little room for a textbook.

That reality has pushed growing numbers of learners in areas like Mukuru Kwa Njenga and Kibera to seek study spaces elsewhere.