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The big-hearted granny saving teenage mothers, widows in Kisumu

Florence Otieno, 77, has been running a rescue centre in Kisumu East since 1996. [Harold Odhiambo, Standard]

A 77-year-old woman from East Kolwa in Kisumu East Sub-County has been taking care of abandoned teenage mothers and widows for 25 years now.

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