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Unless you are a resident of Mathare slum, I can bet that you have never heard about Molly Otieno. But you should have, for Molly is now a celeb not only in Mathare, but also internationally.
The 13-year-old was catapulted to fame by a small video camera that she received from the World Food Programme, which she used to record day to day life in Mathare. The video found its way to YouTube and CNN. Later her story was on pages of some of the world’s leading newspapers.
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