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SCALING THE HEIGHTS: Soweto Academy aims to qualify for national games

Soweto Academy Volleyball team before clinching girls’ volleyball title during the Nairobi Secondary Schools Sports Association at Starehe Boys Centre on July 6, 2014. [PHOTO:JONAH ONYANGO/STANDARD]

A distant glance depicts Soweto Academy just like an extension of sprawling Kibera slum in Nairobi.
The school is located deep inside the slum which is believed to be the largest in Africa.

But Soweto has defied its challenges, including the geographical location, to sit at to the apex of the sport of volleyball in Nairobi.

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