The Pickers of Dandora

A photographic tour of the toxic otherworld in Dandora -- Nairobi's mountainous waste land.

BY MICAH ALBERT | APRIL 19, 2012

Rahab Ruguru, 42, a mother of six children -- between the ages of four and 17 -- moved to a small home directly bordering Dandora after the country's 2007 post-election violence forced her family from their Eldoret farm near the Western border of Kenya.

Micah Albert

 

Micah Albert is a photojournalist. You can see more of his work on his website.

This story was reported with a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.