Widows Struggle through Illegal Brews in Kibera the slums.

For a long period of time, most women from Kibera slums have been under the influence of Alcohol. Not considering the side effects, it has become one of the routines that different ladies here at the age of twenty-five and above are taking to survive their daily life. As many women might take alcohol as a way of celebration and as a way of connecting with friends and family during their fun moments, In one of Nairobi’s largest slum Kibera, women here consume it for different reasons including taking over stress and forgetting about their family problems back home.

This is due to lack of enough job opportunities and support from their husbands. Many women mostly the widows find it hard to take it easy with all the family responsibilities and therefore they spend any amount they get on alcohol and end up forgetting about their family responsibilities.

The high level of alcohol consumption has led to higher rate of deaths, blindness, and risk of many dangerous diseases such as cancer, hypertension, stroke and traumatic injuries with young kids left behind as orphans. The high excessive consumption of alcohol has also lead to the risk of unprotected sexual relations with the public and high chances of women getting raped by unknown villagers around the community leading to unwanted and repeated unstoppable pregnancies. This has led to high risk and spread of Hiv & Aids around the slums and has also left many women taking responsibilities for Kids with unknown fathers.