slums
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Cooking with firewood or coal is unsafe in cramped rooms in slums.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
Residents are running guided tours through slums once controlled by gang leaders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
Wine grew up in one of Kampala's biggest slums, Kamwokya, where thousands of Ugandans struggle to get by and feel forgotten by Museveni's government.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
Relating his journey to becoming a visual storyteller, Thomas recalled growing up in “one of the worst slums of Philadelphia,” sitting on his front stoop reading Shakespeare, James Baldwin and Tennessee Williams, immersed and transported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2025
What Jim Kim and Jaime Bayona started in the slums of Carabayllo has been expanded to sixteen rural health posts, where an increasing number of MDR patients are successfully treated.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
