Kenya: Bringing health services to Kibera's poor

Nairobi - "After nursing school I did not want to go into the hospital set-up," she explains in her three-room clinic near Soweto Market. "I wanted to go into the community." After spending eight months canvassing Kibera in search of a location that would not only provide reliable access to water and electricity but also security and enough visibility to attract clients, she set up Senye.

The next challenge for this mother of three saddled with a student loan debt was to find three months' advance rent. She approached the Sustainable Healthcare Enterprise Foundation (SHEF), a franchise network with 64 clinic/pharmacies in Kenya.

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