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Seventy year old Wairimu Gachenga prepare breakfas...

Seventy year old Wairimu Gachenga prepare breakfast for her two grandchildren she look after, 10 May 2013 in the Nairobi slum of Korogocho, Kenya. Once a week a group of grandmothers from the area get together to practice self defence techniques after one of them were raped in 2007. Rape on elderly woman have increased in Kenya as people believe that grandmothers have a lower risk of HIV compared to younger women. KAREL PRINSLOO.
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Authors

Karel Prinsloo

Credit Notice
Karel Prinsloo / Independent Photographers / african.pictures
Date published
01-06-2013
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APN400675
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Published in
South Africa
Subject
Seventy year old Wairimu Gachenga prepare breakfast for her two grandchildren she look after, 10 May 2013 in the Nairobi

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