There's trash as wide as the eye can see in Dandora, Nairobi's biggest dump site. Every day, up to 2,000 people are sifting through the trash in the hopes of finding something they can turn to profit. Or simply something they can eat. Even children are running around trying to make ends meet. Several decades ago, Dandora was very different. There was nature, wildlife and hope.
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Some residents have started cleaning up some of the areas there and even built new gardens. Antje Diekhans went to explore — Neil King has the story.