Saturday, October 4, 2008

gold dust from Kenya

Small scale gold mining in Kenya.


MIGORI, Thirty-three year-old Emily Ajwan'g, a resident of Nyatike village in western Kenya's Migori district, lost her husband to an HIV-related illness two years ago. She now works in the district's gold mines to support her five children. Diagnosed with HIV after the death of her husband, she told IRIN/PlusNews about her daily struggle to make ends meet.