“I think of what it means to be a teenager in America, necessarily pushing boundaries, making expected mistakes. Here there is no margin for error: a mistake, no matter how insignificant, dashes any small hopes to break the cycle of poverty. Here in Kibera the world is relentless and unforgiving.”
Jessica Posner“While I live my life expecting to live, others expect that they might die. The rules of the world are not the same for all of us.”
Jessica Posner, Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum“I think of what it means to be a teenager in America, necessarily pushing boundaries, making expected mistakes. Here there is no margin for error: a mistake, no matter how insignificant, dashes any small hopes to break the cycle of poverty. Here in Kibera the world is relentless and unforgiving.”
Jessica Posner, Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum