We help one group in Kibera that cares for a large number of children however the children had no place to play. We determined that we would provide a concrete play area for them. I soon discovered that you can’t just order concrete in Africa; you have to make your own. First I found a man sitting on a pile of sand and I bought so many shovels of sand. Next I found a small shop that sold bags of cement and I purchased several bags. Lastly I found another man with a pile of gravel. He had two small girls so I traded him the delivery of the gravel for two small bikes for his daughters. We shovelled the gravel into the truck and headed into the center of the slum. As we were going along, he turned to me and said ”Everybody in Kibera is talking about you”. I responded a bit puzzled, “why would people talk about me?“  He explained that they have never seen a white man come in here and nobody has ever done anything like this around here. I found his words quite disheartening as so many relief organizations state that they are working in Kibera and yet the people have never seen them.