There are rich and poor people living in Nairobi, with many more poor residents. The rich live near the city center in modern homes with amenities like air conditioning and showers, working high-paying jobs. Many newcomers to Nairobi arrive with nothing and are forced to live in shanty towns with basic materials and no water, medical facilities, sewers, or running water. Kiberia is one shanty town located 6km from the city center with one basic school, no sewage system causing illness, and residents collect recyclable waste to earn money.

1. Life in Nairobi

2. Life in Nairobi There are rich and poor people living in Nairobi. There are a lot more poor people living in Nairobi than rich.

3. The Rich The rich people in Kenya live very close to the ____ centre. Their houses are ______ with luxuries such as air conditioning and a bathroom with a _______. They work in well paid ____ in big _____ in the city centre and send their children to private schools. WORD BANK Modern City Jobs Shower Businesses

5. The Poor Many newcomers to Nairobi arrive with no ____ and are forced to live in a Shanty ______. Shanty towns are very basic towns built out of basic _________. They often don’t have _______, medical facilities, sewers and running ______ facilities. WORD BANK: WATER MATERIALS SCHOOLS JOBS TOWN

6. A Shanty town in Nairobi - Kiberia

10. A Shanty town in Nairobi - Kiberia Kiberia is 6km from the ____ centre. There is only one basic school and most people can’t read or _____. They have no sewage system so it runs in ditches between _______. This causes lots of _______ in the wet season. A lot of people collect ________ waste material to sell it and earn some ______. WORD BANK Write Money City Illness Houses Recyclable