Such children learn the weight of responsibility before even learning the weight of their own dreams.
In the heart of Pangani, where the rhythm of life is set by the chatter of hawkers and the shuffle of hurried feet, 25-year-old Millicent Akinyi told her story with a quiet strength.
A hawker by trade, she spoke of a childhood marked by scarcity- a past that still lingers in every struggle she faces today.
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