Covid 19 and the residents of DeepSea slums
Covid 19 and the Residents of Deep Sea Slum, Nairobi Kenya. The year 2020 unarguably was one full of challenges caused by the outbreak of the Covid 19 , an illness caused by the novel Corona Virus. The Government was forced to enforce a lockdown, cessation between counties, as well as a 7 pm curfew to curb the spread of the epidemic. It turned the lives of all Kenyans upside down. Some have lost their lives, some got infected with the virus, schools were closed, businesses collapsed, jobs were lost, families were separated, Kenyans got stranded abroad, those with plans to travel overseas were disrupted and so many other changes that were brought about. Now whereas most Kenyans have been able to survive and adopt accordingly the situation, in the Deep Sea slum has been really dire... Most of the residents of this slum are casual workers who work as domestic workers, maids and gate men in the surrounding posh neighborhood. But because of the outbreak of covid 19 most of them l