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July 31st, 2018 | 1 min read

By Matthew Loftus

When I was in college, I spent three summers living in Kenya and working in Kibera, an urban slum that is home to over a million people. It was there that I first felt called to long-term cross-cultural work, worked in intense poverty every day, and had the opportunity to learn from the poor by working with them. I have learned a lot since then and have not yet returned to Kibera, but this essay about a well-meaning effort to build a school in the community was fascinating to me:

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Matthew Loftus

Matthew Loftus teaches and practices Family Medicine in Baltimore and East Africa. His work has been featured in Christianity Today, Comment, & First Things and he is a regular contributor for Christ and Pop Culture. You can learn more about his work and writing at www.MatthewAndMaggie.org