Mary & Joseph Life Center Mrs. Nancy Mirera MA, the Mary and Joseph Life Center’s Counselling Psychologist and Mental Health Worker facilitating an eductional workshop on the sanctity of life, reproductive health and family life to a group of young mothers from Kawangware Informal Settlements (Slums) Rev. Dr. Patrick Devine, Shalom-SCCRR International Chairman with Dr. Wahome Ngare, Obstetrician Gynecologist and Laparoscopic Surgeon, Sr. Lucy Njori B.Com, Mrs. Nancy Mirera, MA Counseling Psychology; and Sr. Beatrice Kamau, Daughters of St. Anne during the presentation of the ultrasound machine to the MJLC team Shalom-SCCRR’s Mrs. Judith Akedi MA, interacting with women and children from Kibera Informal Settlement (Slum) in Nairobi. The cost and consequences of violence against women and children in the informal marginalized urban settlements lasts for generations. Shalom-SCCRR’s Mrs. Judith Akedi MA, on a field visit at Kariobangi Informal Settlement (Slum) in Nairobi, engaging women and children to identify the appropriate interventions. Women and children in the informal settlements experience many forms of violence that heavily impact on them socially and economically. Women in Kariobangi Informal urban settlements where Shalom-SCCRR work during a session Shalom-SCCRR’s team member Mrs. Judith Akedi MA, Project Officer, interacting with a key community influential opinion shaper from Kibera Informal Settlement (Slum) in Nairobi The Mary and Joseph Life Center Team engaging in a weekly planning meeting at the center. The Mary and Joseph Life Center (MJLC) Team engaging with youths living in the informal urban settlements on the importance of seeking psycho-social support An Aerial view of Kibera slums, one of Nairobi’s informal settlements where Shalom-SCCRR works Sr.Sarah Ngigi KRCHN, the Mary and Joseph Life Center’s Nurse and Counseling Officer conducting an individual counselling session