The Mathare Valley

Lepta is about changing the lives of the people who live in Mathare. Mathare has been known as one of the worst slums areas in Kenya. It is home to just under one million people living in great hardship. Drug addicts, wives and children who have been abused by their own husbands and fathers, high levels of immorality resulting in unwanted pregnancies and high HIV AIDS infection rates, families living on the brink of poverty, children sleeping hungry more often than not, school dropouts, hundreds of gun toting teenage criminals are the norm in Mathare. Yet we are convinced that Mathare is also one of the greatest treasure fields in the earth. Under the many layers of years of being looked down upon, mistreatment, hopelessness and emotional, physical and sexual abuse, lies a great treasure hidden within the lives of the people of Mathare.

Lepta is about finding that treasure. We know that Mathare can rise out of the despair, despondency and darkness it has fallen into. We know that Mathare can realize her full potential and rise up as a light to other communities. We know that children in Mathare do not have to sleep hungry or lose their parents to HIV AIDS when they are still young, families can become complete and a place of safety, the gifts, creativity, ideas, and skills of people in Mathare can be tapped and utilized to impact the world. We know that out of Mathare Life can flow. We know this and we are committed to bringing this to pass. We are treasure hunters focused on digging as deep as we must and for as long as is necessary until we bring forth the treasure that is Mathare.