American super star 50 Cent who jets off today after a four-day visit to the country, did not visit Kibera’s Lea Toto orphanage as expected. However according to Sister Mary Owen, the director of the community-based outreach program, they had an unexpected visit from the Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s son, Fidel Odinga. “We were expecting officials from the World Health Organisation (WHO) but they did not show up,” Sister Mary told Word Is.
Addressing the beneficiaries of the organistation Fidel said: “This is my first time here and I’m glad that there is such an initiative helping HIV+ women with their children,” he said. Fidel was accompanied by Kibera born rapper Octopizzo. Asked if she knew that 50 Cent was supposed to visit them, Sister Mary said that she was aware. The rapper also visited Somalia’ s Gedo region on Wednesday morning and came back in the evening. 50 Cent arrived in Dolow, in southwestern Somalia, and visited camps for internally displaced people and schools, speaking to people displaced by war and drought, according to Somalia Report. “I am feeling what they are feeling. They need more support to have a better future and I will try to do something for them," he said.
A source has revealed to Word Is that the reason he did not show up is because he feared it would turn political. Lea Toto provides services to HIV+ children and their families in the Kangemi, Waithaka, Kawangware, Riruta, Mutuini, Ruthimitu, Kibera and Kariobangi communities of Nairobi, Kenya. The Lea Toto project uses the Home Based Care (HBC) model. All HBC programs have one goal in common - "improvement of the quality of life of the affected through a package of comprehensive care for the client and his/her family".
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