All I want is a room somewhere...

HANGING AND FLYING TOILETS!
Have you ever heard of a hanging toilet? Slum dwellers in Dhaka have devised a system of precarious bamboo platforms raised a few feet above the water in a nearby lake and screened by rags. The shit goes straight into the lake and comes back to the residents during floods. Then there are flying toilets in Africa. Rarely cleaned, toilets are a health hazard in many areas. So, most people defecate into polythene bags and hurl them as far as they can, hence the adjective "flying".

HAVING JOBS TO OFFER?
"We have a host of young and able professionals looking for jobs: We have drivers, hairdressers and stylists, and insurance brokers. We also have up-coming athletes who are in dire need of sponsorship." (A web classified ad of the African Mji wa Huruma village, which claims to be the first slum on the internet.)

WE ALL LIVE IN A DITCH…
The Kiberia slum is housed in a ditch and is home to 800,000 people. It is 600 acres of mud and filth, with a brown stream dribbling through the middle. You won't find it on any tourist map, but at least one third of Nairobi lives here. Wood fires, fried fish, excrement, rubbish and slum-dwellers all co-exist. This place is like a forgotten island of the Kenyan government. It provides no water, no schools, no sanitation, no roads and no hospitals.