In the beginning part of November 2011, we visited Bombolulu, an urban slum in Mombasa, a coastal city of Kenya, for a community – service project. Our initial objective in Bombolulu was to provide the needy and sick children of the slum with necessary de-worming medication to get rid of the worms and improve their quality of healthcare, living standards and their ability to work well. A part of this project included teaching these kids the importance of a healthy lifestyle. We taught them how different germs and bacteria aid in the spread of harmful diseases and how these diseases negatively affect their regular activities and abilities to concentrate and study in class. We taught them the precautions that they should take on a daily basis to protect themselves from germs, worms and diseases in the future.
However, while carrying out our initial objective, we could not help but notice the excessive amount of garbage pollution there. We were shocked! There were heaps and piles of rotting garbage everywhere – around the residents’ homes, on the pathways and all around the main public school where these children studied.
This got us thinking, could these unhygienic conditions be a major cause of the inefficiency of the students? While we were out to de-worm the students and residents, we hadn’t considered to get rid of the source of the problem rather than treat its outcome. If one of the major causes of stomach worms was the lack of hygiene, then perhaps we should focus of eradicating the root of the problem, which in this case was the filthy garbage pollution all around the school and the residential area. Therefore it is important to get rid of the garbage pollution, which is causing such unhygienic conditions leading to stomach worms in the students and residents. This would aid in decreasing the occurrences of worms hence enabling the students to be more effective in the schools.
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However, while carrying out our initial objective, we could not help but notice the excessive amount of garbage pollution there. We were shocked! There were heaps and piles of rotting garbage everywhere – around the residents’ homes, on the pathways and all around the main public school where these children studied. 
