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作者|Kagima 卡基玛

译者|Zoon Rain Calypso 泽恩

Have you ever been to a third world economy like Africa? Have you ever slept hungry for several days and without a hope of ever getting something to put into your mouth? Things may sound a little bit weird on the tenor of this, I suppose. Especially if you have been born and raised in a 1st world economy like the China, US, or Europe. Let me provide you with details for free. Things in Africa may be totally different especially for slum dwellers.

你去过像非洲这样的第三世界经济体吗？你是否有过接连几天都吃不上饭，忍着饥饿入睡的经历？如果你生在中国、美国或者欧洲这样的第一世界经济体，我想这听上去或许有些奇怪。但非洲的状况则完全是另一回事了，尤其对贫民窟的居民来说。让我来仔细地跟你说说吧。

■ 玛萨瑞的贫民窟青年。

贫民窟的人们，

生活雪上加霜

Well, the pronouncement of COVID-19 as a national disaster, which was followed by lockdowns and curfews by the Kenyan government, is a nightmare of an experience to reckon with lately. Having in mind that this is a pandemic that caught everyone unawares, so many people’s lives in Kenya have been altered negatively by the disease.

继新冠病毒被宣布为国家灾难后，肯尼亚政府又实行了封锁和宵禁。这无疑是场噩梦，需要我们小心应对。这次的流行病让所有人都措手不及。在肯尼亚，许多人的生活更是因之急转直下。

Many families’ bread winners have been rendered jobless and without none to turn to lately except waiting on God. Do you really understand what it means to sleep outside in the rains, in biting cold? Some people, to some nasty extent, have been evicted from their homes after they failed to raise their monthly rent. Guess how much is the rent? A meagre $30USD per month. Being in possession of more than enough should never be taken lightly by anybody. The situation within the slums has been dire as is the case for many other Kenyans.

很多负担着家庭生计的人都已失业，得不到帮助的他们只能向上帝祈祷。你知道在寒冷刺骨的雨夜中露宿街头的滋味吗？有人因为没能筹足月租而被赶出了家门，这实在是太糟糕了。你猜猜租金是多少？不过每月30美金而已。没有人应当认为物资充足、衣食无忧不重要。肯尼亚贫民窟的情况很危急，而另一些肯尼亚人的境遇也并没有好到哪儿去。

■ 在玛萨瑞贫民窟，一些家庭得到了中国好心人的捐赠。

The foreboding curfew that later ushered in lockdown in some towns has seen people being cut off from basic needs providence and work. In Kenya, up to 80% of the total population depend on daily wage to provide for their families on daily basis; they have lost their income.

在许多城镇，由宵禁发展成的戒严令使人们无法工作或满足生活基本需求。在肯尼亚，高达80%的人口靠日结工资来养家糊口，而现在他们失去了收入。

Mary (not her real name), who is a fruit hawker cited her predicament she now faces after being separated from her husband. She has been going back home empty handed with no food to feed her family. The situation is even worse since her kids are at home now after the government issued a directive on schools’ indefinite closure.

水果小贩玛丽（Mary，化名）向我们讲述了她被迫与丈夫分离后的窘境。这段时间她总是两手空空地回到家里，弄不到一点食物。现在的情况更糟，政府下达了无限期关闭学校这一指示后，她的孩子们都只能待在家里。

For some, the term “curse” would surmount to describe the situation. Africa, regarded as the cradle of mankind; Kenya in particular, is no exemption from the deadly consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic. The so-called “cradle of mankind,” which seems to have revolted against evolution to modernism, is at its knees only praying for survival. With crumbled systems and inadequate ailing healthcare, one could only pray that the blunt of COVID-19 does not prevail than expected in Kenya.