http://www.photojournale.com/categories.php?cat_id=203 During weekdays, after the offerings of one?s congregation run dry, many preachers in Kibera open their churches to private healing sessions. For a fee that can range anywhere between $0.25 to $150, healers claim to be able to do anything from curing the sick and removing curses, to exorcising the devil out of one?s system. It is largely through prayer and the use of special holy waters that this is done.
The healers? methods in Kibera rest largely on Christian beliefs mixed with more traditional tribal customs. The result is a sort of quasi-Christianity, neither Christian or tribal in essence, but rather indicative of that in between world where so many in Kibera live.
Although to many in the West the benefits of such methods of healing are seen as doubtful, if not exploitive, in Kibera there are many who believe very strongly in such practices. As a result, even as Kenya develops and more people lift themselves out of poverty, the healers of Kibera will most likely continue to receive a steady stream of patients who will choose to put their health in the hands of religion rather than Western medicine.

Photo documentary by Tobin Jones
www.tobinjonesphotography.com
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