Organisation: GoodVision
Location: Germany
Photographer: Antje Christ

In the heart of Korogocho in Kenya, a young girl’s vision is limited - but her potential no longer has to be.

Christine Wamboi is 13 years old and growing up in Korogocho, one of Nairobi’s most densely populated informal settlements. Like many children here, she navigates crowded streets, busy schools, and uncertain futures. But Christine does so with only one working eye.

She lives with amblyopia, a condition that leaves her right eye nearly blind - something no pair of glasses can fix. Still, she came to GoodVision’s eye camp at the Aiyera Center in 2022, hoping for a way forward.

And there was one.

With a simple pair of GoodVision glasses, Christine’s left eye - her stronger eye - was sharpened to 80% clarity. It wasn’t a cure. But it was access. It was empowerment.

When she left the camp, hand in hand with her mother, she didn’t just leave with glasses. She left with a clearer path to participate in school, to read, to learn, to lead.

In places like Korogocho, perfect solutions are rare. But partial vision can still lead to full futures - when paired with support, opportunity, and a belief that every child deserves a chance to see what matters.

In the heart of Korogocho in Kenya, a young girl’s vision is limited - but her potential no longer has to be.