For the past eight years, Joyce Mumbi has committed her life to taking care of elderly men and women who have been neglected by their families, forcing them to spend their sunset years in solitude.
Mumbi, a social worker at Murang'a County Referral Hospital, consistently makes time out of her busy schedule to visit and support senior citizens in need.
Her passion project, the Kumbuka Wazee Initiative, mobilizes resources and donations from well-wishers to meet the basic needs of these often-forgotten members of society.
A visit to some of the homes in Murang'a paints a grim picture of the miserable lives that the elderly people have to contend with, revealing that many of them lack basic human needs like decent shelter, clothing, and food.
