Land / Sea Fill Textures

[ravells]

It's 'Comic Relief week' in the UK. This is where money is raised for all sorts of good causes for poor people.

One of the areas they have been in is Kibera, which is a slum in Nairobi. I have to confess that I broke down when I saw the conditions that people there lived in. One of the documentaries was about a family of five children who are looked after by the eldest lad (aged 15) and who saw their parents shot dead and then had to fend for themselves. They were living in a shack which housed an open sewer doing what they could do to make ends meet when they were met by Lenny Henry (a British comedian who stopped being funny many years ago, but is still something of a national treasure). Lenny couldn't take it, and bought them a new place to live rather than waiting for the donation money to do it.

Anyway, it struck me that I've been posting up textures of slums for our maps. So here is one of Kibera. There is also a button for giving to Comic relief. If you use the texture (or even if you don't) please make a donation. They made the slums. The least we could do is to give them a bit of money for the textures we use.

cheers

Ravs


A Youtube video about life in Kibera

Comic Relief Donation Here.