To Encourage Handwashing, Kenyan Charity Makes Vegetable Soap for the Poor

NAIROBI - In the Soweto slum of Nairobi, volunteers are making soap from vegetables.

The goal is to provide soap for residents to wash their hands and prevent the spread of COVID-19. About 86% of Kenyans find it hard to access soap and running water each day, according to a UNICEF report last year. That includes most of Soweto’s more than 70,000 residents, among them Peter Maina.