American singer, Nicole Scherzinger, who is formerly the lead singer of award-winning girl group Pussycat Dolls, has spoken about the moments she spent in Kenya in November 2015 for charity.
During an interview with Daily Mail, Nicole talked about what she described as traumatizing experiences in the slums of where have been referred to as Dagoretti area of Nairobi, Kenya.
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She was said to be in the country, unknown to many, for the shooting of a film, in which she makes an appeal on behalf of United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef).
The singer admitted that she was at first very scared to go into the slums, but with a social worker the Unicef as her guide, she gained confidence.
‘They dropped me off outside a slum and I was, like, ‘Wait; I have to get out of the van? And go into that? Are you serious?’’ Nicole was quoted in the report.
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The pop star recounted how she met chokoras and young homeless kids in Nairobi streets.
‘I befriended children who sleep on the streets and spend their days in rubbish dumps, scratching a living by collecting bottles and cans, which they sell for recycling, and risking disease, violence and exploitation in the process. These kids have no one in their lives to take care of them. They start – at the age of two, three, four – fending for themselves on the streets,’ she said.
‘This trip was unlike any other for me. One night I was so traumatised by what I’d seen that I couldn’t sleep. I asked one of the girls from Unicef, who I’d just met that day, to come and stay in my room with me. I thought: ‘If I’m frightened here, in this warm, safe hotel, then how must these kids feel out on the street?’’ said the X-Factor.
Commenting on her interest in philanthropic work, Nicole said: ‘It’s our job, it’s our purpose in life, to be a voice.’
