Martha sits quietly inside a small makeshift room, holding her baby in her arms. Her father, partially visible in the foreground, looks on. The space is dim, the walls lined with tarpaulin and old posters. After floods wiped out their house along the Nairobi River, they ended up here. Martha, only 18, is raising two children while caring for her ailing father, who can no longer work. This scene is part of a podcast tracing how climate-driven disasters like flooding are pushing families deeper into poverty, forcing young women like Martha into impossible roles, provider, mother, nurse, all at once.
Listen to the podcast below to find out more about their story