Thokozani is a poor, uneducated widow with small children. She deserves her money through ‘walking in the night’ in Ndirande slum in Malawi. She hates her work and she is terrified that something bad will happens to her. Therefor she supports the Malawian official ban on prostitution. She is a faithful wife and feels sinful before God. However, because of her work as a prostitute, she can pay her rent, dress up her children and send them to school. According to Thokozani, life of people who remained behind in the villages, is even heavier. Many villagers would be happy to live in a slum like Ndirande.
The creators of this video are journalist Salome Disi, tour guide Saulos Jali, organiser Yamican Thungaye, editor Tracy Thungaye and Cameraman Ernest Phiri of the Malawian multimedia company FlashBlink. All of them are raised in the heart of Ndirande. The Dutch journalist and philosopher Ralf Bodelier took the initiative and directed the production. For this project, 'Slums, engines behind the Development Goals' Bodelier received a gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through the European Journalism Centre in Maastricht, Netherlands. (View the entire web-documentary on Ndirande.com, starting August 2015)

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