Wolf pack

When Joram Kimani’s wife left after the birth of their son, he found himself facing an impossible choice: go to work to survive, or stay home with a baby who had no one else. This Kenyan father chose not to leave his child behind. Joram had previously worked collecting taxi fares and raising pigs. He sold his animals to buy a motorcycle and began working as a motorcycle taxi driver. But with his son barely two years old and no one available to care for him, Joram began carrying the little boy inside his coat while working. According to his account to Afrimax, he still doesn’t understand why his wife left. He says he would even welcome her back. Their home is vulnerable during heavy rain, and the two struggle to afford the basic necessities of life. Joram has appealed for help—not because he wants sympathy, but because he’s trying to provide a safer future for his child. “She abandoned me when I needed her most,” he said. Behind every fare he collects and every journey he makes is a father trying to keep his son fed, protected, and close. Sometimes, a parent’s love looks like carrying the entire weight of the world—and a little child—on the road to work.