Story Highlights
Post-election violence left children without parents, schools burned down
Teens living in displacement camps turn to prostitution to feed siblings
Fears the increase in young prostitutes, or “twilight girls,” will spread AIDS
“Sleeping with these men is terrible … they get rough … But I have gotten used to it.”
Now, she sleeps all day and sells her skinny, 14-year-old body at night for $3 an hour.
“We use condoms most of the time,” said Milka Muthoni, 17, who was nearly finished with secondary school when she dropped out this year. “I know it’s a risky business. At times I have gone to the hospital with injuries and venereal diseases. But I have no other options.”