Elderly women are going to be able to take free karate lessons in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

Such women run extra risks in the slum neighbourhoods because many criminals believe in the myth that they won’t be arrested so quickly if they have raped a woman the age of their grandmother. The oldest victim, reports a hospital that takes in the victims, is 105.

Many such slum dwellers live in fear, and karate lessons will help them to overcome that – not to mention dole out a few telling blows if necessary.

Radio Netherlands Worldwide