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Kenyan sisters who chose a quiet life in rural Philippines
From left: Moreen Kagendo Kivuti 28 and Naomi Wanjiru Kivuti 35 pose for a picture at Lake Sebu in South Cotabato Province, the Philippines in February 2026.
You could say that Naomi Wanjiru, 35, and Moreen Kagendo, 28, have beaten the matrix. They have found peace in slow living in a remote corner of Lake Sebu Municipality, South Cotabato Province in the Philippines.
Between them, they have no more than five pairs of shoes; everything they own can fit in a seven kilogramme carry-on bag. Everything in their lives is stripped down to functionality. They live in a bamboo house on a farm where they grow everything they eat, get water from an on-site spring, sleep at 7 PM every day, and won't wake up until the sun is up.
