Toward the end of May, tourism in Diani was coming back slowly, begun by packagers offering deeply discounted deals to middle-class, upcountry Kenyan families who, until now, had never had a vacation longer than a weekend. Harry had kept up his habit of reading The Standard faithfully every morning, and now he was scanning The Independent as well, along with postings he read on f*******: of the South Coast Residents’ Association and Diani What’s Up. One morning, an editorial caught his eye that upset him deeply: Pandemic May Cause Children’s Homes to Close In their policy responses to the global pandemic, officials are said to be considering revoking the licenses of charitable children’s homes and orphanages. These institutions typically depend on funding from external donors, which is

