by Nicole Peck | Oct 1, 2018 | Milele Centre, Partner & Project Blogs |
Kisumu seems to be screaming out a story of abandonment. Parents die at a young age, with their children being forced to grow up far more quickly than they should. That’s exactly what happened to the neighbours living beside the Milele Centre. The four children, aged...
by Nicole Peck | Sep 11, 2018 | Bungoma, Partner & Project Blogs |
Who would have thought a ball and net would rally Bungoma’s youth and give them a vision for their future? Bungoma’s street boys spend their days searching for food and just ‘surviving’, which means there’s no time to play games or enjoy life. But our partner,...
by Nicole Peck | Aug 22, 2018 | Nateete, Partner & Project Blogs |
Some children have all the potential and drive in life to succeed, but it’s their circumstances that hold them back. Things happen to them out of their control and these things so heavily restrict their future. But not for Nakamate Shamillah. She lives in the slums of...
by Nicole Peck | Jul 25, 2018 | KCM, Partner & Project Blogs |
In May, 126 children were rescued from a radical Islamic terrorist group in Uganda. These children were kidnapped, held hostage, abused and trained by the group, so they could be trafficked to the Democratic Republic of Congo. It’s difficult to imagine exactly what...
by Nicole Peck | Jun 19, 2018 | Bungoma, Partner & Project Blogs |
When I first met Steven*, he was sitting on the railway tracks, wearing a pink puffer vest. He instantly jumped up the moment he saw me leaning out the window with my phone. He rushed up to the car waving a piece of paper at me. It was a grubby little brown envelope...
by Nicole Peck | May 30, 2018 | Bungoma, Partner & Project Blogs |
There are many reasons these boys in Bungoma find themselves living on the streets… and it often takes a pretty awful situation at home for them to choose the tough street life. One such situation is caused by a cultural phenomenon called “widow inheritance” where if...
