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James Kariuki
James is a shy boy of ten, who only joined the shelter in June 2006. He was brought here by his older brother, a former Shelter graduate, who was struggling to take care of him. Both parents died when James was very young. James is settling in well and has already made friends at the Shelter. He says he has a girlfriend he sees occasionally in Naivasha and he would like to be a carpenter when he grows up. |
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James Mugo
James has only been at the Shelter since January 2006. His father had died and he was being abused by his uncle so he decided to run away. He was rescued, along with his cousin Paul Ng’ang’a who is also now at the Shelter, by Naivasha Safe House, a holding centre for abused children. James is thirteen years old, has a wonderfully cheeky smile and likes gardening. His dream is to become a mechanic and have ten children. |
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Joel Malanga
Joel is a sweet fourteen year old orphan, who joined the Shelter in 2005 after three years on the street. He has settled in well but still avoids eye contact in many situations. He has two brothers, one of whom graduated from the Shelter last year. He likes English and acrobatics and his dream is to become a mechanic. |
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John Gitau
John is a coy eight-year-old with an infectious smile. He has three brothers, four sisters and both parents but his father is out of work and when he fell ill, they were unable to pay for him to go to hospital. His grandmother took him but she couldn’t cope and luckily the Shelter was able to take John in before he had a chance to fall prey to life in the street. He has been at the Shelter since July 2006 and his mother come to visit him periodically here. John likes football and maths and wants to be a teacher when he grows up. He also likes cows though he thinks that the newly born baby calf at the Shelter is ‘too short’. |
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John Mbugua
John, now sixteen, was only eight when he started living on the street. He was enticed away from home by friends who persuaded him that he would be less hungry there. His father had died and his mother was struggling to feed John and his two sisters. After two years fending for himself, John joined the EAWL teaching and feeding programme at the age of ten. But he still had to sleep on the street until the building of the Shelter was complete in 2003. John has made a fantastic recovery. He is quite reserved but warm and very talented. He attends the local state school, where he has just come fourth out of a class of thirty three. He speaks excellent English and Science is his best subject. He is also very good at making jewellery. He likes reading and his ambition is to become a Doctor and earn a good salary. |
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John Njenga
Orphaned at the age of nine, John took to the streets in desperation. He had been living on the street for a year when the teaching and feeding programme was first launched and he was one of the original cohort of street kids to move in to the shelter when it was completed in 2003. He is now fifteen, likes gardening and Swahili and even has a girlfriend he sees occasionally in Naivasha! |
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