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Queenin Atieno

February 8, 2009

We found Queenin on the streets distressed and crying for her mother who we could not trace.  We took her to stay with us at one of our houses-she was only 6 years old and already abandoned.
She would love to go to school and would be a part of the new Life Centre School project.
If [...]

Venencia Ochieng

February 8, 2009

Venencia was found wandering the streets begging for money.  She is from the slum area of Nyalenda but has been totally neglected by her family.  She is the third-born daughter of her family. 
Venencia is only 7 years old and would like to go to school.  The Life Centre School assists children likeVenencia and would like to help [...]

Brenda Auma

February 8, 2009

Brenda is among our youngest children at the centre.  Fortunately for her both her parents are alive but live in the extreme slum area of Nyawita.  She would like to go to the school local to where she lives to avoid the hardship of street life begging which awaits her if she does not get [...]

James Odhiambo

February 8, 2009

James is one of the youngest boys cared for by c4c.  Before he came to join us he used to accompany his elder brother in the street searching for food.  Both his parents died of malaria.  He would like to join the Life Centre School.  James is just 4 years old.
If you would like to help [...]

Lillian Achieng

January 25, 2009

Lillian was found after the post-election violence.  She was only 6 years old when we found her and we are not sure whether her parents are still alive although we have attempted to trace them.  We have taken her in and are providing shelter and basic needs. 
Lillian would like the opportunity of an education so that [...]

James Otieno

January 25, 2009

We discovered James in the rubbish dump in 2006- although he was only 5 years old he had no relatives and didn’t know his parents or how he even got to be on the dump.  He came there probably out of instinct to find food.  We took him in and have been sheltering him ever [...]

Millicent Chika

January 25, 2009

We met Millicent in 2006 when her mother was very ill.  She is from a single parent family so the only way she could eat was to beg for food at the nearby restaurants.  She has never known her father.  Unfortunately her mother died during the post election violence in Kisumu during March 2007 and [...]

Rosa Jane

January 25, 2009

Despite the fact that Rosa was only 4 years old when we met her, we found her alone and begging for food at local restaurants.  She is orphaned and was overlooked being left alone to fend for herself.  We began sheltering and caring for Rosa since June 2007.  She now needs to go to school [...]

Faith

January 25, 2009

This girl was suffering right from her babyhood where she was born into street life.  her mother was sleeping rough by petrol stations trying to make a living. We found her when we were out on the streets- she didn’t even have a name so we called her ‘Faith’.  We have since sheltered her and [...]

Michael Otieno

January 23, 2009

 This is michael Otieno he joined street life at the tender age of 5 when both his parents died.  The cause of their deaths is still unknown.  c4c met Michael last year in 2007, he was 14 years old.  He was found living on the rubbish with tuberculosis. c4c took him in at one of [...]