Protect, feed, and educate 114 rescued children

As Lee was growing up in the little village of Kiambu, he never thought one day life would be a nightmare in the streets of Mombasa. Yet this is what happened when his mother divorced his step father. They moved to the village where his mother was born. His mother had no source of income and the grandparents were old and sickly.

Life was hard. There was no food in the house and Lee even dropped out of school. The next thought for Lee was to go collecting scrap metals, sell them and use the proceeds to buy some food. At the tender age of 10 he would move to Nairobi in search of a better life.

“I had the hope that the big city streets would be good for me”, he says. “I was made to believe that in Nairobi it was easy to find a job and get good money. But life in its streets was terrible so I decided to go to Mombasa to search for my aunt who lived there. I had no idea that Mombasa was a big town too and being in Mombasa streets I could not trace where my aunt lived”.

I gave up all hope of ever finding her, and I had no money to return home. One day, Grandsons of Abraham social workers came for a street rescue and found me there. I was weak and sickly because I had resorted to taking drugs to forget my troubles. I also lacked food since I did not have money to buy it when I could not find anything on the streets. My only clothes that I had on were now torn and I had long hair and was dirty too since I was not taking care of myself”.

Being new in Mombasa streets, life was not kind to Lee. However, when he was rescued and taken to the Grandsons of Abraham Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre in Mikindani, he was not comfortable with the organized kind of life and several times he escaped back to the streets. He would only go back to the Centre once in a while for a meal or to take a bath. Soon he would settle down at the Centre and he was given medical care until he got well.

“When my health improved, I realized this was the place to be and through counseling and guidance I resolved to stay on and go to school as I was promised”.

Now Lee has moved to Abrahams Education Centre in Kikambala where he is doing well in his studies. He is a promising young man and he is endowed with many talents. At 13, he has a dream to become a doctor. He is also a gospel dancer; he recites poems and is a footballer. He will be completing his primary education in the next two years.

Thanks to our supporters who by donating through GlobalGiving are enabling the Centre to buy stationery, school uniform and food, to keep Lee and the other children in school and to give them hope for the future.