Return vulnerable children from Kibera to School

We have found over time that if we try to send a child who has been living on the streets back to school, he will often only last a few weeks. Life on the streets may have been tough, but it also contained an element of freedom: on the streets there's no-one telling you what to do; you don't have to sit still in a classroom for more than an hour without a break; you can beg or steal to get money for food so you're not always aware of the pain in your belly from hunger.

So we now spend a lot of time helping these kids to transition from their street way of life to one that will give them more opportunities in the future. And whereas we do address the basic needs of these kids, and we don't force them to sit still in a classroom for hours, we also do some fun stuff with them, like aerobics!

And guess what, they love it! It's when you see the widest smiles, and hear shrieks and cries of laughter, often because they're watching each other trying and failing to do some pretty weird moves.

But it's all part of what helps keep these kids off the streets, well-fed, in education, and with a future that is brighter.