Return vulnerable children from Kibera to School

Some street children live on the streets while others have homes to go to at night but spend their days roaming the streets, fuelled by hunger and boredom, looking for food to eat and something fun to do.

Most of the children in Turning Point's programmes come from that second category, they were out of school but have parents or guardians providing shelter and some of their basic needs.

Kevin was different, he is a total orphan and he was living on the streets, completely homeless with no one to take care of him and no home to sleep in at night.

Turning Point was able to reconnect Kevin with an uncle, the brother of his single-mother who passed away when he was very young. Kevin now lives with this uncle and Turning Point is supporting him to attend a local primary school.

Kevin was way behind in his education, but its never too late to make a change. At 16 he was unable to read or write but Kevin is a humble and determined young man and he was happy to join primary school despite being older than the other children in his class. He has persevered and shown amazing progress and is now in Class 7.

Outside of school, Kevin is a great song-writer and footballer.

Life has been hard on Kevin, Turning Point social workers meet up with him often in the school holidays to offer counselling and encouragement and they are so proud of the progress he has achieved. It is a testament to his strong character that he has overcome a very difficult childhood and is growing into hard-working and determined young man.

Thank you for partnering with us as we work with children and young people like Kevin to turn their lives around and start on a path towards a different future.