Eastleigh progress

The programs have been progressing well. This past two weeks we had lessons both in boys and girls on how to be hard working and save out of what they get from what they collect either trash, metal scraps some carry luggage, wash utensils in small hotels, washing clothes and other odd jobs. The boys were eight and girls were seven. As in the programs we had discussion with girls why they get these jobs but most of them are not able to maintain them.

By;

1) Not keeping time.
2) Not being hard working.
3) Not being honest.
4) Not keeping cleanliness.
5) Not being correctable.
6) Looking down on themselves.
7) Not being focus.
8) T o others value the drugs more than what they do.
9) Others are lazy and do not think about tomorrow.
10) Others they have lost hope of life.

Many are willing to be assisted to succeed in life and also become great people in future. The soccer game has been going on well; national ID is still a problem. The lesson taught to them is to get to the right path to heaven there are so many thought to be but there is only one through Jesus Christ. There is still more to be done to progress well in all the programs and most of all being effective. In the past two weeks the team from the farm (Kamulu) combined with the one in Eastleigh and managed to come across two new bases Bagdad and Mamba. Bagdad is before one reaches to downtown it is almost to another base called Grogon. The people in bagdad ,we found mothers with their children we introduced ourselves who we are and what we do but the most important thing is to build a concrete relationship with them and friendship.
They had some comments like there are some other organizations that visit them and promise to help them but they disappear so they requested for us to visit them regularly. During the week we also visited another base it’s not new but it has new people; mawaya. It’s in section three Eastleigh. In that base there are older boys they welcomed us well they also new Anthony and Larry were familiar to the place because they had been there two years ago with Jackton. The boys did leave their work to come near us and listen to us. There are some who thought we are from another organization and they had taken them some pictures promised them help but did not come back. We did the introduction to those who did not know about us and for us is to teach the word of God, build a relationship with them too.
The leader of the base is called Chairman and when he spoke we noticed they respected him because there was one who had taken bhang and he was disturbing, one of them told him to be silent but he did not hear. A big fight came up, at that time Larry and Anthony and others did intervene he was almost injured. At least we were there to keep peace. Almost all of them were in need of national ID. They go to look for better jobs like in building and construction rather than collecting of trash but they are asked for the national ID. They also requested us to visit them more often.

Anne