Jane is 16yrs old and has a baby called Samuel. She joined our program on the 26th March. She lived in a base called Mlango Kubwa and was always coming for the girl's program on Mondays.
She is born in a family of ten kids as she is the 7th. Her mom died when she was in grade 2 thus making her not to continue with her studies since her mom was the soul bread winner.
The father re-married and the step-mother mistreated Jane. She and her older sister ran away to the streets. They ran to the town center before settling at Eastleigh-mlango kubwa base.
Her baby's father, Benson is also from the same base, both of them have been coming to the couples' meeting always held at the center. Benson and Jane had a fall out and recurring fights because Jane could not stop using glue. This really displeased Benson because Jane could sniff glue when she was breastfeeding the baby. Some locals threatened Jane and Benson that they will take the baby away from them if they could not take good care of baby Samuel. Jane was also pointing an accusing finger at Benson accusing him of smoking marijuana and he had been beating her when he got drunk.
Benson has been threatening Jane of killing her because she could not stop sniffing glue and take care of Samuel, or take the baby away from Jane and take Samuel to an unknown location. We approached Benson and asked him whether he could allow Jane to stay with us as we try to help her become a responsible mother and stop using glue. Benson agreed.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Eastleigh updates!
Four young men from different bases have been baptized. including one girl. The baptisms were done on the 24th of March.
Two new students from the streets have been enrolled in skills training at a local college (PCEA-Vocational training center). They will be training in dressmaking and hairdressing. They expressed the desire to change their lives and thus are in these skills respectively. As of now we are having problem with the student that were enrolled in Auto Mechanic skill. Three of the boys are complaining that now they want just to learn how to drive and not the lesson taught in class, they claim that teachers are not coming to classes and that understanding English language is challenging for them. So they have stopped attending classes.
Every Monday there is a mother's program at the Eastleigh center. They have been having beauty, therapy and hairdressing. All this has been initiated by Susan Wambui our student who is at the exiting stage. Susan also had invited a beauty college found in town to come and work in liaison with her as she did this exercise on the mothers from the streets. Susan has also been of great help in all Eastleigh programs.
There was a couples retreat on the 12th March to the Arboretum, this is a great picnic site and a place to help meditate. The couples enjoyed the retreat, there was a total of 14 couples present on that day.
A Wednesday evening fellowship has been started at the center. The bases have all been invited to always attend especially those newly born again to help them strengthen their new found faith.
Trouble has been brewing on two of bases that we always visit and is close to us as MITS. A serious fight between rounda base guys and 12th streets base guys took place on the third week of March. The fight was so serious that we had to hire a taxi to take one of the injured boys to the hospital. Other boys who had minor injuries were given first aid treatment by Kennedy at the center. Nicholas, who is the older brother to our own Ken Wambugu was admitted to the national hospital and is still recovering from his injuries.
Two new students from the streets have been enrolled in skills training at a local college (PCEA-Vocational training center). They will be training in dressmaking and hairdressing. They expressed the desire to change their lives and thus are in these skills respectively. As of now we are having problem with the student that were enrolled in Auto Mechanic skill. Three of the boys are complaining that now they want just to learn how to drive and not the lesson taught in class, they claim that teachers are not coming to classes and that understanding English language is challenging for them. So they have stopped attending classes.
Every Monday there is a mother's program at the Eastleigh center. They have been having beauty, therapy and hairdressing. All this has been initiated by Susan Wambui our student who is at the exiting stage. Susan also had invited a beauty college found in town to come and work in liaison with her as she did this exercise on the mothers from the streets. Susan has also been of great help in all Eastleigh programs.
There was a couples retreat on the 12th March to the Arboretum, this is a great picnic site and a place to help meditate. The couples enjoyed the retreat, there was a total of 14 couples present on that day.
A Wednesday evening fellowship has been started at the center. The bases have all been invited to always attend especially those newly born again to help them strengthen their new found faith.
Trouble has been brewing on two of bases that we always visit and is close to us as MITS. A serious fight between rounda base guys and 12th streets base guys took place on the third week of March. The fight was so serious that we had to hire a taxi to take one of the injured boys to the hospital. Other boys who had minor injuries were given first aid treatment by Kennedy at the center. Nicholas, who is the older brother to our own Ken Wambugu was admitted to the national hospital and is still recovering from his injuries.
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