Briefs from Eastleigh

On the first week of the month, we went to bases at Liliput, Marie stope, Mlango kubwa and Deliverance people were well although they were high on drugs. We have also helped about 26 people to acquire IDs. These are youths from bases in Eastleigh, Donholm. Mutindwa and Town areas.

 On Tuesdays we have been teaching boys in class and we have interacted a lot. And we have realized that they are willing to stay off the streets if offered the opportunity at Made in the Streets. They are a maximum of 58 young boys attending the program at Eastleigh. The camp for the teenagers was also very instrumental to the increase of the number of boys attending the program. The camp was put in place by the Aggies For Christ.

During the second week we also held a camp for the young teenagers with the help of Hung Le and the Malibu. The boys were very happy because they were taught practical lessons about King David and King Saul and played interesting games.

I also went to Phyllis’ home visit with the company of Joel (Student Affairs) and Jane [Residential parent] in Kuresoi in Nakuru County. We explained to the parents about the situation of their daughter and they understood the issue although they were worried that we were going to stop supporting her, but we told them that we also had teenage mother’s boarding facility and program. Phyllis has been in MITS for the last months. A pregnancy test was done at the time of intake, but was Negative, after 3 months this is when we realized that she was pregnant.

During the month we have also worked for the documentation of the two new students namely Beatrice and Sharlene. We have conducted home visits for the two girls, took them for age assessment and medical checkups.  The two girls are currently in Kamulu, joined classes and their teachers say Beatrice has had some form of schooling because she catches on fast, for Sharlene, with time she will get to a level where she can read and write with ease.

We are doing some follow-ups and  have  conducted a home visit for a 14 year old girl in Riruta Satellite in Karura slum, a referral case from a Children’s Home in Kahawa west[Familia ya Ufariji]. The mother of the girl is HIV positive and has four children. The youngest is almost one and a half years and the oldest is a girl between 14-15 years. The father of the children died of the same disease.

Reports and progress

Computer classes are going on great. The kids keep showing so much interest to learn more every time they in the Lab.

The advance is done with the introductory and use of MS-Word, they can now work comfortably around the Office suite Next month we will be starting on MS-Excel. Caleb Nthiwa and Dennis Kamau are really excelling very well; they at times assist me to teach other students who encounter difficulties.

Middle class has really improved with their ability to work around the computer environment.  We have also covered the basics and some aspects and commands in MS-Word.

The Lower level class, is a little bit slow, but they are understanding.We are using more of computer games available to assist them in their keyboarding skills and reading/writing/typing skills. Some are slowly taking on writing.typing and with time they will be able to put sentences together.. Paul Njane and Sylvester Ouma had difficulties using the keyboard but now they are comfortable and are doing a great job with their typing speeds.