We are always happy when we see our students making progress and also being excited about what they want to do in life. This week we had several students moving to the next level;
Joseph Nderitu and Anthony Githinji started their attachment at Excell Auto garage which is situated in a place called South B Nairobi. They were excited to start yesterday.
We also had Elizabeth Wanjiku move to a new job in Embakasi area next to the Tuskys supermarket that is opposite Jomo Kenyatta Airport. She works at a place called Pearls Salon and Barbershop as a shampoo person. Lets keep this students in prayers as they start and continue with their lives outside of MITS.
This week I was able to follow up a case of a young girl called Miriam from the slums of Kayole just next to a big quarry which is one of the areas in Nairobi where child labor is a big problem. A lot of the children from that area are being lured out to the streets and the quarry to be involved in all sort of evils like prostitution, working at the quarry breaking the big rocks and also in social crimes.
Miriam is a case which reminds us of Priscah Kerubo, who would run away from her parents and go out to get friends in the streets who would involve her in such evils. Miriam's' parents love her so much but they are not able to meet her basic needs and they stay in the slum which is in Kayole North, Kiandururu areas. The father is a garbage collector and the mother sells vegetables to put food on the table. That previous week before I visited the family, Miriam had stolen her mother's savings of about 250 shillings (USD$ 3)which she had set aside to expand her business and went out spend it on buying drugs and glue only for the money to be taken by young man that Miriam had met that night in the streets. The parents are scared for their child that something bad like being raped or maybe getting murdered at night when she goes and stays out in the street. The area is a dangerous place for young girls. Her parents had at one time chained her at home so that she does not go out. Its always had for children from the slum areas not to get influenced to negative things. Lets keep this young girl in prayer as we work with the Eastleigh team in looking up a place for her before its too late for her. As for Priscah we praise God that she was able to overcome this and go back home and continue with training in catering.Joel
