As JKE had mentioned on this post , Hash, Ntwiga, Mental and I went to visit the Nest home in Limuru.
Its a remarkable place, not just because of the children, but because of the great job the caretakers are doing of taking care of the children of imprisoned mothers. In speaking with the manager lucy, we learned that more often than not, the children have to be taken to hospital before being admitted to the Nest home, this is often because some of the children are severely neglected and need treatment. This generates quite a bill for the home, and is one of the challenges they are facing amongst other issues such as capacity, they cannot admit all children referred to the home.
The great thing that the nest home does is rehabilitate the mothers once they are released from prison, giving them small loans for income generating activities like selling vegetables. Lucy noted that there is a high collapse rate of businesses due to some mothers not reforming, but that they have had a few successes.
It was an incredibly wonderful time, the children are amazing and just full of joy. I cannot put into words how enriching the experience was. [vid taking too long to upload, will try again tomorrow.]
The thoughtfulness and kindness of people around the world contribute to these children’s welfare. A thoughtful gift that we saw at the home were solar water heaters which ensure that the home has hot water for cleaning, cooking and other uses.
The home was very clean and organized, its a blessing that these childrens’ lives are enriched, and in turn also enrich all of us.
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