This week we had a new intake of boys at the Interim Care Centre. 22 in total arrived on Monday & Tuesday from Thika and nearby towns.
The first few days are spent getting them clean, into new clothes and settled in. Next week they will start lessons and counselling sessions. A number will have been sexually abused on the streets as well as all the other issues they’ve had to deal with. I’ll be reading with them as all secondary exams are in English they need to be able to read and write. By the end of 9 – 12 weeks they’ll be ready to go to school.
They seem very small but most are older than they look because of years of malnourishment. Quite a few of this intake are addicted to glue which they get from the shoe repair men and by the end of the week we’d lost 3, probably because they’ve left to get their fix.
They seem very happy to be here though and I’m really looking forward to seeing how they change. They are very different to the boys I took to school last week who were the last of the previous intake. Now I just have to learn all their names!
The first few days are spent getting them clean, into new clothes and settled in. Next week they will start lessons and counselling sessions. A number will have been sexually abused on the streets as well as all the other issues they’ve had to deal with. I’ll be reading with them as all secondary exams are in English they need to be able to read and write. By the end of 9 – 12 weeks they’ll be ready to go to school.
They seem very small but most are older than they look because of years of malnourishment. Quite a few of this intake are addicted to glue which they get from the shoe repair men and by the end of the week we’d lost 3, probably because they’ve left to get their fix.
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