Street children in Kenya find homes

Photo by Dan Addison

What happens to homeless children in Kenya, an estimated 60,000 of them in Nairobi alone? They rarely live past their mid-twenties. They survive by begging, stealing, pick-pocketing, scavenging through dumpsters and prostituting themselves
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To help the plight of these children, Kenya native Wambui Jackie Chege founded a nonprofit organization. One of her initiatives, the Mosaic Homes Network, puts groups of as many as eight street children in one home, led by an “aunt” and “uncle.”

She will discuss her work in a talk on Nov. 9 that is free and open to the public.