Street Children in Kawangware
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Date
1999
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Tangaza University College
Abstract
Most of the children in the streets have no homes or have run away from their
homes. TheLspend their nights in the shade of shops and theatres. They eat what
others give:or coilect the left ovei food from behind the hotels. They have no idea of
4-,2 what is-going to happen,the next moment or about their future. The children of the
streets and slums have no way of getting education.y0eir hopes are unfulfilled.
Society regards theme's ineligible to be called human beings. It is not their choice to be
_called street children or parking boys/girls..that is what society has labeled them.
The aim of the-youth.project in kawangware is to promote basic education for
the adults and the youth that are in the slums. Through Shileaucation,the youth are
able to understand life, their dignity and their rights in society. The boys and girls/
Who are they?
Koinonia community is a group of African lay Christians founded l984with
the aim of promoting community sharing in material and spiritual aspects of life and
working towards the development of the society at large It is through this vision that
Koinonin community identified the problem of street children in Rinitacttellite where
they actually have their center located. So Koinonia
who are studying in the various government schools in leawangware)( have a greater
chance of forming themselves as educators. They are able to understand and analyze
the various problems of the society. Through the youth the project is playing a great
role in educating theteeple-ef-the down-trodden/Society. It is the dream or the kisAtli KC /O
communify-youthaganizatiren to participate in fftlfilling the dreams of the unwanted,
marginalized people of the slums.
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Street children, Kawangware