Greetings. Kennedy, Joel and Larry visited a new base called "Dallas" which is downtown at a place where many people board buses to up-country. They report having found about 15 street youth there, and among them was Milkah.  Milkah was new in the street, in fact it was her first day on the streets. She had run away from home (Nakuru--120 miles from Nairobi) because her parents occasionally beat her. The three team members upon hearing her story and seeing how she was being bullied by the young men there (probably some of them were arguing over whose "wife" she would be), they decided to bring her into the Eastleigh centre.

At the Eastleigh centre she was welcomed and had a hot meal, then Ann and I talked with her to find out more. As it turned out, it was a case of cultural abuse. It is still a widely spread norm that parents have the rights over children and to most that translates to being beaten, overworked and mistreaten. This is what Milkah had been subjected to and we think she had had enough and decided to run away to "anywhere". Upon arriving in Nairobi, she was welcomed by street girls, and being new to the streets meant she did not know how much danger she was exposing herself to.

We thank the team for acting quickly to rescue her and God for the opportunity he brought to us. Currently we have decided to reconcile her to her parents through the police and children's office in Nakuru to ensure that she gets better treatment at home.