There has been said to be over 350 000 children who more or less live on the streets of Kenya.

These children can be categorised in four general groups.

• Children living and working on the streets, living in groups, in make-shift shelters or “safe places”.
• Children working daytime on the streets, but in the evening they go home to their families. These children are the majority of Kenyan street kids.
• Children occasionally working the streets, night-time, weekends and other free time.
• Street families, where also the parents live on the streets.

These children lead a rough and mercy-less life, many of them addicted to glue sniffing and other drug abuse. Both boys and girls are often sexually abused and they are not seldom used for criminal activities.

They sleep in alleys, sewers or park, mostly two-three hours at a time, often chased away by police or community residents. The children are often sick, in malaria, tuberclosis, tyfoid, cholera or HIV/Aids etc.

Kenyan street kids mostly die before the age of thirty.

Kenya offers no social protection for the street kids. Instead they are often treated badly by authorities who’s supposed to help them. They are often arrested and placed in custody without having committed any crime. They are in great need of help, someone that inspires and help them into a better future.