Universal Children’s Day 2017
Children are one of the most treasured possessions on earth. Kenya joins the world in marking Universal Children’s Day on the 20th November. This is a day aimed at creating awareness on children rights and preventing their exploitation. Research indicates that about 80% of children living in Child Care Institutions (CCI) are not orphans but have been placed there due to other reasons such as poverty, neglect or domestic violence. Grace Mwangi , Country Manager at Give a Child a Family states that such factors push factors that distance a child from its family thus ending up at CCI’s or the streets. Koinonia Community is one such institution that looks to rescue and rehabilitate vulnerable and street children and ultimately ensuring that they are reintegrated back to their families as…