Street Boys of Mombassa

Friday was the last day of our work at the WEMA Centre and probably one of the most memorable. Thus far we have been giving care to orphans, local community citizens and to the staff at WEMA. This morning the social workers at WEMA went into the city to do outreach with the "Street Boys" of Mombasa. These are the children who are in transition. They have either been born on the streets or been abandoned by their families and are now trying to survive ANYWAY they can. Like most we have encountered on this mission exploitation of children has affected them all in someway. A large percentage of the "Street Boys" are also struggling with addictions to sniffing glue, alcohol (local brew), marijuana and Khat (amphetamine - like stimulant). Our goal with these boys was simple to bandage their wounds but more importantly to heal their hearts and allow them to be children if just for a moment.

Blog Entry and Photo's by
Ben Brown