Impact Report 2018 StreetwiZe • Mobile School

new school kenya • child rescue kenya
05/03/2018 • 16/03/2018
Sander Degeling
Janet Otieno
Child Rescue Kenya
Kitale / Kenya
After a successful exploratory visit in June
2017, Child Rescue Kenya and Mobile School
made the joint decision to implement a mobile
school in Kitale in 2018. Despite the relatively
small population of the north-western Kenyan
town, Kitale is one of the major hotspots for
street-connected children in the region. Strategically
located near the Ugandan border and
the Kenyan counties of West-Pokot and Turkana,
the town functions as an important transit
point for both street children and refugees. The
history of CRK goes back till 1988 and since
then the organisation is a major actor in the
field of street kids. Besides street work, the
organisation runs two centres and a learning
programme called Street Smart near the center
of town.
mobile school in their other programmes. In the
future, CRK aims to invest more financial resources
in street work in order to move further away
from the centre.
A huge added value during this implementation
was co-facilitator Janet Otieno - street worker
and coordinator of Mobile School partner Glad’s
House in Mombasa. Thanks to the presence of
Janet as a co-facilitator, the street workers were
able to get a clear insight into how the mobile
school functions in another Kenyan programme,
which was really helpful during the first interventions
on the street.
IMPACT
The mobile school activities have shown to
be an impactful extension of the Street Smart
programme. During the implementation trainings,
the team tested out different locations
near the old railway line in the centre of town.
Furthermore, they also plan to target the
dumpsite which is located further away from
the centre. A first session proved there is a huge
target group. During the first interventions, the
organisation reached a lot of older youth (15+)
12 people trained: both family workers and street workers
Solid basic knowledge on how to use the mobile school
Storage system installed in the office of the organisation
Exchange of experiences with Janet Otieno of Glad’s House
Identification of 3 good locations for MS sessions
Reinforced network with Railway Children Africa
with their mobile school interventions. In the
coming months, it will become clear how the
62 organisation will integrate street work with the
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