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