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The Watoto Village: Nairobi Street Children
What happens to homeless children in Kenya, with an estimated 60,000 of them in Nairobi alone? They rarely live past their mid-twenties, and survive by begging, stealing, pick pocketing, scavenging through dumpsters and prostituting themselves. Children sleep in alleys, on sidewalks, in dump sites and in sewer tunnels. Wambui Jackie Chege founded Watoto Village - 'watoto' means children in Swahili - to give them, and mothers as well, a basic foundation, with homes, education, health care, love and a sense of community. Ms. Chege talks about her nonprofit organization which also includes the largest Watoto Village initiative named the Mosaic Homes Network, in which she helps establish homes of no more than eight children, led by an 'aunt' and 'uncle'. From the Series:UVA NewsMakers 2005
Video Length: 1710
Date Found: February 12, 2009
Date Produced: November 09, 2005
View Count: 32
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