PRAY FOR KANINI

Francis Mbuvi reports from a visit to street youth this week in Eastleigh - about a young girl who is used by her mother and grandmother to beg, and she "must" come up with money for them - or else!

"Kanini has been exploited and used by those who should be protecting and loving her! She told me, "Hata nilipokua shule, Shosho alikua ananituma kuduru jioni" (“even when I used to go to school, my grandma used to tell me to go beg for money in the evening”).  James Njuguna and Byron wanted to rescue her as soon as they heard her story only for Kanini to refuse, because, as some women at Globe Base told them, "Shosho yake akipata hana Pesa, atachapwa sana” (if her grandma finds her without any money, she will be beaten badly”). It is indeed a sad scenario in a modern world and hard to understand how parents and relatives can be so cruel. When we found her asleep yesterday and James tried to wake her, she woke up defensively, ready to run, a sign of how much beating she has had to endure. James is trying to find either the Mum or Grandma so he can report them to the Children's Office. We hope Kanini will fight her fear and come join MITS where we can Love her in Jesus!!"