FAMILY RELIEF

Through the support of well-wishers, parents in our sister organization Cheza Sports Limited, we have raised contribution to support a number of kids and youth from less privileged backgrounds over the years, it’s been the case with the COVID-19 pandemic; we have so far collected up to Usd 1,000.00 and donated foodstuffs to 81 households. Nevertheless, we are still in need of more supply for other household contributions as well as keeping a constant supply considering we are unsure of return to normalcy. We have further engage the teenagers and young adults in football training activities, consequently keeping them off trouble as well as nurturing their football talents.

We have set up a soap-making venture where the youth can learn to make soap for domestic use as well as sell. Through our office, we engage the youth in online learning with access to education in topics as nutrition, safeguarding, mental health, drugs, and substance abuse as well as management. Weekly Community work is mandatory for all the young adults in the CBO which includes clean-up activities. We have been heartened with support from the Hindu Council of Kenya with their generous donations.

Mukuru Fuata Nyayo slum village within Kenya’s capital, Nairobi county is one the least highlighted yet rapidly growing informal settlements. It is estimated that about 30,000 people live within the slum; comprising children at 30% (aged 1-18s), youth at 40% (18-35), middle-aged at 20% (36-65), and the elderly (65+), at 10%. Being informal, the houses in Fuata Nyayo are made from cheap temporary material that offers partial safety from extremities of weather elements. 75% of the structures are made of iron sheets, while the rest are built of wattle pole and mud and some spots of cement structures Monthly rents range between Ksh. 1,500 (15 USD) to Ksh. 5,000.(50USD). Though this is fairly low compared to Nairobi’s average it still cuts into about 30-50% of the resident’s monthly income.

Approximately half of the working population is employed in the Nairobi industrial area; about 15% are unemployed, job-seekers, or housewives. Small-scale traders, either within the open-air market or outside the village, represent about 35% of the workforce. From the onset of the virus in Kenya earlier this year, the health ministry has been consistently raising the alarm over the rising cases of covid-19 infections and related fatalities in within the urban slums. Of Nairobi County. This has various local and international non organizations to priorities interventions within several slums to try to stem the tide in infections and also alleviate suffering caused by consequent economic hardship. Fuata Nyayo is yet to receive such attention. A so familiar trend of focusing bigger and better known slums like Kibera, Mathare and Korogocho., yet residents here endure the same poor living conditions and face the same vulnerabilities.