Many young children, some as young as 3 or 4 years old, in Mombasa, Kenya, are so poor they live on the streets. Life for them is a bleak struggle for survival, where drugs, alcohol and crime are often the only means of escape. They desperately need help. ‘Glad’s House’ is a young charity that aims to help these street children return to a ‘normal’ way of life. When we have raised sufficient funds we will be establishing Glad’s House, our own refuge in Mombasa.
Our aim is to get as many children as possible back into full time education. For those who can perhaps even places in higher education. For the less academic children or those too old to return to school, we aim to get them into apprenticeship schemes where they can learn a trade. All the older children we will assist in finding gainful employment. |
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See Rocket Long’s “Rocket in Africa” stories about Glad’s House in Mombasa. 
