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The Answer:
To address this problem, Joseph Kirima Rwito, a 50 year old elementary
school principal, Teachers Union leader and Education Secretary
for the East Africa Pentecostal Churches, has built a shelter for
the youngest street children. He has converted an empty church building
into a combination dining hall and kitchen, and added a second structure
that provide space for a dormitory, classrooms and staff quarters.
These buildings will eventually house up to 80 street children,
ages 3 to 15 years old.
We now have 57 boys and girls under our care. Two are in nursery
school, and the rest attend elementary school. The Jerusha Mwiraria
Hope Children's Home, located 5 km south of Meru town center
on a 1 acre site belonging to the Hope Children's Fund, Ltd., provides
for abandoned children from all denominations.
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