We successfully engaged 15 street connected children (9 girls and 6 boys) to a Sunday Program “Apreciar Mentorship Program”. Apreciar Mentorship Program is believed to bring about a breakthrough in child development for posterity, which will go a long way in transforming the current and upcoming generation. The program objectives were met, and there was a notable change in the kids’ character and school performance. It was through coordinated efforts from our well able team who ensured successful implementation and the smooth running of the program which has surely resulted in positive transformation of the young children’s lives. This program targeted kids from slum areas as a strategy to end cases of kids ending up in the streets.
Education Program
Hugs For the Smiles
Development Program
Rehabilitation And Training
YEAR 2013 PROGRAM IMPACT
YEAR 2014 PROGRAM IMPACT
YEAR 2015 PROGRAM IMPACT
YEAR 2016 PROGRAM IMPACT
YEAR 2017 PROGRAM IMPACT
YEAR 2018 PROGRAM IMPACT
Homeless and Street Children Follow up
Mentorship and empowerment
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Education Program
2015 Street Children Education Program
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Hugs For the Smiles
Event with the homeless
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Development Program
Street Children Development Program. Program commenced in January 2015 and is still ongoing. We meet Street Children every Tuesday and Thursday in our program.
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Rehabilitation And Training
Monthly Youth mentorship and empowerment programs in villages, children’s home and orphanages
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YEAR 2013 PROGRAM IMPACT
Smile Foundation Kenya made tremendous efforts in engaging more than 50 boys living in the streets. We visited the street boys in Kware, Nairobi, Kenya on a weekly basis. The purpose of the visit was to establish contact with the group, offer counselling, mentorship, conflict resolution, capacity building, economic empowerment through establishing micro business managed by people living in the streets such as; car wash, tree nursery, Motorcycle carries/ taxi, pig rearing and a Kitchen garden in which they produced vegetables for sale to the community, residence and business owners. In conjunction with the local police, this program improved the peace and security around the community in which they are based, since the young boys were no longer involved in robbery and mugging.
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YEAR 2014 PROGRAM IMPACT
The year was a great success for Smile Foundation Kenya. We managed to host more than 10 events with the homeless; 2 birthdays with the homeless, 5 holidays with the homeless, cycling event with the homeless, Easter with the homeless, Soccer tournament with the homeless among others. The activities were supported by friends who gave sacrificially both finances and in-kind. We reached out to a number of people between 500 to 1000 living in the streets, boys and girls, men, women and children. This program gave hope to the people living in the street since they interacted with members of the community who came in as volunteers. Members of the community had a chance to understand people living in the streets and meet immediate needs..
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YEAR 2015 PROGRAM IMPACT
Smile Foundation Kenya pioneered a street children program in Nairobi, Kenya. The program involved, meeting more than 25 street Children. Daily engagement in the program included; Soccer training as a way of lowering drug level in their system, counselling, basic education and skills, attend and treating the street children’s wounds/ first aid and feeding them nutritious foods. The program's duration was 6 months, from the month of February to the month of July. In August 2015, we started a soccer team "super eagles" made up of 33 streets connected children with the aims of instilling discipline, making personal follow up on the kid’s school and family, keeping the kids off drugs and the 4 streets. This program saw that our program beneficiaries (street kids) were reunited with their families and also, support at the family level was offered in terms of school fees, monthly shopping, and upkeep. More than 50 children have successfully benefited from this initiative.
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YEAR 2016 PROGRAM IMPACT
A great year it was. We were privileged to host several volunteers (including a local soccer team, Wazito FC) who engaged our program beneficiaries to fun and life changing activities. The group supports an affiliate center by providing food and sanitary towels to a group of reformed street girls. We also received volunteers from several international countries who sponsored kids in our program through education sponsorship.
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YEAR 2017 PROGRAM IMPACT
We successfully engaged 15 street connected children (9 girls and 6 boys) to a Sunday Program “Apreciar Mentorship Program”. Apreciar Mentorship Program is believed to bring about a breakthrough in child development for posterity, which will go a long way in transforming the current and upcoming generation. The program objectives were met, and there was a notable change in the kids’ character and school performance. It was through coordinated efforts from our well able team who ensured successful implementation and the smooth running of the program which has surely resulted in positive transformation of the young children’s lives. This program targeted kids from slum areas as a strategy to end cases of kids ending up in the streets..
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YEAR 2018 PROGRAM IMPACT
Smile Foundation Kenya pioneered and piloted 4 strategic programs. We hosted events with the homeless, We made street visits in different street bases and provided shelter to 15 street boys, We recruited 3 street women in our mentorship program and supported them to start their own businesses. We rescued, supported, and nurtured the talents of two street boys, the two boys are talented skate boarders, we support them by providing shelter, formal education sponsorship, upkeep support and mentorship. We plan to recruit more beneficiaries in our programs.
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Homeless and Street Children Follow up
Regular follow up on the homeless and street children involved in our program
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Mentorship and empowerment
Monthly Youth mentorship and empowerment programs in villages, children’s home and orphanages
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