On 15^th October 2023, 0830 hours I was stopped by a lady (I call her Risper) on a wheelchair being pushed by a school going boy at St. Martin CSA gates. I greeted them but Risper was in such a hurry to ask for my financial support than in exchange for pleasantries. Apparently, I knew Risper for several years because we had rescued one of her sons from the streets but she kept pulling him back to the streets until we lost the battle. I inquired from the boy why he was not in school. The mother retorted quickly that they did not have anything to eat back at home. By now she was already growing impatient with me. I offered to support them with food for a month and reinstate the boy back to school as we work out a sustainable solution to their vulnerability.  She declined my offer and commanded the son to move on, with disappointment on her face. This is not an isolated experience. Many poor people with special vulnerability (real and crafted) are pushed to the streets of our towns by unscrupulous people to beg and pay a commission while others have found an easy source of shillings from charitable Kenyans.

The fifth International Education Day is an event which is celebrated on January 24th, where the focus is on the role of education in bringing global peace and development. This year the theme of International Education Day is “to invest in people, prioritize education. In St. Martin CSA our mission is to strengthen community capacity to care for and empower vulnerable people in mutually transformative relationships.We endeavor to deepen relationships with communities, the gorvement and other stakeholders to help guarantee quality and holistic child education to the best of our capacity.