[Mose Sammy, Standard]As temperatures continue dropping, senior citizens and street families on the slopes of Mt Kenya are desperate. A spot check on the streets of Nyeri, Meru and Nanyuki shows most of the street families sleep in open places with no blankets. “I am liaising with a number of saw millers to get firewood which is the biggest challenge to most rural families,” Kairu said. “We are encouraging the street families to relocate to Thunguma Children’s home, but the main challenge is that most of them are getting back to the streets which they are used to. Ms Muthuri mobilised friends and together they have been raising funds to buy foodstuff which they cook and take to the street families.

Source: Standard Digital July 09, 2021 05:03 UTC