Educate and Empower Street Children in Kenya

The children of the CYEC are learning about the environment by removing garbage from their Centre and the surrounding community. Children act as “trash police” who keep the Centre clean, compost bins ensure that nothing goes to waste, an environmental club is working to beautify the Centre and “Community Clean-Up Days” are encouraging the community to join the CYEC in its efforts to preserve the environment.

To instill a sense of environmental responsibility, children are assigned the duty of being trash police. Trash police patrol the Centre, picking up garbage and reminding others to keep the Centre clean.

The CYEC’s children are also learning about composting. Food scraps such as peels, stems and stalks are collected in colorful composting bins. Children are assigned the duty of emptying the bins into a large compost pile that is used to fertilize the Centre’s garden.

The children of the CYEC have also started an “environmental club” which meets once per week to discuss environmental issues and to brainstorm ways that the CYEC can help improve the environment. The club is creating a “green square” that will be filled with a variety of trees, bushes and flowers.

But the clean-up does not stop at the gates of the Centre. The first of many “Community Clean-Up Days” was held in mid-August. Children donated their Saturday to pick up trash around the community. The children were divided into groups which focused on different areas including a popular shopping center and a church. They talked to local community members about the importance of community service and a clean environment.

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