Undugu Society of Kenya hosted Digital Story Telling students for a 3 days’ workshop where they were trained on the importance of Advocacy, Stages of Advocacy, Types of power, How to identify issues, that is, on the best steps to follow, How to set Objectives and Activities together with the Basics of Advocacy. By the time the workshop was winding up, the Digital Students had learnt on the best ways to advocate on the issues affecting them in the society such as, drugs intake, Alcoholism, police harassment, insecurity, rape, empowering of youths economically and so on. With this, Undugu believes these students will be able to bring changes in their societies by crusading for what is right....

‘’My name is Salome Wanjiru, I am 16 years old, 2nd born in a family of 6 and secretary at Maasai Market Association, Globe Cinema. Some years back, when my father was alive, we used to live at Kinangop; life was then comfortable for my siblings and I, for we would rarely lack any of the basic needs. As time went by, my father passed on living us with our mother to fend for us. It was not an easy life since my mother was just but a housewife with no income. We had to move to a one room rented house at Gilgil, where my mother would hustle day and night to provide for us food and shelter.   Read more of this on our success page ...

Undugu Society of Kenya being a local non-profit, non-governmental organization established in 1973 by the late Father Arnold Grol, a Dutch priest. It has been dealing with the rehabilitation and re-integration of children and youth living and working on the streets as well as empowerment of poor urban and rural communities in Kenya. Undugu has been running various programs that caters for both the children and youth on the streets together with people from marginalized communities, namely, Education and Training program, Rescue, Rehabilitation and re-integration, Peer Education, Health, HIV/AID ’s, Community Empowerment and Institutional Development respectively. ...

Ever wondered why children keep on joining street life every now and then, despite of the harsh living conditions in the streets? Find out more of this on David Okello's article on Undugu’s success page....