Our mission: rescuing children from the streets of Nairobi, Kenya; meeting their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs; and equipping them to earn a living and help others.

Made in the Streets


The Current Ministry, April 24, 2008

  1. Street Ministry — Three Team members live at the Eastleigh Center and daily minister at street bases and at the Center.  They find new streed kids to take to the Kamulu boarding program, they do First Aid at the bulding and on the streets, they teach Bible and make friends at the bases, they help older youth get national identity cards, and they go with street kids to visit family members.  Currently a focus of their work is to find young girls with babies to take into the Eastleigh Center.  They are also working on a plan with the administrator to find a way to care for older girls with babies.  On Sunday they lead worship at 4:00 PM at the Center.  Each Monday several Team members spend the day in Eastleigh visiting bases, hosting a large group of girls at the Center, and working with street kids (and our students) on legal documents and family relationships.  Larry and Hollye Conway also spend Monday through Wednesday in Eastleigh, Larry at bases and Hollye helping with mothers and girls.
  2. Education/Skills — basic literacy for all incoming students in English, Math, Computers and Bible. Rotation lasting two months in business or skills training after students are 16. Internships in businesses to teach them how to do the skills needed, how to run the business, record-keeping and so on when they are 17.  Vocational counseling and encouragement to go out and find a job. External training schools to teach skills not taught by us at almost or over 18. Attachments (apprenticeships) in businesses to further develop skills and ready students for the job market. 
  3. Shops - continuing and developing businesses in which students may function and learn skills and grow in confidence. Currently include Tea House, WoodWorking, Hair Salon, Computer Shop, Sewing Factory and Water Sales.
  4. Farm — almost 4 acres under dripline irrigation. Another 7 acres plowed and planted near boys' center. 20 acres has about 5 acres cultivated. 18 goats. Two chicken houses with 100 layers each.  One cow and her calf.
  5. Development — Ongoing construction of 2nd skills training building (Connor Brown Memorial Building), beginning planning for church building, first training building is now on 20 acres, water well is installed on 20 acres.  Renovation of girls' center begun to allow housing 8 more girls. 
  6. Student Life — dormitory living for 50 teenagers, spiritual life development in the church, assisting in teaching Sunday school, daily chapel, evening programs (LifExciting Class, Public Speaking Class, Wednesday Evening Devo, Counseling Class, Cell meetings for sharing). Regular chores for each student, regular work on the farm. Playground open to public.
  7. Local Church — leadership primarily MITS people. In December 2007 average of 120 in worship period, 52 in Sunday school.
  8. Hosting short-term mission teams to benefit MITS and the local church.  2008 will host groups from Central Church in Cedar Rapids IA, Singing Oaks Church in Denton TX, Conejo Valley Church in Thousand Oaks CA and South MacArthur Church in Irving, TX.

Future Projects

  1. Church building — proposed for 2008, may be delayed until 2009.
  2. Mountain View property — Christian Camp — no set plans or dates.
  3. 20 acre development  --  building 2nd skills training complex in 2008; will be training in salon/hairdressing and cooking/catering. Putting plan in place to open the training courses to outside students (teenagers who are not able to go on to high school from 8th grade).  Planning dripline irrigation on portion of the acreage.  Development of overall water systems plan.
  4. Church plot available to us near Ruai in an area where many hundreds (maybe thousands) will move in in the next 3 to 5 years. It is 120 x 100 feet and is on the roadside. We want to encourage the development of a church there so that it will benefit MITS students — it's mostly a psychological benefit, that of attending two churches and being able to think of finding and attending another Church of Christ in Nairobi when they are away from us.
  5. Boarding has been re-established at the Eastleigh Center for young girls with babies.  3 girls are living on property and 2 are in interview stage.



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