They are children who cannot rely on their families to provide them what's necessary to live and grow up peacefully. Even though few of them still maintain some kind of bond with their parents, particularly with their mothers, street children live by their wits in the backstreets of huge cities, begging, collecting garbage to be recycled, committing thefts or prostituting themselves. In order to relieve the pangs of hunger, they often sniff glue, a cheap drug thus particularly harmful, which in the long term causes permanent damage to the brain and to the respiratory system. According to the last evaluations, 30.000 street children live in Nairobi today.

Thanks to the contribution of AIFO (Italian Association Friends of Raoul Follerau), the Koinonia Community is now able to perform this task in a new house with suitable rooms, specifically planned for the children reception and their activities. This new structure is named "Kivuli" which means "Refuge, shelter from the sun". Here children can meet together and share their problems in a positive environment, in a safe and proteced milieu. Here they are encouraged to discover their own talents and express themselves through music, dancing, sports and batik. The young people of the community are like elder brothers to them; they listen to the children, they advise and guide them. This project has been operating since 1993 with positive results. Almost 100 children make use of the centre regularly. Some of them are helped to go back to state school and elder children are following training courses in order to learn a trade. When possible, the community tries to renew contacts with their families. Also through preventive and informative initiatives, many mothers are encouraged to become more aware of their responsibilities and learn to take care of their children.