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Fancy, a ten-year-old with dreams of becoming a doctor or teacher, yearns to bring happiness to other children, a contrast of her own troubled reality.
Relate, Rescue and Reunite
We met her seated alone in the streets and her story unfolded with painful memories,
…”We lived in Nakuru with my mother, while my father worked far away.” This distance created a void filled by a cruel man, my mother had a secret partner….He would visit our home drunk, beat us and demand we leave, sending us away to look for our father.”
Fancy recounted, detailing the beginning of a desperate escape that failed to move her mother’s heart. When Fancy’s father returned from his monthly work trip, he discovered his children had visible marks of physical abuse. A furious confrontation erupted shattering the family. Their mother abandoned them entirely leaving Fancy and her younger sister in their father’s care.
He bravely relocated them to the town his work place was located- Thika, seeking a fresh start, but the struggle was immense. We found Fancy alone and begging on the streets, a desperate measure to supplement her father’s small earnings and afford school supplies. She revealed that a neighborhood friend had led her there, promising a quick return with good money.
“I don’t know where my mother is,” Fancy confessed, her eyes filled with sorrow. “But I know she is alive. Sometimes, we go hungry, but I cannot complain. My father works so hard. I just pray she will come back, and we can be a family again.”
We traced and contacted her father, who was devastated by her disappearance and learning that his daughter was begging on the streets. He pleaded for help to enroll his children back in school.
Fancy’s desire for education remained strong through all this:
“I want to learn, to become a doctor or a teacher, and help other children have happy lives.”
We left with heavy hearts, grappling with the silent question:
- How could a mother abandon her children?
- How could she walk away from the ones she carried within her?
After the April School holiday, Fancy and her sibling will be back in school, necessitating uniforms, supplies, and other basic essentials.
Our support will give these young lives the much-needed hope they deserve.
