| dc.description.abstract | Street children have become part of the landscape in most Kenyan cities and town. The life of the children on the streets is miserable, difficult and characterized by lack of food, shelter, security, basic amenities, school, medical care and parental love among others. The city council launched a rehabilitation programme for street children in the year 2003. Since then, there has been no concrete monitoring and gauging the effectiveness of the programme. Hence the purpose of the study is to investigate and evaluate the effectiveness ofthe city council rehabilitation program ofthe street children since 2003.
The study was guided by the case study method on the four rehabilitation centres which are Joseph Kang'ethe, Bahati, Shauri Moyo and Kayole rehabilitation centres. The four centers are based within Nairobi city council where the program operates. The four centres have the majority of children and youth rescued from streets of Nairobi and its environs. The study was centered on children undergoing rehabilitation; it also sought to determine the level of success of these programs in rehabilitating street children towards change of behaviour and improve their livelihoods. The respondents of the study were the centre management, care givers, social workers and street children both in centers and in the streets.
The descriptive survey design was used in the study. The sample comprised the above four mentioned rehabilitation centres. The study employed the purposive sampling technique in selecting the sample. Data was collected through questionnaires and interviews. The study will be significant in that it will give recommendation to the government and management staff of rehabilitation centers on ways to successfully achieve their goals and objectives. This is expected to contribute positively to successful rehabilitation of the growing number of street children to enable them be productive people in the future society. | en_US |
