Day Care Children's Profiles

Below you can see some of the profiles of the children attending the Living Positive Program Day Care Center. All the children are in need of a sponsor and the annual cost of sponsoring is 18000 Ksh (∼170€. In case you are interested in sponsoring anyone of them, please contact us through the contact form.

Name: Abdalla Hassan
Birthday: 18.09.2006
Class: Babyclass
School: Living Positive Day Care Center


Abdalla lives in a family of two children, mother Violet Kadenyi and Ugandan father Hassan Viravi. Abdalla has a five-year-old stepsister who has different father. The family stayed in Uganda, but in December 2008 they came to Mathare slum to find work. They live in a small slum dwelling with only one room which is also used as a small shop which is run by the mother, whereas the father does some occasional work. Abdalla's health is good, as well as his mother's.

Name: Abdi Omar
Birthday: 20.08.2007
Class: Babyclass
School: Living Positive Day Care Center


Abdi lives with her single mother Esther Zainabu (born in 1985). They live in Oloolua, near Ngong town, in a rental house. Esther makes a living by selling cereals. She has separated from the father due to domestic issues but they still talk occasionally. Abdi has no specific health problems.

Name: Ann Atieno
Birthday: 21.07.2004
Class: Nursery
School: Living Positive Day Care Center


Ann lives in a family of three children, of which the oldest is 7 years old and the youngest one year old. Her mother Celestin Achien (born in 1989) and her 25-year-old father have lived in a slum dwelling in Mathare since 2002. The oldest child has lived in western Kenya with her grandmother, but at the time of the interview the child was just about to move to Mathare to live with her mother and her husband (who is not the father of the oldest child). The father works in the garbage collecting plastic for sale, whereas the mother doesn't go to work. The family doesn't suffer from any illnesses except for Ann's occasional stomach ache due to some food allergies.

Name: Brenda Adhiambo
Birthday: 28.10.2004
Class: Nursery
School: Living Positive Day Care Center


Brenda is the second born child in a family of three children, father (born in 1978) and mother Carolina Achienj (born in 1985). The oldest child is called Cynthia and she is in primary school. Eric is the youngest and stays home with the mother because the family can't afford his daycare fee (200 Ksh per month). The father works only occassionally. They have stayed in Mathare since 2002. There is no HIV or other illnesses in the family.

Name: Elisabeth Wanjiru
Birthday: 20.12.2004
Class: Nursery
School: Living Positive Day Care Center


Elisabeth lives in Mathare in a slum dwelling with her grand grandmother Philomena Mwaihaki (60). Philomena has lived in Mathare for approximately 20 years and is running a small shop. In addition to the shop they have one room. Elisabeth's mother gave birth very young (13 years old) and the baby was left for the grand grandmother to take care of, since Elisabeth's grandmother has died. Philomena does not know the whereabouts of Elisabeth's mother. At the moment Philomena is the only relative to Elisabeth and so the only one taking care of her. Elisabeth's health is good, as well as Philomena's.

Name: Faith Nyambura
Birthday: 10.03.2006
Class: Nursery
School: Living Positive Day Care Center


Faith is the fourth born child in the family of five children. The family, consisting of mother and five children, has lived in Mathare slum for one year. There are different versions of the family's history, but most likely the father has practised violence against their mother while he still lived with them. Faith and her siblings live in a small slum dwelling, which consists of only one room. The mother doesn't have permanent incomes but she works occasionally. Faith is a healthy girl with no illnesses. Dennis, Allan and Geoffrey are her brothers.

Name: Fridah Kamene
Birthday: 17.04.2004
Class: Nursery
School: Living Positive Day Care Center


Fridah lives in a family of three children of which she is the youngest. Her 12-year-old brother and 9-year-old sister are both attending school in Oloolua, near Ngong. Their parents both live with them and the fatherdoes occasional work in welding whereas the morther is a housewife but might do some cleaning when it's available. The family has lived in Mathare slum since 1999. They try to earn enough money every month to pay school fees for the older children and for Fridah's daycare fee. Fridah has no specific health problems.

Name: Jacob Okunga
Birthday: 01.01.2006
Class: Babyclass
School: Living Positive Day Care Center


Jacob is the second born child in his family of 6-year-old girl, 1-year-old boy, mother and father. The mother Miriam Achieng was born in 1984 and is a housewife, whereas the father does occasional welding. They have lived ten years in Mathare slum. According to the mother the family struggles with continuous financial problems. Jacob has occasional malaria. The mother is healthy.

Name: Judy Naliaka
Birthday: 01.01.2006
Class: Nursery
School: Living Positive Day Care Center


Judy is the 4th born in a family of 5 children. She lives in the outskirts of Ngong mathare slum with her parents Pius Wanjala, 45years, Mary Wanjala, 30years and her 3 siblings,Bruno a primary school child (class 1), Nelson, her elder brother, who is also in the daycare, and thier youngest baby, Patrick who is 6 months old, in a tiny one-roomed house.Thier eldest child, passed away a few years ago. Her parents have no stable scource of income and they rely on casual jobs(which are very rare to find) to feed and sustain thier family. The family moved to mathare slum 3 years ago from Kakamega, Western Kenya, after thier house was burned down in tribal clashes. Immediately after she was born, Judy was diagnosed with a heart problem( her heart was larger than normal), she was forced to live with the problem for a long time since her parents could not afford her medical care, so she has constant chest pains but they have decreased with age. The other family members are also in good health.

Name: Night Awuor
Birthday: 01.07.2004
Class: Nursery
School: Living Positive Day Care Center


Night lives with her mother Monica Adongo (21), father and a younger sister (born in 2007) in a small slum dwelling in Mathare where the family has lived since 2006. The parents have been married since 2003. The father has no permanent work and the mother works only occasionally when some occasional work is available. Night has no particular health problems as well as her parents. At the time of the interview the younger sister had malaria and Monica found it very difficult to get the sufficient money to take her daughter to the hospital.

Name: Stephen Kangethe
Birthday: 17.01.2005
Class: Babyclass
School: Living Positive Day Care Center


Stephen lives with his mother Mary Wanjiru (34 years) and three siblings: Anthony (14), Moses (8), and Daniel (6), who all go to school in Oloolua, near Ngong. The father has died. The family has lived in Mathare slum since April 2008. The mother works in a small shop selling eggs and milk on market days (Wednesday and Saturday) when the owner of the shop is elsewhere. This is the only income for the mother, who has to pay the 500 Ksh rent every month, in addition to other expenses. At the daycare Stephen seems very lonely and quiet and doesn't interact with other children. This is most likely because he doesn't speak much swahili since kikuyu is the main language in his family. Stephen has had stomach aches which have been diagnosed as stomach worms. Recently he has had aches in chest as well as cough, but the stomach has been better.

Name: Steven Mwangi
Birthday: 07.08.2005
Class: Babyclass
School: Living Positive Day Care Center


Steven is her mother's only child. He currently lives with his mother and her boyfriend Samuel, who is not the father of the child nor lives permanently with them but apparently supports them with the income of some occassional work. Esther has stayed one year in Mathare slum and before that they stayed in Muranga. The 23-year-old mother has no permanent income to support her son. Steven has no illnesses.