Thika West Children Officer, Lina Mwangi, has advised residents against supporting street children in Thika town directly through food, clothes and other gift donations.
Speaking at Kianjau Primary School on Monday, April 28, Mwangi noted that feeding these children would entice more children from disadvantaged homes to take to the streets.
According to the officer, these cases were mostly prominent during closures when these children did not have the safety net of schools. "As part of the security and child protection team, we are requesting members of the public not to feed children in the streets of Thika town," she stated.
An aerial view of Thika Town.
