We are incredibly grateful for our busiest and most successful year yet! Thanks to your support, we were able to rescue, rehabilitate and reunite more children than ever.

In 2021, we:

impacted 465 families
rescued 131 children from the streets
reunited 72 children with their families
trained 20 young adults in a technical skill
supported 46 families with monthly food distribution
provided education support for 69 former residents and 12 siblings

We are thankful that 2021 was a hugely successful year for our work. In the coming year, there are some large projects we need to accomplish in addition to our normal work of rescuing. With your support, we hope to:

build a new garden that can serve as a food source for the children, an additional source of income and a training ground for learning sustainable farming practices.
rebuild our perimeter wall which was destroyed last year so that Shelter Yetu will remain safe and secure.
hire a second counselor to meet the needs of the children and families that come through the Shelter.
hire an additional social worker to help with follow-up of more than 200 children in the community.

Please consider investing in one of these critical projects. For more information, or to contribute toward one of these projects specifically, you can get in touch through our email: info@shelteryetu.org

Rescuing Isaac

2022 is already in full swing, and we have rescued 25 boys to date. One of those boys is Isaac.*

Our street officer is in the field every week - this is a very important part of our rescue process, as he is able to identify boys who are new to the street and prevent them from experiencing the hardships and abuse that come from life on the streets.

Twelve-year-old Isaac only spent one night on the street before being rescued. He had never given his mother any trouble, but had begun spending time with some peers in town, selling scrap metal. He was eventually influenced to sleep in town by those peers, but met our street officer and was rescued the very next day. While counselors and teachers were preparing Issac to return home, his mother was searching him every day after work and had almost given up hope when he arrived home with a Shelter social worker. She was overjoyed to see him, and he was just as thrilled to see her. Because of Shelter Yetu's quick intervention, Issac was spared many of the horrors of life of the streets.

A reintegration plan has already been put in place for Isaac, and he will be home with his family and back in school by the next term.

*At Shelter Yetu, we respect children's right to privacy. So while their stories are true, client names and images may have been changed to protect their privacy. Thank you for understanding.

Here are just a few of the boys who've been reintegrated recently or are currently in the process of being reintegrated.