Published on January 25, 2025 by Kariuki Mwangi
Last Updated on 2 years by Kariuki Mwangi
The Nairobi City County Chief officer in charge of Environment Geoffrey Mosiria has called on Kenyans of goodwill to go an extra mile in support of the less fortunate in society, this after a street boy he helped rescue from the streets of Nairobi formally joined school.
Mosiria was captured in a touching video on December 17, 2024 pleading with a young boy, identified as Michael, to abandon substance abuse and took it upon himself to enroll the then street urchin into a children’s rescue center located in Nairobi’s Kangemi area.
And after a quick rehabilitation, the chief officer on Friday, January 24, 2025, went ahead to enroll Mike to Great Vision School in Kikuyu, where he settled the fees for the boy’s school term, elated with the steady progress that the boy has made within the few weeks of rehabilitation.
“This is the boy I rescued from the streets in December. I am glad that he has changed and today, Mike has now joined Great Vision School as a totally transformed child who is ready to learn,” Mosiria said.
“Some of these children you see on the streets are not there willingly but could be forced by circumstances. Mike is a total ophan and after taking him out of the streets, I want him to have a good education. I am doi g this at a personal level not as an officer of the county government,” he added.
Mosiria paid the initial fees of Ksh. 60,000 in addition to the child’s other needs which include uniform and other necessities as he called on well wishers to join hands with him and ensure that Mike acquires a decent education like any other child of his age who has parents or family to provide for him. Well wishers willing to help in Mike’s educational journey can reach out directly to Mosiria on social media or visit his office to help.
The school, Great Vision Academy Primary School is an ordinary private educational institute in Kinoo, Kikuyu in Kiambu county which offers a wide array of amenities for learners.
In December, during on of hiims random environmental checks around downtown Nairobi, Mosiria was moved as he came across the young child who had been living in the streets over an alleged assault by family.
In a video, that was posted widely on social media, Mosiria was seen pleading with the young boy, aged around 10 years to discard contents in a plastic bottle, reportedly an illicit content as he sought to secure a place for him in one of the childrens home located in Nairobi’s Kangemi area.
“I secured this child from the street today where he has been living after running away from her drunkard kins. It is important that we consider such needy cases and help the children who otherwise might end up with a ruined future just because of a drunken parent,” Mosiria said.
The chief officer who was doing rounds in the downtown areas of the CBD came across the young boy and enquired why he was living in the streets before the story touched him, prompting him to find a solution.
Mosiria was even seen buying new cloths and a pair of shoes for the boy in readiness to move him to a rescue place and get him back to school calling on the boy’s relatives to reach out to him and join in the reform journey for the boy.
