Volunteers give Nairobi street families a rare treat

Real Househelps of Kawangware actors Aisha Noor (Truphena), comedian Macallandoz, Kendy Kinyua (Makena) and a friend Esther Wanjiku at the chapati movement forum for streetkids at Moi Avenue Primary School on March, 19 2016 (Photo: David Gichuru/Standard)

When hundreds of volunteers — led by the State Senior Director of Digital and Innovations Dennis Itumbi — came together to throw a ‘chapati’ party for city street families last Saturday, the extravaganza stirred up a new social movement among the youth. STEVENS MUENDO reviews the forum

I had never seen so many street families together before. Even the street families never had a union like that. Their attendance stood at about 3,000. It looked like a new movement; probably it was.