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ALICE WAMBUI
Child ID Number: 1
Age: Six years old
Born: 2002
Location: Kware Slum in Ongata Rongai
Languages: Kiswahili and Kikuyu
Interests: Drawing
Parents: Daniel Muiruri and Ruth Nyambura
Siblings: Serah Wanjiru (1991), Benson Igogo (1993), Miriam Waithera (1994), and John Kamau
Financial Situation: Both parents work as casual laborers with no stable source of income
Home Life Details: Family lives in a tin home with a pit latrine but no electricity or water; they use charcoal to cook; children share single bed or sleep on floor
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ALEX GICHORA
Child ID Number: 2
Age: Six years old
Born: July 20, 2002
Location: Kware slum in Ongata Rongai
Languages: Swahili and Kikuyu
Interests: Coloring and chores such as fetching water, going to the shop, etc.
Health: Occasional eye problems
Parents: George Mureithi and Jane Nyambura
Siblings: None
Financial Situation: Parents run a small vegetable-selling business
Home Life Details: Family lives in a small tin rental home without electricity or water and uses charcoal to cook
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ANGEL NTHAMBI
Child ID Number: 3
Age: Six years old
Born: October 4, 2002
Location: Kware slum in Ongata Rongai
Interests: Reading, singing, and chores such as sweeping
Parents: Luka Mutuku and Mary Karegi
Siblings: William Musina (1997) and Esther Mberete (2007)
Financial Situation: Both parents work as casual laborers with no stable source of income
Home Life Details: Family lives in a single-room tin rental home without electricity or water and uses charcoal to cook
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ANN ACHIRA
Child ID Number: 4
Age: Seven years old
Born: October 22, 2001
Location: Kware slum in Ongata Rongai
Languages: Kiswahili and Luhya
Interests: Singing, playing with toys, Mathematics, English, and chores such as sweeping
Parents: Francis Kulali and Rose Muyeku
Siblings: Daniel Mulupi (2006) and Melsa Angonja (2004)
Financial Situation: Both parents work as casual laborers with no stable source of income
Home Life Details: Family lives in a single-room tin home offered to them by a relative without electricity or water; they use charcoal to cook
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ANN INYANGALA
Child ID Number: 5
Age: Five years old
Born: August 3, 2003
Location: Gataka slum in Ongata Rongai
Languages: Swahili and Luhyia
Interests: Playing and chores such as sweeping
Parents: Samuel Adonga and Evalyne Adonga
Siblings: Jentrice Mbone (1999) and Pevole (2001)
Financial Situation: Both parents work as casual laborers with no stable source of income
Home Life Details: Family lives in a single-room tin rental home and uses charcoal to cook
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ANN NYAMBURA
Child ID Number: 6
Age: Nine years old
Born: February 9, 1999
Location: Laiser in Ongata Rongai
Interests: Ball games, skipping rope, mathematics, Kiswahili, and chores such as fetching water and washing utensils
Parents: Abandoned by her single mother, Nancy Waithera; is now under her grandmother's care
Siblings: None
Home Life Details: Family lives in a home sublet to them by a relative without electricity or water and uses charcoal to cook
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BAHATI JANE
Child ID Number: 7
Age: Five years old
Born: February 5, 2003
Location: Kware slum in Ongata Rongai
Interests: Ball games, singing, Mathematics, Drawing, and chores such as kitchen help
Parents: Ali Mausel and Mary Nafula
Siblings: Brian Simiyu (2001), Ibrahim Baraka (2005), and Faith Mariam (2007)
Financial Situation: Both parents work as casual laborers with no stable source of income
Home Life Details: Family lives in a rented one-room cemented, tin home without electricity or water and uses charcoal to cook; children sleep on the floor
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BEATRICE ("BETTY") AWINO
Child ID Number: 8
Age: Four years old
Born: June 2, 2004
Location: Kware slum in Ongata Rongai
Languages: Swahili
Interests: Playing with dolls, drawing, and chores such as cleaning
Parents: Peter Juma and Linet Akoth
Siblings: Brian Omondi (2000) and Violet Achieng (1998)
Financial Situation: Father works as a casual laborer in stone quarries, and Mother is a housewife
Home Life Details: Family lives in a small tin rental home and uses charcoal to cook; children sleep on the floor
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BECKI ATIENO
Child ID Number: 9
Age: Four years old
Born: July 17, 2003
Location: Laiser in Ongata Rongai
Languages: Kiswahili and Luo
Interests: Singing and chores such as cleaning the house
Parents: Martin Nyambune and Peris Anyango
Siblings: Vivian Anyoso (2007)
Financial Situation: Father works as a care-taker of a house in Laiser, and Mother is jobless
Home Life Details: Family lives in a room sublet to them by Father's employer and uses charcoal and firewood to cook; in total, five individuals live in the home
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BENEDICT NAFULA
Child ID Number: 10
Born: 2003
Location: Kware slum in Ongata Rongai
Interests: Singing, playing with dolls, drawing, mathematics, and chores such as cleaning utensils
Parents: Samuel Shikuku and Asenarth Nekesa
Siblings: Tabitha Nanjala (2001)
Financial Situation: Father works as a casual laborer in a quarry in the Gataka slum, and Mother is an occasional hairdresser; family has no stable source of income
Home Life Details: Family lives in a single-room tin rental home after previously fleeing from Kitale, an area affected by the violence in the country; all their belongings were burnt down
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BLESSING KEMUNTO GUTO
Child ID Number: 11
Age: Four years old
Born: June 18, 2003
Location: Gataka slum in Ongata Rongai
Interests: Skipping rope, dancing, mathematics, English, and chores such as washing utensils and looking after her sibling
Parents: Charles Guto and Esther Momanyi
Siblings: Salome Moraa (2007)
Financial Situation: Father works as a casual laborer in stone quarries in Gataka and Mother sells vegetables and fruit
Home Life Details: Family lives in a single-room rental home and uses charcoal to cook; children sleep on the floor
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BRIAN MWINDE
Child ID Number: 12
Age: Five years old
Born: December 8, 2003
Location: Gataka slum in Ongata Rongai
Interests: Making toys, drawing, language, and chores such as fetching water
Parents: Joseph Nthewa and Miriam Nduku
Siblings: Edwin Mutinda and Evans Kilonzo
Financial Situation: Both parents work as casual laborers
Home Life Details: Family lives in a single-room tin rental home without electricity or water and uses charcoal to cook
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BRIAN OTIENO BAKARI
Child ID Number: 13
Born: 2003
Location: Ongata Rongai
Language: Kiswahili
Interests: Playing football, running, drawing, and mathematics
Parents: Alface Bakari and Caroline Bakari
Siblings: Erick Njane (2007)
Financial Situation: Father works as a house caretaker in Ongata Rongai, and Mother is jobless
Home Life Details: Family lives in a small room sublet to them from Alface's employer and uses charcoal and firewood to cook; Brian sleeps on the floor
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BRIGIT KASAVULI
Child ID Number: 14
Age: Seven years old
Born: April 27, 2001
Location: Gataka slum in Ongata Rongai
Interests: Singing, skipping rope, mathematics, Kiswahili, and chores such as washing dishes
Parents: Separated when Brigit was young; Brigit is now under her grandmother's care
Siblings: Four step siblings
Financial Situation: Grandmother sells green vegetables within the slum with no reliable source of income
Home Life Details: Family lives in a single-room stone rental home without electricity or water; Brigit and other related children sleep on the floor
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CHRISTINE ("CHRIS") AKOTH
Child ID Number: 15
Age: Five years old
Born: April 15, 2003
Location: Laiser in Ongata Rongai
Interests: Singing, skipping rope, mathematics, drawing, and chores such as washing utensils
Parents: Kennedy Okumu and Leonida Okumu
Siblings: Ivyonne Achil (1996), Chali Adhiambo (2005), and Rachel Akinyi (2007)
Home Life Details: Family lives in a small rental room without electricity or water and uses a pit latrine
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CLEOPHAS MULWA
Child ID Number: 16
Age: Six years old
Born: August 28, 2002
Location: Gataka slums in Ongata Rongai
Languages: Swahili and Kikamba
Interests: Playing with toys, mathematics, and drawing
Parents: Jaron Kilonzi and Maria Kiloni
Siblings: Vivan Mwende (1991) and Immaculate Nzilani (1995)
Financial Situation: Father works as a casual laborer in the quarries, and Mother works as a mobile hairdresser
Home Life Details: Family also cares for a female relative named Winfred Radi (1989); family lives in a single-room rental home without water and uses charcoal to cook; children sleep on the floor
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COLLINS ODHIAMBO
Child ID Number: 17
Age: Seven years old
Born: January 4, 2001
Location: Kware slum in Ongata Rongai
Languages: Kiswahili and Luo
Interests: Playing football, running, mathematics, English, and chores such as fetching water and cleaning
Parents: George Otieno and Caroline Akinyi
Siblings: Vincent Onyango (2004) and Vivian Achieng (2008)
Financial Situation: Both parents work as casual laborers
Home Life Details: Family lives in a single-room stone rental home without electricity or water and uses charcoal to cook; children sleep on the floor
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COLLINS ("BOI") ODHIAMBO OCHIENG
Child ID Number: 18
Age: Four years old
Born: September 9, 2003
Location: Kware slums in Ongata Rongai
Interests: Playing football, running, mathematics, and drawing
Parents: Mother Dorrin Onyango separated from Father
Siblings: Evalyn Akinyi (2007)
Financial Situation: Dependent on grandparents with no stable source of income
Home Life Details: Family lives in small stone rental home with a pit latrine and uses charcoal to cook; six other cousins share the home; children sleep on the floor
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DANCAN OMBIJA
Child ID Number: 19
Age: Six years old
Born: February 1, 2002
Location: Gataka slum in Ongata Rongai
Languages: Kiswahili and Luo
Interests: Playing with dolls, reading, and chores such as cleaning the house
Parents: Andrew Olina and Grace Anyango
Siblings: Felix Omondi (1993) and Stephen Sakombe (2000)
Financial Situation: Father works as a casual laborer in a quarry in Gataka slum, and Mother is unemployed but occasionally sells green vegetables
Home Life Details: Family lives in a stone home without electricity and uses charcoal to cook; children sleep on the floor
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DAVID NYAGA
Child ID Number: 20
Age: Six years old
Born: 2002
Location: Ongata Rongai
Languages: Kiswahili and Kikuyu
Parents: Samuel Irungu and Mary Wambui; parents separated last year
Siblings: Boniface Mureithi (2004)
Financial Situation: Children under care of Father, who is ill and with no source of income; Boniface cannot attend school due to family's financial problems
Home Life Details: Family lives in a tin rental home with a latrine but no electricity or water; children sleep on the floor
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DERRICK OKWAYO
Child ID Number: 21
Age: Five years old
Born: August 24, 2002
Location: Kware slums in Ongata Rongai
Language: Kiswahili
Interests: Ball games, mathematics, and chores such as cleaning the house and fetching water
Parents: Jeremiah Okwayo and Caroline Semere
Siblings: Zillah Mughoni (2005)
Financial Situation: Father works as a casual laborer, and Mother is jobless
Home Life Details: Family lives in a single-room stone rental home without electricity or water and uses charcoal to cook; children sleep on the floor
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EDITH AUMA ODONGO
Child ID Number: 22
Born: 2002
Location: Gataka slum in Ongata Rongai
Languages: Kiswahili and Luo
Interests: Skipping rope, playing with dolls, mathematics, and drawing
Parents: Elijah Odongo and Lilian Odhiambo
Siblings: Mark Odongo (2005) and Carlos Odhiambo (2007)
Financial Situation: Father works as a casual laborer, and Mother is jobless
Home Life Details: Family lives in a single-room stone rental home with a pit latrine but no electricity or water and uses charcoal to cook; children sleep on the floor
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EDWARD ONGWAE
Child ID Number: 23
Age: Three years old
Born: August 28, 2004
Location: Laiser in Ongata Rongai
Interests: Singing, playing with toys, drawing, and chores such as fetching water
Parents: Julius Mutie and Rose Kwamboka
Siblings: Yvonne Kerubo (2000) and Lincon Okari (2006)
Financial Situation: Father works as a casual laborer, and Mother is jobless
Home Life Details: Family lives in a room a relative offered them without electricity or water and uses charcoal to cook; children sleep on the floor
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ELYVEEN ANYOSO MBADU
Child ID Number: 24
Age: Four years old
Born: January 4, 2004
Location: Laiser in Ongata Rongai
Language: Swahili
Interests: Playing ball, reading, drawing, and chores such as cleaning
Parents: Joseph Mbadu and Janet Mbadu
Siblings: Monica Nyaleso (2003) and Julius Otieno (2007)
Financial Situation: Father works as a casual laborer in a nearby school, and Mother is jobless
Home Life Details: Family lives in a single-room home sublet from the school without electricity or water and uses charcoal to cook; children sleep on the floor
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EMMANUEL ("MATUA") MATUA
Child ID Number: 25
Age: Four years old
Born: April 9, 2004
Location: Kware/Riverside slum in Ongata Rongai
Languages: Swahili and Kikamba
Interests: Playing football and chores such as cleaning
Parents: Joel Mwenda and Teresila Kiungo
Siblings: None
Financial Situation: Both parents work as casual laborers
Home Life Details: Family lives in a single-room tin rental home without electricity or water and uses charcoal to cook; Emmanuel sleeps on the floor
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EMMANUEL NYONGESA
Child ID Number: 26
Age: Six years old
Born: October 2, 2001
Location: Gataka slum in Ongata Rongai
Interests: Playing football, running, mathematics, reading, and chores such as washing utensils
Parents: David Nyongesa and Mercy Nekesa
Siblings: Moses Baraza (1994) and Ruth Nyongesa (1996)
Financial Situation: Father works as a casual laborer and is currently jobless, and Mother sells green vegetables
Home Life Details: Family lives in a small rented room and uses charcoal to cook; children sleep on the floor
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ERIC GICHURU
Child ID Number: 27
Age: Seven years old
Born: April 10, 2001
Location: Kware slum in Ongata Rongai
Languages: Kiswahili and Kikuyu
Interests: Playing football, running, mathematics, Kiswahili, and chores such as fetching water and washing dishes
Parents: Peter Irungu and Lucy Wamaitha
Siblings: Kelvin Thuku (2004)
Financial Situation: Father occasionally works as a barber, and Mother is jobless
Home Life Details: Family lives in a single-room tin home without electricity or water and uses charcoal to cook; children sleep on the floor
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ERNEST ("BOSS") ODHIAMBO
Child ID Number: 28
Age: Four years old
Born: October 23, 2003
Location: Kware slum in Ongata Rongai
Interests: Playing ball games, running, drawing, and coloring
Parents: Joseph Odhiambo and Lillian Achieng
Siblings: Ordian Awour and Collins Otieno (2007)
Financial Situation: No reliable source of income
Home Life Details: Family lives in a single-room tin rental home without electricity; Father's previous wife passed away and left three additional children to him; children sleep on the floor
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ESTHER CHEPKWEMBET NDIEMA
Child ID Number: 29
Age: Four years old
Born: April 28, 2003
Location: Gataka slum in Ongata Rongai
Languages: Kiswahili and Kalenjin
Interests: Playing with dolls, mathematics, English, and chores such as cleaning the house
Parents: Michael Ndiema and Selva Mdiema
Siblings: Elisha Ndiema (2000) and Adah Ndiema (2005)
Financial Situation: Father works as a casual laborer in the quarries, and Mother is a housewife
Home Life Details: Family lives in a single rented room and uses charcoal to cook; children sleep on the floor
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ESTHER GACHERI
Child ID Number: 30
Age: Five years old
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