TY  - BOOK
AU  - Njoroge, Martin C.
TI  - Education as a tool for empowering Kenya's street children for intergration in National development
SN  - 19981279
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Nairobi
PB  - USIU
KW  - Street children
KW  - Education
KW  - Empowerment
KW  - Kenya
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N2  - Education is an empowerment process that enables those who have been marginalized in the social, economic,political, and cultural sphere to claim their status as fully participating members of the society. Nevertheless, about 3000,000 street children in Kenya have had no formal education and are not proficient in the two languages in used - English(official language) -languages in which vital information leading to improved livelihoods and participation in national development is available. Drawing evidence from an ongoing study on the literacy and numeracy needs of street children in Kenya, I argue that street  children need to be equipped with appropriate knowledge through acquisition of numeracy, language and literacy skills for them to be fully empowered to be able to participate in the country's development
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