About Us

The Kenya Network of Careleavers is a youth organization, by and for young people from different communities who have grown up or spent part of their life in institutional care/ orphanages/ children's homes/ rehabilitation centres. 

The majority of these young people continue to face many socio-emotional and economic challenges since leaving instititutional care.

Who are Careleavers?

Careleavers in our context are young adults who spent time in care as children (i.e. under the age of 18); young people who were brought up in children's homes, orphanages, and rehabilitation centers. The period of time spent in care can range from as little as a few months to as long as one’s whole childhood (18 years). The care could have been provided directly by the government or private sector, i.e. churches, individuals, groups and other institutions.



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  • "It isn’t your position that makes you happy or unhappy, it’s your disposition."   — O. S. Marden

  • "Little people talk about people. Medium size people talk about things. And big people talk about ideals and principles." – Unknown

  • "Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves— to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today." — Stewart B. Johnson

  • "Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, To everyone you can."  — Ancient Advice

  • "Life is like a book we can either study it or let it gather dust on the shelves of the world."   —  Rene Godefroy

  • "Beautiful thoughts of all kinds crystallize into habits of grace and kindliness, which solidify into genial and sunny circumstances; pure thoughts crystallize into habits of temperance and self-control. "     — James Allen

 “The plight of Careleavers has for a long time gone unnoticed. These young people are silently suffering and forgotten. Some are still submerged in the distresses of their past, deterring them from personal development. Their present challenges are overwhelming, yet they still have dreams and hope to continue their studies, find jobs, making meaningful relationships and lead normal lives. I believe that each of us can be the hope and dream that these young people have been waiting for, the bridge for them to get to their next stage in life”