Pastor Dorcas Rigathi's Boychild initiative has received backing from religious leaders in the Coast region.
Speaking during a consultative forum with interfaith leaders and Elders in Mombasa, Pastor Dorcas said the leaders have a solution to the challenges facing the boychild at the coast.
Pastor Dorcas noted that religious leaders must speak in one voice against drug barons in the region.
“When speaking about the boychild, I know I am advocating the case for the girlchild. When we have a strong and empowered boychild we will have strong families, we will have a secure nation.
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“It is a common thing we can agree to do, and save the boychild who is lost there and can be radicalized by anybody to buy drugs. This man that is out there (Streets) is the future of this country, but he is in the gutter. We must advocate against drug barons; we cannot sit and see people wiping out a generation," she stated.
Pastor Dorcas further called on the religious leaders to help in providing a father figure to the street boys who expressed themselves to her during her visit to the coastal region.
“We must save a generation, even if it is one boy that we will rescue, that will be enough for me. These boys must be brought out of the streets. They have dreams that must be validated," she said.
The religious leaders drawn from Mombasa, Kilifi, Lamu, Kwale Tana River, and Taita Taveta vowed to support the initiative that they say is a brilliant idea not just for the coastal region but the nation.
