Winnie Mutuku has managed to sustain a feeding program for street children and families in Kitale, a town in western Kenya about 280 miles from the capital, Nairobi.

Mutuku, who manages Upendo Street Children -- a project run by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul -- has reunited many children with their families to avoid their being arrested by police during curfew hours.

Currently, I'm working on developing a new project for street children in the western part of Kenya [Kitale] where the Daughters of Charity have been engaged in services for 11 years.

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I came to Kitale in July last year to do a feasibility study in preparation to respond to the issues of street children in Kitale town.

Is there something about the charism of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul that has made you focus on the needs of the street children?