Kids in Kenya are dying while their parents see

These are the kids at their home, far left is the girl who had to leave school and take care of her brother and sisters, she is holding one of her small siblings in her arms.

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Today i visited this home in Kabula Division in Bungoma District, a friend of mine who had been told of the suffering of these kids told me to accompany him so that we could get the actual picture and meet the victims of parental neglect, just as we were arriving at this home, the mother of these children who was around the compound took off and hid.

You can see this young boys foot with jiggers.

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Iam talking about the home of four children who are attacked by jiggers, these children are living with the condition right under the eyes of their parents,their mother and father have deliberately left their children to suffer with this and even one of the members of the family (a child) died some time back due to the jiggers.

When we were going through their home we realized that the eldest of the Kids had even left school (she attends school in a nearby primary school called Bukhuma primary school) to come home and take care of her ailing siblings, we also realized that these parents are not poor, they are well of and have the capacity of supporting their children medical wise and even education wise, it is so unfortunate that the local community has been allowing this to go on, the two parents are said to be jointly visiting drinking joints and are always drunk not to care about their children.

These hand looks like that of an old man, but this is a young kid's hand not even anywhere near 8years of age. They have jiggers as you can see

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For these children, life is hell, the care taker of the other Kids has to go school as the parents are somewhere busy drinking and not caring how their children will survive without them. This is so unfair for this kid.

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While we were back in Bungoma town while I was writing this story, it happened to get the attention of a UNICEF official, He asked us to take him to that place so that he can assess the situation, (I hope when the time comes and we go there with Him he will have to help using the legal mandate of UNICEF to arrest the situation).

Who is going to fight for these children who are facing death right before the eyes of their parents with a neighborhood that doesn't care?

If you have read this story and you are around Kenya or even abroad and you happen to be connected to any department of state that fights for children rights or human rights or any ego that fights for the same, please make them aware of this, it might help at the end of the day because we need to have collective responsibility.