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Kiritiri

Kiritiri at a Glance

Kiritiri is a region in Mbeere, Kenya. There are about 30,000 people in this area, and the size of the region is approximately 200 square miles. The dominant people are the Mbeere who speak a language called Kimbeere. Popular crops found in this region include fruits like mangoes, melons, paw paws and passion fruits. The farmers in this area grow corn, beans, cowpeas, pigeon peas, and black peas.

Kiritiri is affected by severe hunger and drought on an annual basis. This sadly results in the loss of lives - both residents and livestock. Because Kiritiri is a semi-arid region, crops do not thrive here; therefore, not everyone crop farms due to fear of making losses. Instead, the residents focus on livestock farming. Female genital mutilation practices are high in this region, which suffocates the female population. Girls are forced to be married at a very tender age which leads to high rates of school dropouts. This is a very common practice, and if a girl fails to marry young, she is treated like an outcast. Child labor is high in this area, which results in a lot of children leaving school before they finish. Some of the children in this area are forced to work in Khat farms or to harvest sand for construction and quarry businesses in order to help their parents in providing for their families and for quick cash. A lot of youth in this area also struggle with drug abuse.


Lifeline in Kiritiri

Kiritiri is a community in our BeFriend program (a partnership between Lifeline and Life in Abundance). BeFriend connects a church in the U.S. or Canada to a local church around the world in a meaningful way. Through this partnership, the U.S. or Canadian church can fuel empowerment and break the cycle of poverty in a marginalized community.

 
 

Ministry in Kiritiri centers around our Causes:


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