Youths with panga knives, bows and arrows and corrugated metal shields clash on the streets of Nakuru, Kenya. Ethnic violence sparked in December 2007 following protests against disputed election results, after suspected vote rigging by Kikuyu President Mwai Kibaki. This violence has left many vulnerable children without parents, food and basic shelter. Some of these kids have turned to a life on the streets and become addicted to glue, others have made their way to Internally Displaced Persons Camps.<\/p>","url":"2008/10/2/Ross-Kemp-Meet-The-Glue-Kids-Of-Kenya-5.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Ross Kemp Meet The Glue Kids Of Kenya"},{"captionHeading":"Just Arrived","caption":"
A woman newly arrived to the camp sits on her sofa guarding her belongings while people queue for food, in the camp for people forced to flee their homes, Nakuru, Kenya. Ethnic violence sparked in December 2007 following protests against disputed election results. Up to 600,000 people have been forced to flee their homes, schools and livelihoods. Many children have been separated from their families and are at ongoing risk of abuse and exploitation. Save the Children is working with others to establish systems for care and reunification of separated and unaccompanied children.<\/p>","url":"2008/10/2/Ross-Kemp-Meet-The-Glue-Kids-Of-Kenya-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Ross Kemp Meet The Glue Kids Of Kenya"},{"captionHeading":"Moment To Relax","caption":"
Young children relax on tarpaulins at Nakuru stadium in Kenya. They are just a few of tens of thousands of people who have been displaced after unrest followed the national elections in Kenya. Thousands of children have been forced to leave the safety of their homes and many are now sleeping rough.<\/p>","url":"2008/10/2/Ross-Kemp-Meet-The-Glue-Kids-Of-Kenya-2.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Ross Kemp Meet The Glue Kids Of Kenya"},{"captionHeading":"Nakuru Stadium","caption":"
Two young children sit in the Nakuru stadium in Kenya. They are just two of tens of thousands of people who have been displaced after unrest followed the national elections in Kenya. According to the latest report from the UN, around 250,000 people have been made homeless by the violence. Many families from remote rural areas and slums are too scared to return home because of continuing ethnic tensions and could remain in the camps set up for homeless people for several months.<\/p>","url":"2008/10/2/Ross-Kemp-Meet-The-Glue-Kids-Of-Kenya-3.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Ross Kemp Meet The Glue Kids Of Kenya"},{"captionHeading":"Sheltering","caption":"
Families shelter from the rain in the Nakuru stadium in Kenya. They are just some of tens of thousands of people who have been displaced after unrest followed the national elections in Kenya.<\/p>","url":"2008/10/2/Ross-Kemp-Meet-The-Glue-Kids-Of-Kenya-4.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Ross Kemp Meet The Glue Kids Of Kenya"},{"captionHeading":"Watching Her Home Ablaze","caption":"
An elderly woman watches her house burn as she clutches a small garbage bag of belongings, on the outskirts of Naruku, Kenya.<\/p>","url":"2008/10/2/Ross-Kemp-Meet-The-Glue-Kids-Of-Kenya-7.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Ross Kemp Meet The Glue Kids Of Kenya"},{"captionHeading":"Destroyed","caption":"
Houses burning during the fighting, Nakuru, Kenya. The Kikuyu people who lived here were chased out violently the night before.<\/p>","url":"2008/10/2/Ross-Kemp-Meet-The-Glue-Kids-Of-Kenya-10.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Ross Kemp Meet The Glue Kids Of Kenya"},{"captionHeading":"Looters","caption":"
A scared Kikuyu woman stands with her back to the wall and her hands in the air as Kalenjin looters break into her car on the outskirts of Nakuru, Kenya.<\/p>","url":"2008/10/2/Ross-Kemp-Meet-The-Glue-Kids-Of-Kenya-6.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Ross Kemp Meet The Glue Kids Of Kenya"},{"captionHeading":"Running For Her Life","caption":"
Fighting between Kikuyus and Kalenjin tribe in an estate of Nakuru, Kenya. Both Tribes are using bows and arrows, machetes, stones and shields made of scrap material to fight over land. The Kalenjin want to push the Kikuyus out of town and regain the land they claim belong to them. Save the Children is working with staff and volunteers from community based and non-government organisations. Providing them with child protection, counselling and psychosocial support training.<\/p>","url":"2008/10/2/Ross-Kemp-Meet-The-Glue-Kids-Of-Kenya-9.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Ross Kemp Meet The Glue Kids Of Kenya"},{"captionHeading":"Reading & Drawing","caption":"
Children reading and drawing in front of rows of tents for people who have been forced to flee their homes in Eldoret, Kenya. Thousands of people have been forced from their homes in the Northern Rift Valley, and are now living in temporary shelter in Eldoret’s Ask Showground. An estimated 13,700 men, women and children all displaced by the post election violence are living in the camp. Save The Children is working to restore some level of normality to the children whose lives have been torn apart in the crisis. Many families in the camp live without adequate food to feed their children, their diet is nutritionally replete, and many have no access to education or health services.<\/p>","url":"2008/10/2/Ross-Kemp-Meet-The-Glue-Kids-Of-Kenya-12.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Ross Kemp Meet The Glue Kids Of Kenya"},{"captionHeading":"Painful Memories","caption":"
A drawing by a child showing the post-election violence. It depicts death, the destruction of farms,men with machetes chasing them, bows and arrows flying through the air, children screaming and houses burning, Nakuru, Kenya. Many children witnessed their parents being killed and their houses burnt down in the violence, and are severely traumatised. Save The Children is training local volunteers on how to protect children through identifying and registering those who are unaccompanied so they can trace and reunite them with their parents.<\/p>","url":"2008/10/2/Ross-Kemp-Meet-The-Glue-Kids-Of-Kenya-11.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Ross Kemp Meet The Glue Kids Of Kenya"},{"captionHeading":"Children Queue","caption":"
Lines of children in the camp for people forced to flee their homes, Nakuru, Kenya. Ethnic violence sparked in December 2007 following protests against disputed election results. Up to 600,000 people have been forced to flee their homes, schools and livelihoods. Many children have been separated from their families and are at ongoing risk of abuse and exploitation. Save the Children is working with others to establish systems for care and reunification of separated and unaccompanied children.<\/p>","url":"2008/10/2/Ross-Kemp-Meet-The-Glue-Kids-Of-Kenya-14.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Ross Kemp Meet The Glue Kids Of Kenya"},{"captionHeading":"All Worldly Possessions","caption":"
Children sitting on their belongings in the camp for people forced to flee their homes, Nakuru, Kenya. Ethnic violence sparked in December 2007 following protests against disputed election results. Up to 600,000 people have been forced to flee their homes, schools and livelihoods.<\/p>","url":"2008/10/2/Ross-Kemp-Meet-The-Glue-Kids-Of-Kenya-15.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Ross Kemp Meet The Glue Kids Of Kenya"},{"captionHeading":"Rows Upon Rows","caption":"
Rows of tents for people who have been forced to flee their homes in Eldoret, Kenya. Thousands of people have been forced from their homes in the Northern Rift Valley, and are now living in temporary shelter in Eldoret’s Ask Showground. Save The Children is working to restore some level of normality to the children whose lives have been torn apart in the crisis. Many families in the camp live without adequate food to feed their children, their diet is nutritionally replete, and many have no access to education or health services.<\/p>","url":"2008/10/2/Ross-Kemp-Meet-The-Glue-Kids-Of-Kenya-13.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Ross Kemp Meet The Glue Kids Of Kenya"}];