Author: Ruth Keah

Lilian Lele, a 38-year-old mother of one residing in Likoni, Mombasa City, has triumphed over her heroin addiction, thanks to efforts by Reachout Center Trust. Now in recovery, she dedicates her time as a peer educator at Reachout Centre in Mombasa.  Lele and her twin sister were raised by her grandmother after their mother was raped and killed in the Mathare Slums, Nairobi Metropolitan. Her father had also passed away. While she lived with her grandmother, women in the neighborhood encouraged the grandmother and her cousin’s mother to send the girls to an approved school. This was to prevent them…