Walking Home

When machete-sparked political violence shatters their lively Kenyan village, thirteen-year-old Muchoki grabs his little sister Jata and a single tattered blanket and sprints toward the dim glow of a refugee camp, where hunger thumps like a second heartbeat and Immigrant Rights hang on daily water rations. Their ailing mother fades under canvas heat, so the siblings hatch a daring plan: trek hundreds of kilometers through acacia scrub, chaotic Nairobi slums, and lion-rumbling savanna to find the last relatives who might call them family. Muchoki tracks by starlight, Jata hums schoolyard songs that once bounced off a dusty soccer pitch, and every blistered step demands raw Economic Justice and Political Justice from a country still smoldering after election riots. Bandits prowl red-clay roads, yet the brother fashions slingshot courage from leftover twine, and Jata’s laughter slices despair like sunrise over Mount Kenya. This gritty odyssey shows classrooms that hope can march farther than fear, reminds youth groups that resilience walks on blistered feet, and offers faith circles a bone-deep lesson in love’s mileage. Tap the blue ➕ to Save to List for later inspiration, or hit the bold arrow to Learn More and connect your classroom, youth group, or congregation to Muchoki and Jata’s relentless search for home.