Eldoret

Eldoret is a fast-growing agricultural and industrial hub in Uasin Gishu County, known for its highland climate, maize and dairy trade, and a large student population tied to Moi University, which gives the city a young, busy energy even as informal settlements around Huruma and Kamukunya strain under rapid urban growth. Average household income in the county hovers around KSh 15,000 to 20,000 a month for many working families, which is modest even by Kenyan standards, and it leaves little cushion for anyone who loses housing. Nairobi's 2020 city count identified over 46,000 people living homeless, and Eldoret, though smaller, mirrors that pressure at a regional scale, with local officials and outreach workers estimating hundreds of people sleeping rough in the town center and near the bus park on any given night. The Catholic Diocese of Eldoret runs feeding and shelter support programs for street families, while Huruma Children's Home has long taken in displaced children and young people from the surrounding informal settlements. Eldoret Hospice, though focused primarily on palliative care, has also extended compassion and basic support to destitute residents in the past, and their staff sometimes know where else to turn when official channels fall short. This is a tough town to be without a roof in, especially when the highland nights turn cold, but there are people here who have not stopped looking out for others, and you are not invisible to all of them.