Stories
July, 2025
BREAKING FREE, BUT NOT FREE: HM RELEASED TODAY, NOW THE REAL FIGHT BEGINS
Today, HM walked out of the courthouse, squinting against the. The air smelled different, like hope, like fear, like the unbearable weight of starting over. She is free. But what does freedom mean when you have nowhere to go? Justice Nest continues
Her arms ached to hold her children, her 3-year-old and 7-year-old, who have been living like nomads, passed between neighbors, friends, and distant relatives while she was locked away. They need her. But how does a mother with no job, no home, and no possessions protect them?
First, bail was set at Ksh. 100,000, an impossible sum. Then Ksh. 20,000. Then Ksh. 5,000, which might as well have been a million. With no one to turn to, she sold her TV and her sofa, the last traces of stability her children knew, just to buy her freedom. Now, she steps back into a world that has taken everything from her.
Even before this nightmare, HM’s life was a battlefield:
- Orphaned, with no safety net.
- A survivor of gender-based violence, carrying scars no one sees.
- A victim of robbery with violence—beaten so badly she spent 3 months in the hospital.
- Lost her home in a fire, watching everything she owned burn to ashes.
And now? She’s lost her job as a nanny—her Ksh. 19,000/month lifeline—because she was in custody. No income. No savings. Just two little hands clutching hers, asking, “Mama, what happens next?”
Tonight, HM and her children will sleep on a borrowed floor in her friend’s house. Tomorrow, she must find food, shelter, and a way forward, with nothing. But she is not broken. She is a mother. A fighter. And with your help, she can rise.
YOU CAN CHANGE HER STORY, TODAY
Your love and support can give HM and others like her:
✔ Food, clothing, and basic necessities (Care package)- So her children don’t go to bed hungry.
✔ Legal services & counseling- Because survivors deserve justice and healing.
This isn’t charity. It’s justice. It’s saying NO to a system that punishes poverty. It’s saying YES to children’s right to be with their mother.
Donate now (www.justicenest.org/donate) MPESA: Paybill: 4699532 Account No: Your Name. Share her story. Stand with HM.
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