in the meantime, muhuri is focusing on at-risk youth. ruweidah obama is an outreach worker with muhuri. >> one of the biggest churches around here was burnt by young people. >> reporter: she says high unemployment and lack of education make the poor neighborhoods of mombasa fertile recruiting grounds for al- shabaab and other radical groups. >> when you don't have anything to do, what will you do? you'd rather join whoever is trying to push for issues of radicalization, so you would rather join the group in order for you to get some little cash, to help your family. >> reporter: to counter the lure of radical recruiters, muhuri has teamed up with a local theater group to scare the youth straight-- that joining radical groups can lead to injury and shame. >> i ask for forgiveness from you and dad, and promise as of today i will no longer burn churches, if you could just help me find a job. >> so this one was replaced, this is the new flag. >> reporter: back at the salvation army church, congregants like mary ivusa considered their future.