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Kenya |
CURRENT NEED:
Dear friends,
Once again receive greetings from Kenya, East Africa in
the saving name of our lord Jesus Christ.
For the last two months it has been raining heavily in
Kenya and rivers have burst out everywhere with
flooding. This has left about 600 families homeless and
over 120 people dead. Properties worth millions are
destroyed and the many homeless are without food or
shelter.
At Bala Mercy Children’s Centre there are around 100
people camping at the orphanage, many of them hosted
orphaned children in their homes. The Children’s Centre
is in urgent need of supplies. For $6 you can provide a personal size mosquito net for
the children and flood victims staying at Bala Mercy.
Please pray for the affected families. God bless all of
you.
Yours in Christ,
Reverend Domnic O. Ochoo |
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Community Clinics
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orphanCare International works with Reverend Ochoo in
Kenya to support several programs. Donations for the
community clinics help employ a nurse and a visiting
doctor and provide medical supplies for members of the
surrounding areas. We are still working to establish
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Feeding the Hungry
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Over the past few years food prices in Kenya have
soared. Our program in Kisumu feeds 50 to 70 at-risk
children two meals daily. Most of these children have no
family to care for them and live on the streets.
Reverend Ochoo said that this program is very fragile
since it depends on having the funds to purchase food.
At times the program managers beg for leftovers from
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Supporting the
Children
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orphanCare International helps support five orphanages
in Kenya. Each orphanage supports between 150 and 500
children as well as a school to offer the children an
education. Most of these facilities are lacking
classrooms or dining halls and need regular funding for
meals and staff wages.
There is also a need for
funding for a vocational training program for children
over the age of 13 and a home for abandoned children. To
rent a facility of the size needed for an abandoned
children's home would cost about $450 a month or between
$65,000 to $70,000 to purchase a facility.
Orphanages: Bala Mercy
Orphanage, Word of Hope Orphanage, Olando Children's
Care Centre, Word Aflame Orphanage and Kuria Mission
Orphanage
Schools: Bala Mercy
Primary School, Down House High School and Word Aflame
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Child Sponsorships
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Children at Bala Mercy Orphanage in Kenya depend on
caring sponsors to help them pay for daily necessities
such as clothes and food, as well as their education and
medical care. If you are interested in becoming a
sponsor contact Caitlin at (918) 749-4600 x210 or by
email.
A few facts:
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Two in every three
children born in Kenya die before reaching age five.
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Malnutrition affects
around one in every three children
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70% of the population
in rural areas have no access to clean, safe water
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Only one in four
children go to secondary school
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Over 2,000,000 people
(almost 15% of the population) in Kenya are living
with HIV/AIDS--1,500,000 children are orphaned by
aids
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Many people in Kenya are barely surviving as they
live well below the poverty line. By offering
desperately needed educations to the children in
Kenya Dillon provides them with a way out of this
lifestyle. Tuition, books and two meals a day are
given to each child who attends the Bala Mercy
School. In addition, we are also trying to provide
each child with uniforms.
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