Old Kibera Slum Children's home, demolished to pave way
for road construction
We have 49 children living in the Orphanage in tiny rooms.
It is a pathetic adventure of shock walking into the depths of the
Kibera slum. Yet the children in the orphanage are loved and cared for
in the midst of a desperate situation that defies description.
Life is very difficult in the Kibera slums, but everything changes for a
child who is sponsored and can go to school, Sunday School and church,
where the children are loved, taught and fed.
Apart from the Orphanage, we have another 138 children that come to the
informal school we started to help the children from this community. In
Kenya education is free though this has not been possible to so many
needy families who cannot afford the School Uniform and any other little
levies. We felt there was a need to help the community and therefore we
started this school in the church. These children come to school without
eating, because many families cannot afford a meal. We therefore felt
there is a need to feed these children at least two meals a day with
good food.
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