I was talking to a friend yesterday about how proud I was of the way our staff has handled this whole pandemic situation over the past two years while I have not been able to be there in person. Her response was…Wow, you must have trained them really well!And yes, we do have great systems in place to communicate daily, account for expenditures, plan our goals moving forward, etc. However, no amount of training can replace the love our staff and volunteers have for this project and the young women we are training to become confident, strong, well-qualified, self-sustaining women. Martha Martha has been withRead More

Last month we received an $800.00 emergency food relief grant from Spirit in Action. Talk about “just in the nick of time”. Crop destruction due to severe drought and locust invasions have devastated some regions of Northern Kenya, leaving millions in the region facing starvation. Twice in the past few weeks, we have been given the opportunity to assist the area residents with food hampers. This was only made possible because our good friend world champion Kenyan marathon runner Kirui Kirui, who is from the district, offered his sturdy, four-wheel-drive vehicle and through the district governor, arranged a security escort for Antoinette and the volunteerRead More

I’m so proud and humbled at the same time to have such a great team working for us in Kenya. Amazing women who go above and beyond whenever the need or call for assistance arises. Yesterday Antoinette, our administration manager, and Pastor Susan, our center, and our student’s spiritual leader, and counselor were picked up before daylight to accompany our friend and partner, Rani Ramchandani, past president of the Lions Club of Menangai on what they all knew was going to be a very long, arduous but rewarding day. The Lions Club of Menangai was delivering wheelchairs and mobility assistance devices to both mothers ofRead More

Ester grew up in a family of seventeen kids (yes 17). Her father had two wives. Her mum, the 2nd wife had 9 kids. Her stepmother had 8.She started school when she was 6, however, her mother, who struggled to feed her family by working as a casual farm laborer for less than $2.00 a day when work was available during planting and harvest season, struggled to pay Ester’s school fees as her father gave no support. Ester feels as though she was raised by a single parent. For her mother, affording food was not easy and she remembers her and her siblings going without aRead More

It’s World Food Day – a day to not only appreciate what we have on our plates but to stand beside the millions of people who don’t know where their next meal will come from. With everything going on in the world right now, it’s often hard to remember the pain and hardship experienced by the most vulnerable. But our strong commitment to caring for our society is important to us and we will not abandon the neediest in our communities.Every week for the past 18 months our small team of volunteers has been delivering food hampers to the elderly, people living with disabilities, most of whom are bedridden, mothers of disabled children,Read More

Despite the many challenges our students had to endure due to Covid restrictions, we celebrated another graduation last month. Graduation day has always been a huge family celebration, with up to three generations of family members in attendance proudly witnessing their young women’s achievements. High school is not free in Kenya and higher education is certainly not free, making learning a trade out of reach for our students and their families. So, watching their daughters and granddaughters graduate with business and computer skills and an employable trade has always been a very special day for the families and an especially special, enjoyable day for me.Sadly,Read More

Today is the International Day of the African Child, a day set aside to give voice to the challenges facing the continent’s children, often due to poverty. COVID-19 made this last year even more difficult for vulnerable children across the continent.Your unwavering support of our food hampers distribution program and our vocational training school has made love and care more tangible than ever. Dear Jennifer,We’re halfway there!!! Yeah…Imagine, 2021 is almost past the halfway mark and we starting to see a little light at the end of this long, dark, tragic tunnel. The vaccine has been rolling out in Kenya since March 2021, and close toRead More

It’s been one month since the Kenyan government ordered our second lockdown on March 26th. Not that a government-ordered lockdown makes any difference to the elderly, disabled, and single mothers who have been struggling to find food and assistance since the pandemic began. Through your very kind support, we have been able to provide food hampers weekly. So many that I have lost count. However, please take a moment to read a recent email I received from Ephantus Wachira, who has tirelessly donated his vehicle and time to organize and deliver our food hampers and assistance to the neediest in our communities. Dear Jennifer,In Kenya, theRead More