PROJECTS WE CURRENTLY SUPPORT



The second project we have selected is with the help of our local church, Wheaton Bible Church. Funds we raise are supporting a project in Kenya, Africa called “Hope For Life Kenya”. We are excited that the funds we raise will be put directly and entirely to use in this project and that we will have frequent feedback as to the impact we are having in the lives of many children.

About Hope For Life Kenya
Hope for Life Kenya (“HFLK”) was started by Josephine Kiarii. Josephine was a well-paid, educated government official in Kenya several years ago, but was not content with the plight of the people. As she looked around her poor rural community outside the city of Nakuru, she saw poverty everywhere and lots of orphaned children. So Josephine did something radical; she quit her job, and devoted herself to saving these kids, many of them orphaned by HIV/AIDS. In early 2004, she formed Hope for Life Kenya, with the purpose of reaching out to orphaned children with love.

HFLK is not an “orphanage” in that it is not a home for the children. Instead, the children are housed throughout the community of Nakuru by caring families. HFLK meets many of the kids’ needs through a daily feeding program, providing for many of them what may be their only meal of the day. The Center also attends to the kids’ physical, emotional, educational and vocational needs. The funds that we raise for this project are being used to provide school uniforms and shoes, food for the children, clothes, textbooks, and the construction of a new Hope For Life Center.

WHAT WE HAVE SUPPORTED IN THE PAST
The first project we selected was with the help of World Vision. Funds we raised were sent to World Vision to support a project in Musele, Zambia (Africa).

About Musele
Musele has one of the greatest numbers of orphaned children mostly as a result of the AIDS pandemic. It is estimated that there is nearly 1,000 children in Musele without the love and support of their parents (nearly 20% of the children living in Musele). This is expected to peak by the year 2010. While blood relatives take care of many of these children, these families are over-extended due to the high poverty rates. More than 75% of the children live under the poverty line and 50% of them are chronically malnourished. About half of the school age children are not in school.
Children are Musele’s future and the majority of children are still HIV negative. It is essential and urgent to ensure that these children have the chance to remain healthy and HIV free to thrive, develop and to reach their God given potential.

World Vision Project
The funds that we sent to World Vision for this project are being used to increase food security, reduce the risk of HIV infection, psychosocial support for orphaned and vulnerable children, age based education and delaying orphaning through home based care of the critically ill.

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