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Kenyan Culture

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population: 53.7 million
Life Expectancy: 67 years old
Literacy Rate: 81%
Religion: Christianity, Muslim
Official Language: Swahili, English

Culture

The pride of Kenya cuisine is Nyama Koma (roasted meat) and staples like ugali (a side dish made with maize) is usually served with this dish.
Chai is tea and is served with milk and sugar in Kenya. Chai is traditionally served at breakfast, morning break, after lunch, mid afternoon, and following dinner.
Kenya is a group-orientated culture where the extended family is the basis of the social structure. It includes relatives on both sides of the family, as well as close friends.
As of 2020, Kenya had the third largest economy in Sub-Saharan Africa. Industries in Kenya include agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, manufacturing, energy, tourism, and financial services.

Why Kenya?

World Orphans believes that transformation and restoration in every aspect of life is best accomplished through the limitless power of the Gospel. That’s why we partner with a gospel-centered church in Kenya, a church well-positioned on the frontlines of extreme poverty, disease, hunger, and child abandonment. The church is uniquely suited to shine the light of Christ into the darkest areas of their neighborhood so that families can experience the full redemption of Jesus Christ.

Program Overview

The Goal

The goal of this program is to equip, inspire, and mobilize churches to build relationships with at-risk families within their communities. Relationships grow through frequent visits to families in their homes to offer prayer, biblical training, counseling, and overall encouragement. To empower this wholistic approach to orphan care, World Orphans and US churches connect with Kenyan churches to provide Gospel-centered training and funding.

Funding

Funding for the HBC program comes from a combination of church partnerships and fundraising campaigns. This funding ensures that these children receive the following:

Food

Meals served with the families and at school on a daily basis

Medical Care

Access to medical services and monitoring for specific health needs

Education

Assistance with school fees, school supplies, and tutoring

Emotional Care

Counseling and mentoring through relationships with church members

Spiritual Care

Fellowship, prayer, discipleship, and encouragment

How it Works

Vulnerable Children Identified

ChilD Selection Process

The HBC committee works to identify 20 orphaned or vulnerable children in the community who are in the greatest need. From there, they meet with the caregivers to determine if the family is a good fit for the program. The due diligence process includes completing a Child Intake Form, informing World orphans about each child in the selection process, discovering the family/caregiver history, and providing reasons for the program selection.

Home VisitS Per Family Each YEAR

Home Visits

Each family in the program receives at least one monthly home visit from an HBC volunteer. These visits ensure each child is receiving proper care and meeting pre-determined milestones in his/her development. Families and children receive encouragement, discipleship, life skills training, financial support, and prayer during these visits.

Impact reports each year on church, child, and community

Program Accountability

With long-term care of each child as our goal, World Orphans is serious about ongoing accountability. World Orphans staff members frequently communicate with the international pastor and HBC committee to monitor and assess each child and the overall structure of the program. The international pastor is required to provide monthly financial reports on how funds were apportioned, as well as quarterly reports assessing the overall HBC program as it relates to the impact on the church, the children, and the community.

children cared for in 2 family style homes

Residential care

Fountain of Hope Church has been caring for 26 children through 2 family style homes on their church property for the last 11 years. Each child is selected by the church and is provided for through the loving care of committed house parents. The children receive nutritional meals, education, medical care, emotional support and spiritual discipleship. The small family homes provide encouragement and support where each child is able to experience loving boundaries and unconditional love.

big-hearted

Rachel is a big-hearted, big-dreaming 17-year-old girl, whose giggles and selfies might lead you to forget the tremendous loss she has already faced in her young life. She is smart, with a head full of business ideas and tangible plans to make her dreams a reality. In partnership with other girls at her school, Rachel has already launched a business selling handmade goods, and is currently in the process of learning about accounting and other business management skills.

“I’ve been so blessed, I want to make enough money to give back,” Rachel says.

god gave emma a miracle

Emma seemed like an ordinary outgoing child who loved to laugh, play and make new friends. She was a natural leader and inspired confidence in the 11 other girls at the Fountain of Hope girls’ home. But Emma’s childhood was anything but ordinary. Growing up in the slums of Kicheko, next to Fountain of Hope, she was accustomed to going days without meals when her mother spent the last of the family’s money on alcohol. Her father abandoned the family when Emma was young, leaving her to care for her younger brother who had a leg impediment.

In a world that felt hopeless, Emma and her brother struggled to survive until Emma found the courage to ask for help and began going to the Saturday feeding program at Fountain of Hope Church. One Sunday she decided to attend a service.

After the sermon, Emma tiptoed to the front and asked the pastor, Bishop Julius, to pray that her brother would be healed. Nothing happened. Though other children might have felt discouraged, Emma was determined. For six weeks, she and her brother faithfully attended the service and walked to the front for prayer. Finally, on the seventh week, God gave Emma a miracle. Her brother was healed.

Shortly after, the girls home opened at Fountain of Hope and Emma was one of its first residents. Through counseling and the love of a house parents Antony and Doreen, Emma has learned how to be a child again.