Grassroots Partners
in Kenya

Global Connections partners with organizations in Kenya that are led by locals doing exciting work to meet the needs of their neighbors.  We specifically work with groups that seek to help the ORPHANED, WIDOWED, OPPRESSED and the ENVIRONMENT.

 

 

Orphans & Widows

Limuru Children's Centre

 

The Limuru Children's Centre cares for over 300 kids in the Limuru Highlands, including 38 orphans. The LCC provides shelter, food, clothing, shoes, transportation, medical care, preschool and a whole lot of love.

 

Sister Sandra's

Sister Sandra cares for 52 female orphans and runs a vocational school that teaches young girls to sew, embroider, and market their products.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pat's Feeding Program

Every other week, about 200 elderly and individuals with HIV/AIDS gather to collect such staples as bread, grain, oil, clothes, and a few shillings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Cheshire Home

A Catholic school home in the Limuru community that houses, educates and vocationally trains girls and women with mental and physical disabilities. 

 

 

The Oppressed

Jikaze

Jikaze means "to strive/work hard."   This is the name of an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp 30 minutes from GC headquarters.  Forced to leave their homes after the post-election violence, these 900 people (145 families) are working hard to re-create a life for themselves. Watch Video

 

 

Water Distribution Project

Located in Northern Kenya, local farmers have implemented a cistern and pipe structure that will distribute water to almost 4,000 people. Prior to this project, the locals gathered water in 5 gallon containers, many traveling several miles. The project is replicable in other arid regions.

 

Mission Link

Mission Link plants churches throughout Western Kenya, trains pastors, and operates Rehema Academy, a local orphanage and school. Pastor Edwin Wanyama, the Director of Mission Link, also operates the Cows for Christ program.

 

 

Care for AIDS 

Care for AIDS addresses the AIDS epidemic by using local churches to provide counseling, nutritional education, medical attention and self-employment opportunities. 

 

 

 

Cord of Hope

Cord of Hope works to protect, rehabilitate and transform young women and girls who have experienced or are at risk of sexual exploitation or abuse, or of entering into prostitution. This grassroots organization offers vulnerable young women restored dignity and a safer future through safe housing, providing medical treatment and counseling, returning them to education, helping to find training and work, and, where possible, reuniting them with their families. By exiting out of prostitution and having an alternative, plus love and security, these young girls can unlock their dreams and potential.

 

Environmental Degradation

Care of Creation

Recognizing that the extreme effects of poverty are linked to the degradation of the natural environment, Care of Creation is helping to lead the way in working with rural areas in developing, implementing, and sustaining positive stewardship of natural resources. Read an article in Time Magazine about the founder of Care of Creation

 

Planting Faith

This program works through the Anglican Dioceses to teach sustainable and cash crop farming. Throughout Kenya, Planting Faith is changing farming techniques and teaching economic principles for prosperous farming. To date, Planting Faith has worked with more than 500 farmers.

 

Global Connections Farm (Jamii Moja Farm)

 

GC leases a 10 acre compound and community house for the GC family and volunteers in the tiny community of Tigoni, Kenya. The farm has vegetables, chicken houses, and calf or hog parlors. The children from the LCC have a plot to learn farming techniques and support their food budget. 

 

"It is very fashionable to talk about the poor. Unfortunately it is not as fashionable to talk to the poor." --Mother Teresa

 

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