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Kenya - MoloOUR FOCUS
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OUR MISSION
Change the lives of disadvantaged children and their families giving them a chance of a bright future through God’s love and provision.
THE TEAM
Rev David Sagwa Muranda (Matumaini Rehabilitation Centre)
Liz Hodgkins (Matumaini Rehabilitation Centre)
Chris and Sonia Donnan (Molo Street Children Project)
Liz Hodgkins (Matumaini Rehabilitation Centre)
Chris and Sonia Donnan (Molo Street Children Project)
OUR MINISTRY
Molo is a rural town in the Rift Valley of Kenya. It is situated 220km north west of Nairobi with a population of approximately 100,000 people. There is a big farming community, with a large number of subsistence farmers. There is extreme poverty and lack of basic life necessities, such as water, sanitation, medical care and electricity. The situation in the town and surrounding area has been made worse by a large number of displaced people due to tribal clashes, which date back to 1992.
Two projects helping disadvantaged children at risk
Matumaini Rehabilitation Centre
The central and distinctive ministry of the community is the residential care of physically and mentally disabled children and young people. They are integrated as much as possible into local schools and activities. The ministry includes:
• A rehabilitation/care centre for children with physical and/or mental disabilities (some of whom are abandoned by their families or are orphans)
• A skills training centre for young people--including the ones who are disabled
• A medical dispensary
• A part time Bible School
• A child sponsorship programme
• Supporting the local community
Molo Street Children Project
The situation of extreme poverty and the large number of families who exist on a day-to-day basis is due to a number of factors such as:
• There being very little or no work available
• A large number of single parent families
• A growing number of orphans due to HIV / AIDS and other causes
• A large number of 2nd marriages or relationships, where the child is not welcomed by the new partner, abused or thrown out
• Poor and tenuous family structures ie large families put a strain on an already strained or non existent income
• Large numbers of displaced people due to tribal clashes
Molo Street Children Project provides for these families in the following ways:
• A week day drop-in centre in the centre of town with informal schooling
• An outreach work to give help to the children’s families
• A child sponsorship programme to provide education and support
• A hostel to provide accommodation for those children in need
Also the team is involved with the Gold Star Community Link Project initiated by the Welsh Assembly, linking Molo with Brecon, Wales, UK. This project is designed to help the towns form a partnership, providing professionals in both towns with the opportunity to learn from each other and share skills and resources. The team is involved with the management and logistics of this project in Molo.
Two projects helping disadvantaged children at risk
Matumaini Rehabilitation Centre
The central and distinctive ministry of the community is the residential care of physically and mentally disabled children and young people. They are integrated as much as possible into local schools and activities. The ministry includes:
• A rehabilitation/care centre for children with physical and/or mental disabilities (some of whom are abandoned by their families or are orphans)
• A skills training centre for young people--including the ones who are disabled
• A medical dispensary
• A part time Bible School
• A child sponsorship programme
• Supporting the local community
Molo Street Children Project
The situation of extreme poverty and the large number of families who exist on a day-to-day basis is due to a number of factors such as:
• There being very little or no work available
• A large number of single parent families
• A growing number of orphans due to HIV / AIDS and other causes
• A large number of 2nd marriages or relationships, where the child is not welcomed by the new partner, abused or thrown out
• Poor and tenuous family structures ie large families put a strain on an already strained or non existent income
• Large numbers of displaced people due to tribal clashes
Molo Street Children Project provides for these families in the following ways:
• A week day drop-in centre in the centre of town with informal schooling
• An outreach work to give help to the children’s families
• A child sponsorship programme to provide education and support
• A hostel to provide accommodation for those children in need
Also the team is involved with the Gold Star Community Link Project initiated by the Welsh Assembly, linking Molo with Brecon, Wales, UK. This project is designed to help the towns form a partnership, providing professionals in both towns with the opportunity to learn from each other and share skills and resources. The team is involved with the management and logistics of this project in Molo.
OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE
| Centre Director | ||
| Provide overall direction, vision and leadership of the centre | Long Term | |
| Physiotherapist | ||
| Provide physiotherapy to disabled children | Long Term | |
| Matumaini-Children's Activities | |||
| teams and individuals to run children’s activities and spend time with the children | 3 weeks to 3 months | ||
| Matumaini-Maintenance & Building Work | |||
| • teams and individuals to do specific maintenance and building work as and when required | 3 weeks to 3 months | ||
| Matumaini-Professional Teams | |||
| Evangelism and Outreach |
• professional teams and individuals to use their skills and/or give advice/training, for example dentist, doctors, teachers | 3 weeks to 3 months | |
| MSCP-Maintenance & Building Work | |||
| teams and individuals to do maintenance and building work whenever teams/individuals are available at any time of the year | 3 weeks to 3 months | ||
| MSCP-Work with street children | |||
| Evangelism and Outreach Physical Work |
• teams and individuals to work with the children in informal schooling, Bible teaching, activities and games, particularly in the Kenya school holidays which are April, August and December, due to the increased number of children attending the project in those months. | 3 weeks to 3 months | |
OPPORTUNITES TO GIVE
| Matumaini-Borehole Pump | ||
| Purchase of a second borehole pump | 0 | |
| Matumaini-Child Sponsorship | ||
| Increased sponsorship through the child sponsorship programme for children at the centre to enable them to complete formal education and provide them with the opportunity to progress to higher education | 0 | |
| Matumaini-Food & Supplies | ||
| Provision of food and supplies for feeding of the children | 0 | |
| Matumaini-Hostel Renovation | ||
| Renovation of the hostel | 0 | |
| Matumaini-Staff Salaries | ||
| Provision of salaries for staff | 0 | |
| Matumaini-Training Courses | ||
| Training courses | 0 | |
| Matumaini-Vehicle Maintenance | ||
| The maintenance of the vehicles | 0 | |
| Matumaini-Vehicles | ||
| Purchase of two vehicles for centre; a people carrier for transporting the children and a pickup to transport goods and for short journeys | 0 | |
| Matumaini-Water & Sewage System Maintenance | ||
| Maintenance of water and sewage systems | 0 | |
| Matumaini-Water & Sewage Systems | ||
| Upgrade and renovation of the water and sewage systems | 0 | |
| MSCP-Child Sponsorship | ||
| Development of sponsorship programme for children in contact with the project to enable them to complete formal education and provide them with the opportunity to progress to higher education | 0 | |
| MSCP-Curriculum for Schooling | ||
| Provision and development of curriculum materials for schooling | 0 | |
| MSCP-Income-Generating Schemes | ||
| Provision of capital for income generating schemes with an increasing number of families | 0 | |
| MSCP-Land | ||
| Procurement of land to amalgamate the various operations of the project on to one single site | 0 | |
| MSCP-Food & Supplies | ||
| Provision of food and supplies for the feeding of the children and provision for various families | 0 | |
| MSCP-Land Development | ||
| The development of the land to facilitate the day to day running of the project providing housing and classroom accommodation for the children at the project | 0 | |
| MSCP-Staff Salaries | ||
| Provision of salaries for staff | 0 | |
| MSCP-Vehicle | ||
| The purchase of a reliable 4 wheel drive vehicle for the project | 0 | |
| MSCP-Vehicle Maintenance | ||
| The maintenance of the vehicle | 0 | |
