MISSION
STATEMENT
Giving life New Hope through the care and protection
of children in especially difficult circumstatnces.
Our aim is to provide for the
physical, emotional, educational and spiritual needs of orphaned,
destitute, abused and abandoned children who otherwise have no
choice.
OBJECTIVES
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To rehabilitate
these children with the aim of helping them to acquire human
dignity and self reliance
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To feed, shelter,
clothe, educate and provide recreation, counselling and health
care to 100 children in the center.
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To try and
facilitate reintegration with responsible, financially secure
relatives.
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To influence
policy including advocacy on children’s rights and children’s
issues in general.
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To provide
long-term opportunities for vocational skills training for young
persons to become self reliant
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To provide
healthcare, education and vocational training services to the
local community
- To construct a full Primary School
to cater for the children from the local community as well as
those in the center
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Care of the
children living in the center through the provision of quality
food, clothing, accommodation and recreation
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Provision
of therapeutic and rehabilitation services to the children in
the center.
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Provision
of nursery, pre-primary and primary education to the children
in the center and those from the neighbouring community
PROPOSED
INCOME GENERATING PROJECTS
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Production
and sale of farm produce
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Production
and sale of poultry
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Production
and sale of dairy products
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Posho mill
- for the center and the local community
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Health center
for the center and local community
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Community sensitisation
and mobilisation to create a sense of ownership and social responsibility
for the care of the orphaned
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Participatory
leadership – involving the local community and stakeholders
to build the critical mass base for the project sustainability
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Collaborative
partnership with NGOs focussing on children issues.
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Local resource
mobilisation through fund raising as the local community participates
actively in planning and implementation of the center.
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Exchange visits
to other children centers to learn and familiarize with their
experiences.
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Training the
Project Management Committee (Board) on aspects of project development
and management.
POPULATION
Once completed the center will care for up to 100 children aged
between 2 and 18 years. Admission is a process involving
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Case Study
– to establish the truly needy cases
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Medical Examination
to establish the health status of each child.
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Court commital
– to legalize the children’s residence in the center.
URGENT NEEDS
- Construction and equipment of
an additional dormitory to accommodate at least 20 more children
- At least 8 classrooms out of 10
required for a Primary School.
- Nursery class, Pre-Primary class
and classes 1 to 6 for the center and the local community.
(Currently 2006 we have 3 classes of different ages learning in
part of the dormitory with only one teacher i.e. class 1, Pre-Primary
class and nursery classes. Class 22 learns in a separate room.)
- Borehole for drinking water and
irrigation
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| The
House Mother taking sick children to hospital 25 Kms away. This is
the only means of transport |
ADMISSION ACTIVITIES
The center is administered by a Board of Directors who are responsible
for issues of administration and policy as well as identifying short,
medium amd long-term development projects and proper utilisation of funds.
The Executive Director and Home Manager assisted by the center staff are
responsible for running the center on daily basis.
THE STAFF
The children are taken care of by a team of dedicated staff consisting
of:
An Executive Director/Founder
A House Mother/Home
Manager
A Teacher
A Cook
2 Farm Assistants
2 Watchmen
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| Children
pose for a photo with visitors |
FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES
IN THE PIPELINE
These are the responsibility of the Fundraising Committee assisted by
the other Board Members. Activities include an Annual Charity Walk and
Cycling. Donate a meal, Annual Dinner Dance and Direct Appeal
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| 1st Fund raising that raised KShs.
43000 organized by the local community |
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