Kibera Kids
Nairobi, Kenya
The name comes from the two slums that sandwich the city of Nairobi between them: Kariobangi in the north and Kibera in the south.
Our partner at this project is Jane Ojijo. She volunteers her to time work with children and families who live here. She writes of her work:
Every time I enter these sprawling camps and see the hunger and hopelessness in the kid’s faces, I am touched and feel pity. I look for young mothers who have fallen into crisis situations with no food or money. Usually I find that their children have fallen out of school. I buy them uniforms and school supplies and come alongside with encouragement and a strong word of God’s love for them. My personal presence and encouragement means more than you might think. I was recently able to put fifteen kids back in primary school in the Kariobangi slum. I’ve also become quite good at making porridge from uji flour mixed with small dried fish. It cuts hunger in a hurry. My long term vision is to build a welcoming house where I can give children a bigger option out of poverty. So many of these children have no chance to rise above the pitfalls of multiple marriages and prostitution. My ministry house will be a center of hope and learning where they will encounter Christ and heal and learn to be self-reliant and always extend help to others.