It’s the feeling of realizing that although the two of you may not share a common language, the beautiful smile on the child’s face says everything ----a genuine desire to love and to be loved.”
Astrid Peacock, Canada
“The highlight of this trip was the kids. Their smiles gave me a positive and unexpected energy.”
Elena Miltiadis, Italy (Pearson College)
KULE'S PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES AT KOIMBI AND ST. ANNA'S
Cows for Milk: In the Summer Program 2010, Misses. KULE and HOPE were donated to the Koimbi Orphanage to provide fresh milk to the children.
Water Tank: In mid-2010. we have started building a water tank. It is not done yet and we need help.
Chicken Project: In 2008, KULE participants started a chicken project for Koimbi. We have added more chickens over the years, including this year, 2010. The children there will not only be able to eat eggs and meat but also learn many skills looking after the project.
Food, clothing and daily supplies: We continue to donate food, clothing and shoes.
Infrastructure: We have assisted in painting the dormitories of Koimbi's Orphanage.
Teaching: KULE has been teaching at St Anna’s as one of the many Summer Program activities . Due to a stronger need and a limited resource, most of the support has been directed to the Koimbi Orphanage.
Other Forms of Support: Other forms of continued care for these children include providing them with basic stationery, donating used but good computers to St Anna’s and teaching in those homes.
CURRENT NEEDS
St.Anna Care Center: Library
Koimbi Children’s Home- Building a water tank
Both centers desperately need kitchens and many other necessities.
SPONSOR KOIMBI AND ST. ANNA PROJECTS
Please contact the director:
Geoffrey Tindyebwa at director@kenyakulefoundation.org
About Koimbi and St. Anna's Orphanages
These children are orphans and/or are highly vulnerable due to extreme poverty, sickness, and other reasons. Koimbi Children’s Home and St. Anna's Care Center, in the same village in Murang'a, have been important families and support to these children. We hope to be able to provide continued assistance to them as well as continue to integrate these projects into the Summer Program and our partnership with Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific.
It
was a real shock when I first came there, but it also made me be aware
of how privileged we are to be healthy, to get a good education. When I
now think of this camp all those colourful pictures arise in my mind and
I feel that I really saw, experienced, learned and understood a lot
about Kenya."
Courtnenay Mitchell, Alberta, Canada
“The experience has really broadened my knowledge and exposure to different ways of living and how people in different situations adapt to them….The Koimbi orphanage played the biggest part in making me realize how much I have and how little some people have.”
Pandora Batra (UK), the International School of Geneva
“The joy in someone’s heart/soul is seen in their smiles. Those children at Koimbi were, surely, smiling!!
Carol Ofafa, Kenya
More Chickens for Koimbi