Umoja Orphanage Kenya aims to help children and communities break the cycle of poverty.
Umoja Orphanage Kenya assists:
- Orphaned and vulnerable children aged 0 – 16
- Local widowed mothers—employed as house mothers and house aunties
- Holding free health clinics – both medical first aid and hygiene clinics
- Local tradesmen—through the building of the project buildings and ongoing maintenance
- Local businesses—through purchase of materials, livestock and supply of goods from agricultural gardens on site
- Disabled local village people—to help teach skills of the Kenyan culture
- Local villagers—in vocational training and employment
- Local taxi drivers—transporting volunteers to our project and from airport
- Local storekeepers—to provide initial food
- Training community volunteers in practical support, material support, emotional support, educational support, recreational support, legal support, cultural & religious support, guidance on water and sanitation & health promotion
- Community sharing—through sporting fixtures, social events, and donations in kind to the local community
