This ministry has grown and we are looking forward not only providing for the physical needs of the orphans, but for their spiritual and educational needs as well. Like many other rural areas of Kenya and other
developing countries, educational resources are very limited and the people thirst for knowledge. To these children, reading will be the most enriching habit because it will also help educate them, and hence this will bring the children to a vast reservoir of knowledge. Thus, we are embarking on installing a library at the orphanage for the children.
Many of the children are depressed at times and some have been traumatized by previous events in their lives. The orphanage library will be an excellent source of educational reading to supplement their education and can help lead them to overcome their past life.
Thus far, we have only been able to obtain a few educational books. There is a need for a Bible for each of the orphans as well as materials suitable for Sunday school age children.
One area where the library can be effective, not only for the students but for the general public, is educating everyone on HIV/AIDS. Kenya, along with other countries of Africa, has a high rate of this disease (estimated to be at an 8% "prevalence rate" in the adult population). At the present time, we only have a 24-page booklet on AIDS titled: Follow Jesus, Prevent AIDS. This booklet, written in the Swahili language, is checked out at the orphanage by persons interested in reading it. However, because of the lack of funds, we cannot freely distribute the booklet. Through this booklet, many people have turned to Christ and many more are eager to read it and have a copy for their own use.
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge. I will reject you from being priest for me; because you have forgotten the law of your God. I also will forget your children” (Hosea 4:6).
developing countries, educational resources are very limited and the people thirst for knowledge. To these children, reading will be the most enriching habit because it will also help educate them, and hence this will bring the children to a vast reservoir of knowledge. Thus, we are embarking on installing a library at the orphanage for the children.Many of the children are depressed at times and some have been traumatized by previous events in their lives. The orphanage library will be an excellent source of educational reading to supplement their education and can help lead them to overcome their past life.
Thus far, we have only been able to obtain a few educational books. There is a need for a Bible for each of the orphans as well as materials suitable for Sunday school age children.
One area where the library can be effective, not only for the students but for the general public, is educating everyone on HIV/AIDS. Kenya, along with other countries of Africa, has a high rate of this disease (estimated to be at an 8% "prevalence rate" in the adult population). At the present time, we only have a 24-page booklet on AIDS titled: Follow Jesus, Prevent AIDS. This booklet, written in the Swahili language, is checked out at the orphanage by persons interested in reading it. However, because of the lack of funds, we cannot freely distribute the booklet. Through this booklet, many people have turned to Christ and many more are eager to read it and have a copy for their own use.
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge. I will reject you from being priest for me; because you have forgotten the law of your God. I also will forget your children” (Hosea 4:6).
Is this orphanage still in existance?
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