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Dorcas Children’s Home

Dorcas Children's Home

History

Dorcas Children's Home is located in Kinango town, Kinango Division, Kwale District, Coast Province of Kenya. It was started in 2006 with eleven children founded by pastor Jonathan Khakala "a pastor of the Redeemed Gospel Church and co-ordinator of the Dorcas Children's Home" and Mrs. Claris Mbeyu Kitty. The Kinango area is semi-arid with rainfall below 500 ml per annually making a place if food shortage. In addition, there is also poor infrastructure, traditions characterized by illiteracy, witchcraft, polygamy and wife inheritance have resulted into high poverty and HIV/AIDS and orphaned children prone to sexual abuse and child labor.

The goal of this Home is to develop disadvantaged children "poor, orphans" into a balanced and dependable people who are ready to develop themselves and their own community. To enable them to realize their full potentialities and make them enjoy normal life just like any other human being through basic needs, health care, education, training, counseling, and spiritual guidance so they can fit in society when they become self reliant. The Home is intended to serve as God's instrument as elaborated in the bible "Acts 9:36-39; James 1:6-7" that will endeavor to extend God's compassion to the orphan by providing food, clothing, housing and healthcare. In addition, the house is a tool of evangelizing and disciplining Muslim community since all the children have Muslim background. 

Achievements

Dorcas Children's Home celebrates some achievements. These include increase of number of born again Christian; Children have gone back to school and those who did not have the opportunity to go are now going to school; their health has been improving; their social life has improved since those who were street boys, sexual abused have reformed; they now have a shelter where they are accommodated; the home has few friends and local community based organizations which has helped them through support of food supplements and clothes; the home has developed a small farm where it has been able to produce maize, sweet potatoes and vegetables towards helping themselves sustain the children; three children have joined high school, Boy Bavu, He is in form three, Christine Kazungu form one, and Nadzua Bavu form one in 2008; some of the children have received sponsorship from different organisations which cater for school fees only both in primary and high school; the home has been given a plot about 3 acres by a christian organisation called Youth With A Mission. In the plot there is a building measuring 60 feet by 45 feet. The house needs renovation because the roof doors and windows were stolen and the wall and the floor started cracking. When this house is renovated it can accommodate more than 50 orphans.

Support

So far the home made fund raising and was able to collect some money which made it possible to buy 40 iron sheets, five bags of cement, buy some timber, some nails for roofing and pay labor charges. The iron sheets only covered 4 rooms while 7 rooms remain uncovered. The children have already moved to their new home while the rooms are without doors and windows, because there was no enough funds to cater for the new house rent.

There are some challenges that are facing Dorcas Children's Home that need support. First, Kinango district is in a semi arid area with unreliable rainfall which makes it very difficult to grow crops and get good harvest. This makes the Home rely on buying food at very high prices. Second, the home needs funds to pay for the children education and upkeep. Third, the home needs funds to buy food and medicine for the children care and lastly the home need funds to buy a water tank which will help during drought season. To make partnership with Dorcas Children's home please contact them at the contact addresses provided below.

Contacts

Dorcas Children's Home

P.O. Box 102

Kinango, Kenya


E-mail: jonkhakala2009@yahoo.com


Mobile/Tell: +254 (710) 731950, +254 (721) 168820

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