Nyumbani Children’s Home

Nyumbani Children's Home

History

Nyumbani Children's Home was founded in 1992 by the late Father Angelo D'Agostino, S.J., M.D., a physician, psychiatrist and Jesuit priest being an active response to the alarming number of HIV infected children currently orphaned or abandoned in Kenya. This home is considered Kenya's first and largest facility for HIV+ orphans housing approximately 120 children ranging in age from newborn to twenty three years old. Children at Nyumbani Children's Home come from all over Kenya in places including Marsabit, Nakuru, Isiolo, Kakamega, Kisumu, Mombasa, Ngong, Dagoretti and areas within Nairobi representing all ethnicity in Kenya.

The Children's Home finds its children through national hospitals and through Nyumbani's own community outreach program called Lea Toto. In addition, the home did more by converting one of the cottages at the Home into a Respite Center for children in Lea Toto who were not responding at home to provided treatment. This Respite Center brings extremely sick children into a controlled environment where there are trained professionals who could carefully stabilize and strengthen the children before they return to their families. The parents of the children are then trained in ways to improve their care giving to their children.

Executive Director Sister Mary Owens, IBVM provides continuing leadership and inspiration to all the Nyumbani programs staff and volunteers as a result of sharing Father D'Agostino's dream.

Support

The children receive best medical,spiritual, psychological, academic, nutritional and holistic care possible until they are able to fend for their own. This wonderful care is a result of support of donation from people from all over the world. Non-profit boards have been created in Kenya, United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Ireland and Spain to support Nyumbani and help in building sustainable communities for children infected with and affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Also, the United States Board, Children of God Relief Fund (COGRF), supports Nyumbani programs based in Washington DC and hosts an annual fundraising gala every September. COGRF is supported by voluntary private contributions and receives no government funding. It is recognized as a tax exempt charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It also meets all 20 Standards for Charity Accountability of the Better Business Bureau.

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