SOS Children’s Villages Kenya

SOS Children's Villages

History

SOS Children's Village Association Kenya was founded in 1971. Kenya was one of the first African countries in which SOS Kinderdorf International became active. Its main aim help reduce the ever increasing number of orphaned and neglected children in the country that was not receiving support from the state. After it was founded one year later the construction of the first Kenyan SOS Children's Village started in Buru Buru, a suburb of Nairobi. SOS Children's Village facilities have been built in Nairobi and the coastal city of Mombasa, in Eldoret and in Meru over the years.

Programmes

SOS Children's Village helps in several ways, these are: SOS Children's Villages - Family Based Care; SOS Family Strengthening Programmes; SOS Youth Facilities; SOS Kindergartens; SOS Hermann Gmeiner Schools; SOS Vocational Training Centres; SOS Social Centres; SOS Medical Centres; SOS Emergency Relief Programmes.

Support

The SOS Children's Village work in Kenya has been supported by Daniel T. Arap Moi, the former State President since the 1970s. Kenya being one of many African countries has been hard hit by AIDS pandemic, hence from 2003 SOS Children's Villages started setting up social and medical centres in Nairobi, Eldoret and Mombasa. Social centres include Family Strengthening Programmes which enables children who are at risk of losing the care of their family to grow within a caring family environment. This has been possible as a result of SOS Children's Villages working directly with families and communities to empower them to effectively protect and care for their children in cooperation with local authorities and other service providers. Now there are 4 SOS Children's Villages, three SOS Youth Facilities, four SOS Kindergartens, four SOS Hermann Gmeiner Schools, one SOS Training Centre, four SOS Social Centres and one SOS Medical Centre.

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Nyama Choma Recipe

Preparing Nyama Choma Nyama choma is roasted meat and is extremely popular because of the availability of cheap meat in the country. It is usually served in adult parties with beer. Ingredients 1. Salt and pepper to taste 2. 3 pounds beef short ribs Steps to follow Start by seasoning the ribs with salt and pepper. Get a grill with charcoal or gas over medium high heat and grill for 1 hour. If you are not comfortable with the grill, try using the oven as an alternative and live it there at about 300 F for one and a half hours. The meat should be ready, just use your good judgment. Serve with Ugali

Cabbage with Ugali Recipe

Ugali Preparing Ugali Ugali which is pronounced “oo-ga-ly” is a staple starch component made of grinded maize flour and water which is eaten in East Africa that is Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, Congo, Swaziland, Namibia and Botswana. Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda mainly refer it as Ugali while the other countries have their own name for it. Ingredients Maize flour (Corn flour) 4 cups of water (950 ml) Accompanying meat and/or vegetables i.e. Beef or chicken stew Steps to follow Measure at least 5 cups of water in the cooking pot and start boiling. Add the maize flour slowly while stirring with a wooden cooking stick/utensil. This can take to about 15 minutes of slowly adding maize flour and stirring and then adding more when necessary. Continue to add maize flour while stirring until the dough thickens. Most people like hard Ugali while others like it soft. Hence, just cook to desired texture. To know that Uga...

Lewa Children’s Home

Lewa Children's Home History Lewa Children's Home provides a loving environment, nutritious food, clean water, education and support for abandoned, orphaned or abused children in a family setting. It is headed by Spokesperson, Phyllis Keino who has been caring for orphaned Kenyan children since 1964. It follows that Phyllis Keino's philosophy is that education is the most important gift you can give a child, which has been an inspiration to so many people in Kenya and around the world. In order to share in this philosophy there are ways to contribute one being stock donation and any other type of donation. It is located in Eldoret adjacent to the KipKeino School built by "Bread and Water Africa" and the Baraka farm. The main reason was to allow children to be a walking distance from the school. At the moment Lewa Children's Home cares for 94 children, 47 children within the home and another 47 assisted within their respective communities. There is a...

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