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Marilyn's "Feeding HIS Lambs in Kenya" photo show was at Brendan's 101 in Rowayton during March. The photos that were on exhibit there are in Photo Mart now - and your purchase of them, or of note cards, will help young people in Kenya to continue their post secondary education.
St. John Bosco Children's Centre View.
Nambale Magnet School. View.
St. John Bosco Children's Centre in Kitale prevents orphans and vulnerable children from going to the streets by placing them in schools and keeping them in close contact with their families.
Ripples International runs a number of programs in and around Meru. These include HIV/AIDS intervention activities with full VCT (voluntary counseling and testing); care and support for orphans and vulnerable children; child sponsorship programs; and centres for abandoned babies and defiled girls.
City of Hope in a remote, rural part of northwestern Tanzania provides a home, food, healthcare and education (academic and vocational) for 110 orphans and vulnerable children. Its school also serves an additional 340 students, and its clinic is open to the surrounding community.
St. Francis Boys School and St. Clares Girls School in Meru, Kenya help 600 children to finish their primary school education with grades at the top of the list for all schools in the Diocese of Meru.
Nyumbani operates several programs. HIV+ children are given the best nutritional, medical, psychological, academic and spiritual care available and live at the Children's Home in Karen until they become self-reliant. Lea Toto provides at home support for HIV+ children in the Kangemi slum of Nairobi. The Village in Kitui provides a family-like setting for orphaned children under the stewardship of "grandparents".
Shepherds of Life empowers the able members of the community to care for the vulnerable members within the same community. Their programs include child sponsorship, HIV/ Aids support, vocational training, social support, and internship and volunteership.
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