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Our Highlights in July
Nite to Shine
Marilyn took photos of the twenty-three little ones in the New Start program of Ripples International in Meru, Kenya. All of these beautiful children were abandoned - and now need adoptive or foster families to love and care for them.


Kenya, July 2026










The Prophetic Necessity of Beauty
We visited a young man at Burieruri Boys Secondary School near Maua, Kenya. He is in the Sponsored Children Program of Ripples International – and we’ve known him since he arrived at Ripples when he was two years old. His favorite subject is Biology – we’re hoping he’ll go on to do some great work in the medical field. He also enjoys coding in his free time.


Kenya, July 2026




















Snow
We worked with a third-year student at Kenya Methodist University who developed new websites for two Mission Partners of Noroton Presbyterian Church in Darien. Click to see the sites of Tumaini Children’s Ministry in Nyeri, Kenya and Rossholme Education Centre in Kiambiu slum in Nairobi, Kenya.


Kenya, July 2026











Norman Rockwell's Studio
We had lunch at Alba in Meru with a friend we met when she was with Ripples Int’l in 2008. Now she works at Embu University - and has a daughter in her first year at Catholic University in Nairobi. And she has a sister in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and a sister in Texas and two sisters in Wisconsin and nieces and nephews who visit during their summer holidays.


Kenya, July 2026