2013

Children are at the greatest risk throughout Kenya, so providing full-blown outreach programs (like 2012) is critical in helping them improve their lives. This includes medical camps, food, and clothing drives.

Upon our arrival, we learned the government had seized the land belonging to the Joy Division children’s home and allocated it for commercial road construction. In response we purchased land in Nairobi to build a brand new children’s home for Joy Division that includes an information center, school, and clinic. This is part of our 3-year plan for the region.

2009

Having completed several major projects in Kenya, we decided it was time to go back to see how the people were doing and whether our wells and other facilities were still operational.

Most of our water wells were still operational and we repaired the few that ran into issues. Due to political turmoil in the region, we found that children were displaced from their homes and decided to provide funding relief for the local children’s home to provide shelter. We also spent time at a women’s shelter, offering food and clothing.

2007

We visited several locations on this trip, with the intention of helping children in need from Joy Divine Children’s Home and a HIV clinic for children.

At the school we donated uniforms, shoes, blankets, food, and paid for education needs. We provided the same for the children at the HIV clinic and doctors were brought in to provide free health screenings. We also hosted a food program to teach these children about nutrition, what’s healthy, and what’s not. We also built a computer lab that included 8 computers.

2006

Opening the hospital expansion in order to perform surgeries was very important for the region. We also managed to expand the existing computer lab in the Nairobi slum school from 20 to 35 computers.

Because of how poor the people in this region are, everyone is in need. The people are unemployed, live in mud houses or shacks, and many women are single mothers battling some sort of illness. We decided to take a medical camp to these slums to provide care for the poorest of the poor. We also distributed food, clothes, and shoes to those in need.

2005

Returning to Kenya after our initial trip was exciting. We officially opened the water wells we dug the previous year, assisted with a medical camp, and built a 20 machine computer lab at a slum school in Nairobi.

During our trip, we assisted a Missionary organization in hosting a weeklong medical camp where more than 2,000 people were provided free health checks, HIV testing, and minor surgeries.

2004

The purpose of our first trip to Kenya was to learn about the people and the struggles they face so we could figure out how to best help improve their lives.

We discovered there were two tribes fighting over use of a fresh water source that both needed. To date, this conflict has resulted in over 100 deaths. After speaking with each tribe, we discovered we could settle the dispute over the water source by digging their own water wells and station. We ended up digging 18 water wells across the Kenya region over an 8-month long period.