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December News
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2017 was a year of joy for so many
Thousands of African children will be able to greet the new year full of hope, thanks to friends like you. On behalf of the children who were born healthy this year and their mothers who gave birth safely; families who have access to clean water and who...
A letter from Phyllis
Below is a letter from our spokesperson, Phyllis Keino R.N. We hope you find her words to be as inspiring and hopeful as we did. Dear Friends, On the eve of a brand new year full of hope for thousands of Africans whose lives you made better in 2017, I wish to take...
Our Orphan Program
We work with amazing partners in Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Zambia to provide loving homes for orphaned and abandoned children. At these orphanages, children find a loving, caring home where they truly become family. These children receive nutritious food and the healthcare...
Water Well Update
This past June, we organized our very first 5K run to fundraise for a water well in Kombolcha, Ethiopia. We are happy to announce that the water well, after months of geological surveys and site adjustments, is finished! Ethiopia was gripped in a devastating drought...
Sheba’s Story
Phyllis Keino, our international spokesperson and founder and director of the Lewa Children’s Home in Kenya, is the mother to more than 235 orphans – including one little girl named Sheba who is almost 10 years old. Sheba was born with physical deformities of her...
Helping to Battle the AIDS Epidemic
While the AIDS epidemic may have fallen off the front pages in the United States, it remains an urgent and critical problem around the world – particularly in sub-Saharan Africa – causing millions of children to lose one or both of their parents at a very young age,...