Lewa Children’s Home
Local Program Director: Phyllis Keino, RN, Founder/Executive Director
Location: Eldoret, Kenya
Mission: To establish a children’s home with quality standards fostered in a family environment that provides the children with nurturing support, inculcating in them the ability to work and think independently.
The Lewa Children’s Home was founded by Bread and Water for Africa® international spokesperson Phyllis Keino who more than three decades ago began taking in orphaned and abandoned children in western central Kenya. Phyllis could not turn any child who showed up at her doorstep away, and with support from Bread and Water for Africa® today she has become the “mother” of hundreds of children who have matured into successful adults.
CURRENT NEEDS
The current need is funding to hire afterschool teachers and special needs children educators.
Latest News/Blogs
Kitchen and Dining Hall Coming Soon for Kebeneti Secondary School Students
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Wilson, Samuel and Joseph: Three Abandoned Brothers Find Love in Phyllis’ Arms
For one brief, heartbreaking period in their young lives all that the three brothers Wilson, Samuel and Joseph had was themselves after unbelievably being abandoned by their mother. And it was on a dark, rainy evening in Kenya when a neighbor heard their desperate…
Hope on a Plate: Bread and Water for Africa® Changes the Course of Children’s Lives
In 2019, Bread and Water for Africa® announced the development and implementation of a School Meal program in partnership with the Seed Foundation’s Seed School located in the Kenyan slum of Kibera on the outskirts of Nairobi to provide two nutritious, filling meals…
Eat. Grow. Study. Hope Begins with a Meal
This Christmas, 300 children and youth (141 girls and 159 boys) attending the Seed School in the Nairobi slum of Kibera have a special reason to be joyful – thanks to the supporters of Bread and Water for Africa®, one year of free education and a daily meal of…
Poverty in Kenya: Root Causes, Impacts, and Community-Led Solutions
Poverty in Kenya remains a persistent challenge in 2025, affecting millions of people despite notable gains in the national economy. While Kenya has experienced steady growth over the past decade, many families and communities continue to face daily hardships, from…