Introduction of st pauls

 

P.O. Box 24171 Karen, Nairobi

Postal Code: (00502)

Cell Number: + (254)-722835889

Email:st.pauls.children@gmail.com

Contact Person: Director

JAYNE KABURA MUTAHI

 

St. Paul’s Children’s Care Centre

 

                     INTRODUCTION

 

St. Paul’s Children Care Centre is a registered non-governmental organization located at Bulbul in Ngong. The home was started in 1983. This was in response to the increasing number of street children. Jayne kabura had started Bible study group with some of the children. Due to the number of street children who were joining the study group, the children shifted from the Bible study, which were being held in Uhuru Park Nairobi town to Bulbul, near Ngong. There were 18 boys who moved with Jayne to her parent’s small farm.

The Home Bible League director then helped with the first funding for the boys. The children’s home is registered and re-established out of shear love and Empathy for the less fortunate children who roam the streets of Nairobi as parking boys and girls. Most of the children are orphans and if they have parents they are usually exposed to all forms of hardships and abuse hence the resultant immoral behaviours in the name of earning a living. The home accommodates abandoned street children who sometimes are as tender in age as few hours old; others are referred from the surrounding areas, while others are rescued directly from the streets.

St. Paul’s Children’s care centre is the oldest children’s home in the Ngong area and its environs and since it opened up its doors over 2000 street children and abandoned children have been transformed to be responsible, self reliant and visionary members in the society.

Currently, the home hosts 34 children and through well wishers and donors, we have been able to sustain them at the centre. 

                                                   children at church service

                               Girls at shamba

                                                     Children painting the house

 

  

                                             feeding the elderly

                                            Aunt Jayne serving lunch to the children

 

 

Updates

We march on in faith, such that even though things look gloomy with our erratic weather patterns, we hope this year will be a better one for all the children, staff, committee and our supporters.

It is Easter season and the children will be on school holiday all April.

We wish all our partners a happy and blessed EASTER. May the season be a reminder to us all of how far our loving God can go to save us from our sins.

UPDATES

All is good that ends fine. We are cruising to the end of the year. Even as the year has been very trying with seemingly insurmountable challenges, God has been faithful and has not even at one instant turned away from us. Thanks to all the good angels and God's messengers who have been very supportive to our course. High five to all of you.

We have 7 children who have sat end of primary school exams. They will join secondary school in February 2012.

The school holidays will start before end of November. We look forward to a good year end and hope to have a joyful Christmas.

Finally the rains came and the farming at the farm is now green with food. the children will have an opportunity this holiday to experience some real farming activities.

We wish all our supporters God's blessings.

Mid Year Information

The first 6 months of 2011 are almost over, here in Kenya, we are at the middle of our Winter. Though Kenya strides the equator, we still experience a cold season at this time when the sun is down the tropic of capricorn. Today it's down to 16 degrees celcius ( not cold by European standards) but to a people used to 28-35 degrees, it's freezing. Now these past 6 months have been really trying in terms of our ability to meet our most basic obligations. While we have scrapped through, it has been a struggle. As I had posted earlier in the year, our struggles started when we had to abruptly demolish some 12 housing units which we used to rent out and earn income from. Then e had to erect a wall along one side of our land for security purposes. Within this struggles, 40 children were added to our home. ( read earlier report).

Now the other big source of struggles is the failed long rains, so there is no harvest to talk about from our farm. To compound all this, the high cost of fuel (gas) prices have escalated the prices of all the commodities and our budget is overstretched. Note: In the last 2 months, the Kenya shilling has depreciated from 80 to the US dollar to 92!! within the same time, a liter of petrol has gone up from Kenya shillings 85 to 115!!!

But in all this I would like to thank the following for coming out to assist us: Stichting Weeskinderen Kenia, Wings of Support, Stichting WANAWA and it's director Jane, United dreams Kenya and it's founder Ira, Stichting Studiebol, ( all these are coincidentally from Holland) Thanks too to Louise of new zealand, Lydia Breu and Albin, Ineke, CP shoes, Maroo Polymers and all the kind Kenyans ( you are so many and we appreciate you all), The Management Board of the home have also been very supportive. This list is not exhaustive and for those who have not been mentioned, you are highly appreciated and you are daily in our prayers.

We are now looking forward to the next 6 months to the end of the year and although the future may look bleak and the challenges are getting bigger and tougher, yet we have the faith in our God and also a reason to believe that our calling is noble and our work sacred. With this in mind, we are assured that we can only march forwards and a giant hand of providence though invisible will always be there to guide us. May our heavenly father bless you all.

Wishing You all a Happy Easter holiday

The children are on school holidays since April 1st. They are all doing fine and the big ones do home studies in preparation for end of year exams. We would all like to thank our friends, our supporters, the volunteers who visit us for their warmth of heart, the donors who unreservedly keep this home well catered for, and all who in one way or another make us believe in a brighter tomorrow.

You are God's messengers and we celebrate you just as we celebrate the holy season of Easter. May God touch you and bless you abundantly, may He shower you with loads of happiness this Easter.