Lillian has had a hard life for someone so young. She was brought to us from another children’s home in Nakuru that was closed down by the government because they were abusing the children. I remember her first day at the house. She sat silently in the corner and cried because she was taken […]
Archive | May, 2016
Throwback Thursday- Sam
Sam was the fifth resident of Precious Kids Center. Everyday, on my way to town I would see him sitting at his mother’s shop on the side of the road. Whenever he would see me drive past his hand would shoot up and he would start waiving wildly. One day I stopped by to […]
Meet Allan
I met Allan a few years ago when he was living with his mother and siblings at Purpose Driven Academy. His mother, explained that when Allan first got sick, she dropped her other three children at their grandmother’s house and took Allan to Uganda for an operation. When she returned she found that he husband […]
Throwback Thursday- Augustus
I first met Augustus way back in 2011 when I thought my plan was to only stick around Kitale for a year. He was a total orphan living with his grandmother, but he had so many jiggers in his hands and feet that walking was too painful so he had to crawl. A friend of […]
New Beds and Desks
These past few months I have also had the privilege of working alongside several teams that have some to serve in Kitale. I always love being around people who have never been to Kenya before because it reminds me of how exciting and new everything was when I first came. In March we had […]