A Village, Not An Orphanage!

Kijiji Volunteer community mobilizer Kevin Garo with Josephine and two of the nine children in her care (six orphaned, three biological). Josephine was caring for orphaned children long before she heard of Kijiji Cha Upendo. She is committed to their care and treats them as her own. She is fully capable of providing love. What she needs is our dollars to empower her to feed and educate her childreThe best of both worlds!

Village of Love, where orphaned children are cared for in loving families, combines the empowerment of orphan caregivers through micro-loans with monitoring the care and education of the children. This unique combination allows for orphaned children to be raised with love and a sense of belonging.

• A family is always there!

The families in Village of Love are not providing band aid solutions. They are in it for the long haul. They are there to support the orphaned children throughout their lives.

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Meet Four Villagers

Agripina

Agripina

“Kijiji is a good organization,” Agripina asserts. “Some people come and take photos, they leave, they find resources, but nothing ever comes back to the beneficiaries. They just give empty hope. But the Obaras have provided real help!  The volunteers and managers of Kijiji are honest. They are interested in the beneficiaries’ welfare.”

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Meet Mama Shillia

Mama Shillia Supports A Family of Twelve!

Mama Shillia’s daughter in law was destitute when her husband divorced her. Mama Shillia took her and her two daughters into her already large household, bringing the number of people dependent on Mama Shilia’s small business up to twelve! Fortunately she has been able to increase her income generating capacity through a micro-loan from “Village of Love,” and is now able to feed her whole family.Last year at Ramadan, Mama Shillia’s only hope of feeding her large family was to go to the mosque and beg. This year is different.

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Paul Waldie, Globe & Mail, "Giving Back," Dec 9, 2011

Kenyan AIDS project feels the love from Canadian congregation

Andrew and Leonora Obara, parents of fifteen children, ten adopted orphaned children and five biological, spoke with Globe and Mail journalist Paul Waldie on their recent trip to Toronto.In Paul Waldie’s article for the Globe and Mail column, “Giving Back,” Waldie tells how the “Village of Love” Project grew out of one congregation’s support for one couple caring for AIDS - orphaned children.

The Donors: Leonora and Andrew Obara

The Gift: Creating Village of Love

The Cause: Caring for AIDS orphans in Kenya

When Leonora Obara started adopting AIDS orphans into her home in Nairobi, Kenya, her family wondered how they would cope.

Leonora and her husband Andrew already had five children, a modest income and a tiny house. Caring for five young orphans… read more