Children in Loving Families Can Dream

Winnie (8), Shaddy (10) Samwel (11)

Their future is no longer bleak!

When Winnie, Shaddy and Samwel’s mother died, their future and that of their four siblings was bleak. Their father could not care for them. He left them at a Catholic church, and they have not seen or heard from him since. Orphaned and abandoned, their sense of self worth was very low. What could they hope for in life?

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Food On The Table Builds Family Love!

What do children do when their parents cannot provide food? Certainly they do not spend much time at home, where their parents are stressed and short tempered!

The children go where there is a likelihood of being fed: to forage in the garbage dumps, to beg, and more tragically, to trade what they have- their little bodies- for a bag of chips, for sweets or whatever scrap is offered

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School Is Urgent!

 Who wants to be in school?….I d

On the streets of Kibera hungry children are very vulnerable. Consider… what might a child be asked to do for a bag of chips? Both girls and boys are drawn into the sex trade, often contracting HIV/AIDS, the girls falling pregnant very early to become trapped in a lifetime of poverty. The boys are drawn into drug use, gangs and criminal activity of all kinds. Many do not reach the age of twenty.

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A Day With The Villagers!

Salome answers a question

Village of Love Canada depends on the first hand accounts of those who are able to visit Nairobi. Our Board member, Salome Githuku, has wonderful rapport with her fellow Kenyans and always brings us heartfelt and animated reports!

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