Beatrice

Beatrice is a graduate of Elyon High School 2007 who studied on a scholarship offered by the school. She comes from a single mother who was an alcoholic and HIV positive. Beatrice nursed her sick mother at the same time attended school 2 or 3 times a week until she sat her Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exams. She passed with a D+.

A few weeks back during our routine follow up visits we met Beatrice in a sorry mood. Some bad boys had ambushed her and tried to rape her but she fought in the name of Jesus. At the mention of Jesus name the five boys fled in various directions into the darkness of Ngando slums. They were carrying crude weapons including a knife which they used to cut a piece of her left ear. She now needs plastic surgery if possible. She is working in a salon as a hair dresser which enables her to pay house rent and buy food for her mother, brother and herself. The good news is the mother is now saved and has stopped drinking and prostitution. At the age of 20 Beatrice is the head of the house – pray and support Beatrice to open a salon of her own. Beatrice was a head girl and was the best photographer in a photo competition organized by KODAK group of Melbourne Australia 2006.

To inquire about this opportunity to make a difference, please click on the Contact Us link above.

fellowship meeting

There is genuine cry for help from widows from Kibera slums who have formed a Bible study group which we are trying to encourage and facilitate. Each one has a sad story of loss of their husbands. One has seven children to support despite her business having been burnt down in post election violence.

To All our development Partners in Christ

Dear All

RE APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE WITH KENYA CRISIS RELIEF PROJECTS

Praise the Lord our saviour Jesus Christ!

We the above named holistic ministry is a Christian community based organization dealing with education mainly to the local Kibera slums Church members ( Women,Youth & Children ) on income generating activities e.g curios & handicrafts,fish mongering, beef / poultry butcheries, hair saloon,  electrical goods shop, nursery school & day care for babies among others.

We engage our members in these different activities  on self help basis to help teach them “how to fish” to try and eradicate the main notion which we have noticed in the slums of “donor-dependence” or hand-outs.

We are based at Kibera Olympic & Ayany  on structures which we purchased with a loan of  US $ 3247 . These structures were looted & burnt down during the post election violence. We have so far managed to rebuild/ re -start the business on some & others half way. We invite you all to come and verify these on the ground at our sites in Kibera. We have about ten Church members on these projects.

We seek this crisis relief assistance to enable us operate fully like before the violence when, the members were able to to feed themselves .Not like now when hard working women & youth are almost being reduced to beggars!  Currently, the projects are run on very small time basis. The funds will be used to re-stock the butcheries with two freezers,beads for the beads works, kerosene pumps, buy stock and working capital for example. All these we had but, were all looted and whatever they could not carry they burnt down and yet we still feel the pinch of repaying loans on businesses which are practically “limping!”

These are the estimates for the movables stock which were looted,we attach all the proforma invoices from the sellers:

FREEZERS 2 PCS, ONE FOR BEEF, & ONE FOR POULTRY @ US $ 325 EACH = US $ 650

KEROSENE PUMP 2PCS @ US $ 1700 EACH total US$ 3400

KEROSENE FROM DEPOT @ 1$ PER LIT RE minimum of 1000Lt’s  total 1000 US $

WORKING CAPITAL   US $     750

TOTAL AMOUNT US: $5625

NB: Pse’ note, we have two locations in Kibera that’s why, we request in two’s.

We acknowledge the big amounts involved and as, a people who model on teaching one another  how to fish, the US $ 5625 can be given to us a loan with a grace period and then, we will be able to re- pay the loan back considering that, the business premises are ours.

We remain hoping you will kindly assist us with the funds to enable us re-start, expand and also to continue with our business which we do in order to get funds to run the ministry!

Thank you in advance and God bless you all.

Yours sincerely,

Lynette Omollo- Abongo Mrs

omollolynette@yahoo.com

Kibera coordinator

The sorrows of Lynette and family

Lynette has lived in KIBERA slums for over twenty years with her family of four children and a jobless husband. Recently Lynette accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. Two children go to school while two stay at home. This past Friday (12.12.08) her landlord evicted her and demolished the house for new construction against a court injunction. This afternoon I visited the family and was shocked to learn that the family has spent the last three nights in the cold; at a car park in the open. The children sleep in the old and abandoned cars. Today 15/12/08 I visited them and had nowhere to sit and console them. The case is in court but justice is delayed. Her husband was wrongfully detained and injured in the fracas despite a court injunction to stop the eviction. Lynette needs Kshs 60,000/= to rent another house and purchase basic household items to replace the looted ones. She is one of the ladies in this financial request mail to revamp her butchery business. Lynette attends Gatwikira Baptist Church. The rest of the family does not attend this church. Without immediate assistance, Lynette and family will never celebrate Christmas at all.

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