I.E.C’s families and their homes
In Kenya, the extended family has traditionally taken care of orphaned children. However, the growing number of children who need care as the incidence of HIV/AIDS grows increasingly burdens the traditional care structures. In many cases the grandparents have to care for the young children.
In some cases children as young as 10 -12 years old become the head of such families work in the Quarry farm for a living. In yet other cases children living completely outside any family structure either in orphanages or on the streets.
Poverty has eroded the capacity of Kenyan families to take up additional children. In slums people live quite dens
Houses are made of corrugated iron sheets and mud. Entire family often lives in a one room shack.
Many of the children attending Ingrid School eat one meal a day, and malnutrition is a major concern.
Feeding the children has continued to be a major challenge at Ingrid Centre.
Hope through caring
The faculty at Ingrid Education Centre embraces all the children at risk and gives them a basic education.
Douglas, the director writes, we also counsel them and pray with them for God to intervene in their hardships.
We do all this with the aim of moulding them and giving them hope for the future. Bible club is operational every Friday Afternoon.
Matopeni Quarry Village
Kayole/Matopeni Quarry is located 15 km East lands of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya WITH A POPULATION OF 230,000. The overall economic situation is desperately poor. Poverty is at its peak illiteracy, lack of food and medical facilities and care are rare commodities resulting to suffering of orphans and underprivileged children. Mortality rate from common disease such as cholera malaria, pneumonia and HIV/AIDS is very high, four out of ten children in this village is directly affected by HIV/AIDS resulting to a handful of orphans who do not have anybody to turn to be flocking in the streets of Kayole and Komarock Estate in search of food to eat. When children lack a firm foundation to accessing education they easily involve themselves in petty crime and hence become law offenders posing security threat in the society.
Poverty, unemployment, food insecurity, and lack of infrastructure are a constant impediment to the lives of Matopeni's residents. Most people here earn an average monthly income of less than 2,000 Kshs. (USD$27), of which about 300 - 700 Kshs. must be used to pay rent. Most residents hold informal temporary jobs (i.e. painting, construction work, vegetable sales, quarry mining and house help jobs) that do not provide a reliable source of income. Water is provided by private operators in the slum at above-market prices. With regard to sanitation, the slum has some public toilets, but because of poor maintenance, they are a public health risk. Houses in Matopeni are constructed mostly of temporary materials and have tin roofs that fail to protect people from rain, exacerbating the sanitation problem.
In addition to high rates of alcoholism and violence, the health of Matopeni’s inhabitants is compromised by extremely high rates of HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. In recent months, ongoing drought in Kenya has continued to exacerbate Matopeni food crisis, which has further affected the health of residents, particularly children who remain extremely vulnerable to food insecurities.
The rate of single parenthood, mostly mothers, in Matopeni is very high. For these mothers, the need to seek employment means that children are left unattended. Many children raised in this environment, unable to attend school and left alone at home, seek solace and companionship on the streets where they are vulnerable to abuse.
In Kenya, the extended family has traditionally taken care of orphaned children. However, the growing number of children who need care as the incidence of HIV/AIDS grows increasingly burdens the traditional care structures. In many cases the grandparents have to care for the young children.
In some cases children as young as 10 -12 years old become the head of such families work in the Quarry farm for a living. In yet other cases children living completely outside any family structure either in orphanages or on the streets.
Poverty has eroded the capacity of Kenyan families to take up additional children. In slums people live quite dens
Houses are made of corrugated iron sheets and mud. Entire family often lives in a one room shack.
Many of the children attending Ingrid School eat one meal a day, and malnutrition is a major concern.
Feeding the children has continued to be a major challenge at Ingrid Centre.
Hope through caring
The faculty at Ingrid Education Centre embraces all the children at risk and gives them a basic education.
Douglas, the director writes, we also counsel them and pray with them for God to intervene in their hardships.
We do all this with the aim of moulding them and giving them hope for the future. Bible club is operational every Friday Afternoon.
Matopeni Quarry Village
Kayole/Matopeni Quarry is located 15 km East lands of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya WITH A POPULATION OF 230,000. The overall economic situation is desperately poor. Poverty is at its peak illiteracy, lack of food and medical facilities and care are rare commodities resulting to suffering of orphans and underprivileged children. Mortality rate from common disease such as cholera malaria, pneumonia and HIV/AIDS is very high, four out of ten children in this village is directly affected by HIV/AIDS resulting to a handful of orphans who do not have anybody to turn to be flocking in the streets of Kayole and Komarock Estate in search of food to eat. When children lack a firm foundation to accessing education they easily involve themselves in petty crime and hence become law offenders posing security threat in the society.
Poverty, unemployment, food insecurity, and lack of infrastructure are a constant impediment to the lives of Matopeni's residents. Most people here earn an average monthly income of less than 2,000 Kshs. (USD$27), of which about 300 - 700 Kshs. must be used to pay rent. Most residents hold informal temporary jobs (i.e. painting, construction work, vegetable sales, quarry mining and house help jobs) that do not provide a reliable source of income. Water is provided by private operators in the slum at above-market prices. With regard to sanitation, the slum has some public toilets, but because of poor maintenance, they are a public health risk. Houses in Matopeni are constructed mostly of temporary materials and have tin roofs that fail to protect people from rain, exacerbating the sanitation problem.
In addition to high rates of alcoholism and violence, the health of Matopeni’s inhabitants is compromised by extremely high rates of HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. In recent months, ongoing drought in Kenya has continued to exacerbate Matopeni food crisis, which has further affected the health of residents, particularly children who remain extremely vulnerable to food insecurities.
The rate of single parenthood, mostly mothers, in Matopeni is very high. For these mothers, the need to seek employment means that children are left unattended. Many children raised in this environment, unable to attend school and left alone at home, seek solace and companionship on the streets where they are vulnerable to abuse.