About Us

At Njaaga Child Hope Center, we are one big Family. The Children, Staff, Volunteers, Friends and Supporters of the home, are all brought together by the plight of the Children. We have about 60 children and 15 staff members who help the children in their stay at the home.

Established in June 24 2004 as a result of the declining living standards in that area due to Poverty and Disease (AIDS) whose main victims were helpless innocent children who were left orphaned, it was evident that if these children were not taken care of and given hope to face the future confidently they would probably end up going through the same cycle of poverty that would eventually lead them into criminal activities or diseases, leading to death, leaving the cycle in operation for a long time. Mr Njaaga (founder) having been orphaned at the age of 10, was brought up by his Grandmother in the same village and he understands the plight of the orphaned children deeply from experience.

There are 24 boys and 36 girls in the home currently, they are all of school going age and they attend the local Primary Schools in the area thanks to the Free Universal Primary Education initiated by the Government which has been of great help to the majority in our Country. However High School Education is not free and as more and more children from the Home join High School in the next few years we shall need assistance in paying their fees. The Home is located in Kirengero in Subukia, which is approximately 30 km away from Nakuru Town. It is a big Farm House that was formerly a Settlers House. It is large with about 20 rooms, adjacent Kitchen and washrooms.

POVERTY IN MY VILLAGE(SUBUKIA CASE) - SOCIAL, ECONOMICAL AND POLITICAL.

High cases of illiteracy causing poor awareness and knowledge of Eco-social surrounding/environment. Due to lack of awareness and exposure, most families are undergoing the vicious circle of poverty, that is poverty is passed from the father/mother to children and grandchildren. With time and poverty circle turns to be like a spider web, closed/nit and sticky. At this level, not even the loving neighbours can break it fully. It is broken in levels and in most cases not very consistent.

SUBUKIA VILLAGE, ECONOMICAL

As a result of low or no education level, most people cannot get better jobs and thus into farming. With low hectarage and African way/policy in inheritance (the farm must be subdivided into the number of wives and sons). Lack of education and inheritance policy makes people to migrate and this causes high population density which later leads to insecurity and high levels of immorality. Within such perimeters one is bound to find early pregnancies/marriages and early age crime rates. The early marriages/pregnancies have high "divorce" rate. Children born in these circumstances are left with their grandmothers or guardians and the girl leaves for cheap labour or prostitution which hardly can sustain the child left. In most cases, the girl comes back infected with HIV/Aids and later dies the vicious circle of poverty and suffering continues.

FOR FARMING FAMILLIES

Most of the activities in domestic, food produces within the household is consumed by household members. The production keep declining as a result of poor crop husbandly and very erratic rainfall. This causes high food/nutrition deficit especially in the young age groups like under 5's and below 12 years. This is the active development stage mentally and physically. For a few that go commercial the markets are poor hence poor income that cannot handsomely benefit.

POLITICAL FACTOR

This could be the biggest man made problem, it emirates from the elites and better of economically individual. It is a factor that is meant to frustrate those of good will. It is to some extent inherited from the colonial master who ruled Kenya and were after labour in quantity and quality forgetting the well being of the laborers. However, today it is Neo-colonialism, a brother upon/after a brother in the field at political control. Politicking by politicians with little or no regard to the poor and the dying. People of great good and lover for the poor, the sick and orphaned are looked at as political threats by politicians and thus frustrating in every way possible. However, these barriers are slowly weakening though it might take sometime.

The situation demands people of great courage, love and humor in order to overcome. Frequent visits to the village by those that are better of spending time with the poor, victims of HIV/Aids, orphans, church e.t.c, help in big questions "WHY ALL THESE MISFORTUNES," WHAT NEXT FOR ORPHANS," HOW IS THE FUTURE". "WHO SHOULD COME IN OR BETWEEN," POVERTY IS UNJUST," and many others. At this stage, there was soul searching and in the year 2002, my wife and I went for a burial of a relative then a neighbor and a friend the same year. The victims had been sick for long but little assistance was given to them when they were alive. So much attention is given to deceased and burial ritual than a living soul.

The situation/condition touched us and the will to intervene came about. At this point, I conveyed a meeting in search of intervention methods. It was arrived that due to poverty levels, every household to be contributing Ksh50(about USD0.67) a month while I contributed Ksh20,000(USD267) as a starting capital. The fund was meant to assist in paying hospital bills for village members. The group name "TUKURANIE" which means growing/developing/being together.

They had a membership with realization results. Our determination is to realize a great dream of love to the orphans and poor. We have started feeding programmed to feed the hungry. There are many orphans, windows and widowers. Orphans are our first priority and we hope to give them love in life and a sense of responsibility. Our hope is that all the barriers that hinder development are overcome and create a free and fair society whereby opportunity and resources are shared equitably.