Charles and Esther Mully are ‘Mama and Papa’ to more than 6,000 children and youth who have come into their lives over the last 20 years.
Some having been orphaned through HIV and AIDS, others were on the streets due to poverty or home violence. Most were living by crime and prostitution on the street. Over 500 recent arrivals lost their families through the post election violence of 2007, including 90 young girls having given birth due to rape during the violence.
This faith based children’s village in Northern Kenya, rescues and rehabilitates street children and orphans from the massive Kibera slum surrounding central Nairobi, and other city slums throughout Kenya, providing them with schooling and a family environment where they can get the necessary skills in order to be independent and valuable contributors to their communities.
This award winning charity is without doubt, one of the most amazing success stories for street children and orphans in Africa.
Many former street kids and orphans currently sponsored at National and International Universities studying medicine, development, medical disciplines and teaching. Others have earned EU organic farming qualifications and apprentice farmers provide Europe with Kenyan organic french beans. The school providing education to the children in the project, is number 22 in the whole of Kenya in league tables and the number one in the province. Many children have topped the nation in the arts, sport and academic subjects.
We have contributed to three new housing facilities for the children and young people in the project. A new home for 40- 60 street children only costs £20,000.
Many of these children are waiting for Global Angel Scholarships to give them further education in Kenya, and micro-loans to start their first small business after gaining their apprenticeships.
Having visited this project in 2005, my son, Daniel and I returned in 2009, with film producer Rohan Tully. We were blown away by the huge progress of the project and the dedication of the young people longing to get qualifications and use their skills to help transform Kenya, taking it out of poverty and helping the poor get access to health care and education. This is a project that has sustainability and empowerment of the surrounding community strategically built into it’s foundations and is one of the most outstanding project models in Africa.
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Molly x
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