Earlier this week, we were able to visit Mitumba slum, which is located close to Wilson Airport. It's not nearly as big as some of the other slums, i.e. Kibera-one million people! but the need is still just as great and the conditions are just as desperate!
God directed us to an amazing man in this slum named Pastor Shadrach. He runs a school in this slum for almost 400 children and doesn't charge them anything. This doesn't necessarily sound too generous, but there is no such thing as free education in Kenya. Even in the slum schools, if the parents can't afford the fees, their children do not go to school. I can't tell you how often we will be doing evangelism and see children everywhere playing because they are not in school. As part of my job as Community Developer, I will be taking our high school students to do various activities and form relationships with them.
These children come from the poorest of the poor and most don't eat anything outside of what they are fed at school. Through donations, this monetarily(not spiritually!) poor pastor, is able to feed them TWICE a day! He gives them a porridge at 10 o'clock that consist of a day's worth of vitamins and minerals that is even more expensive than feeding them lunch. I have just initiated the Christmas Bucket Drive at our school where we will try to get enough buckets that consist of maize flour, beans, rice, etc. to give them so they will have something to eat at Christmas. Please pray that our students and families will give generously!!
Earlier this week, we were able to visit Mitumba slum, which is located close to Wilson Airport. It's not nearly as big as some of the other slums, i.e. Kibera-one million people! but the need is still just as great and the conditions are just as desperate!
God directed us to an amazing man in this slum named Pastor Shadrach. He runs a school in this slum for almost 400 children and doesn't charge them anything. This doesn't necessarily sound too generous, but there is no such thing as free education in Kenya. Even in the slum schools, if the parents can't afford the fees, their children do not go to school. I can't tell you how often we will be doing evangelism and see children everywhere playing because they are not in school. As part of my job as Community Developer, I will be taking our high school students to do various activities and form relationships with them.
These children come from the poorest of the poor and most don't eat anything outside of what they are fed at school. Through donations, this monetarily(not spiritually!) poor pastor, is able to feed them TWICE a day! He gives them a porridge at 10 o'clock that consist of a day's worth of vitamins and minerals that is even more expensive than feeding them lunch. I have just initiated the Christmas Bucket Drive at our school where we will try to get enough buckets that consist of maize flour, beans, rice, etc. to give them so they will have something to eat at Christmas. Please pray that our students and families will give generously!!
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