The project is an orphans home where orphans are well taken care of. We have orphans, abandoned children, aids children and abused children in the age of 2 years till 17 years. Kipu is the one who is the longest time with us. At this moment we have 19 children in the home. We lived in Nairobi and Thika before but moved to Mombasa in March 2005. The reasons are: the nice climate, the healthy air near the sea, better and more options for excursions for both children and volunteers. We are renting a big home near Mombasa in North Mtwapa with 6 rooms accommodating the children, staff and volunteers. For the volunteers we have 2 rooms available. It is our intention to buy a plot in 2007 and to built a home which can accommodate approx. 50 children. Our home is growing fast. Known now with the child officer in Mombasa we have welcomed within short time 3 more children in the last few weeks. Our last brought child is Vincent brought by the police. Vincent is HIV infected.  We are not specialized in HIV children but certainly don't refuse them. We have learned about the most important issues in caring, food, medicines and the aids infected children are following a program in the hospital. They are getting medicines, some provided free some we must pay. We are aware that these children might now stay with us for many years, we don't know, only God knows. But we will give them all the love we have and offer them a good life as long as they are with us. We are no professionals but we all have a warm heart for children. We share as a team the joy of the children, the award of the smiles, and we support each other when we have tears because of the sick children. We believe that one day Lioness Cubs home is big home for many children where many children are playing, learning and getting prepared to make their own life's when they grow up.   

Update October 2007:

At this moment we have 19 children living in the house. However two children are from the staff member Jane. We are located next to Dancourt. Here we host the children with one staff member the other two staff members report in the morning and leave the house at 18.00 pm. We intent to start building by the beginning of 2008. It is our aim to help as much children as we can. Children who are abandoned, abused by parents of relatives, raped and aids orphans. It is our wish to educate these children within our own school to be built later where respect for each other is most important. For us it is most important that these children are happy, feeling welcome, find love and attention in the home and don't need to fear anything. We want to give the aids orphans all they need to secure a quality life, the raped children to regain their dignity and to heal from their visible and non visible wounds. The abused children to trust people again.

We do cooperate with child officers, police and health officers to secure a healthy and safe environment for the children. We will get advice from professionals for the construction of the new orphanage in Kikambala. We plan to built a clinic as well to serve the community in Kikambala where women can deliver in a harmonious and peaceful room with the help of professional midwives. We truthfully believe that working together with the community will benefit both parties. We do welcome visitors to visit the orphanage to meet the children and staff. If you want to meet Irene and William as well please inform us in advance as we have a tight schedule sometimes. Karibu sana and asante.

Irene Okech - Haneveld