We arrived in Kenya end of February. Big dreams big plans. We were going to built an orphanage. A so called 'friend' promised to help to do fundraising. When they raised the money, enough to built the orphanage they changed their mind and refused to give us the money. They used our photo's, the project and story to get the money so we were cheated. When the deal was made there were no rules or regulations.. all what was said is ' we raise the money then sent it to your account and you go ahead..." so we left the Netherlands to Kenya to make my dream come true.. It was not easy to leave behind family and friends, schools and a regular life but to built an orphanage was my life time dream..............
Once we were in Kenya we got a list of rules and strict regulations which we were not able to accept cause we could risk loosing everything one day. We love our children and have made the promise to take care about them the rest of my life. The issue ended up in a disagreement leading to the end of the cooperation. It was very hard for me to deal with the disappointment but thanks to some lovely people my dream will still come to a good end...

We have been seeing a beautiful plot in Kikambala exactly there were I dreamed of. It is a 2 and half acre plot not far from the beach and in a African environment, no crowds, no sex tourism like in Mtwapa, no busy roads. We are right now in the progress to obtain that plot. This plot will be big enough to built the orphanage, the clinic and school... We got a donation from two ex volunteers from The Netherlands of 12500 euro which enable us now to buy the plot and start with the construction. We want to thank Tessa van de Poel and Danielle Hassing for their efforts and great help! And all the sponsors who donated.

We have welcomed many English visitors who brought us wonderful gifts and clothes for the children's home. With all these gifts we will be able to create such a cozy and beautiful home in Kikambala and also decorate the school. We want to built our own school so that we can educate our children in a school where beatings, caning and other cruel punishments will not be allowed. It is a struggle to go to the school so often to demand the teachers over and over again not to cane or beat our children. It is a endless battle with fake promises. We want to teach our children to respect adults and be respected by adults to communicate with people and express their feelings. They should not fear the teachers but respect them. We want to create a school with child friendly decoration where they feel being loved and comfortable. We want to thank all our English visitors who have supported us with spiritual words, with encouragement, and or financial support.

We want to thank Dean Lewis, Ronny Welch and Paul Priest for their efforts during a sponsored Golf Charity day whereby they raised 822 GBP. This will be used for needed items in the home and education. We want to thank Janet and Brian Jones for raising 900 GBP to buy sewing machines to start a workshop where we will design and sell weddings dresses and party dresses for our clients willing to get married in Kenya whereby S'Harity Safaris our Kenyan travel agency will organize the wedding. We want to thank Mark and Nicky for developing a website to get continuous support for our orphanage. And not to forget our friends Edna and Brian for their encouragement, their efforts and endless support. Thanks to all our visitors who have been in the orphanage or planning to visit.... ASANTE SANA

We have two ' new' children in the home. Lucy is 3 years and an aids orphan. She lived with her grandmother in Mtwapa. The grandmother however could not take good care about her. And Lucy needs special care due to her status. Our home care volunteers asked our help to take a look at Lucy's situation. We decided to take her in with her grandmothers permission. She was taken to our orphanage and felt so comfortable that she started to avoid me... she didn't want to be carried by me and hide herself when I came to visit. Probably scared that I will take her away again...She didn't trust me for a long time and slowly starts to come to me when Iam around... She is a happy beautiful child who loves to be dressed like a little lady.

Vincent is 8 years. I got a call from the police in Mtwapa ( special children's department) that our help was needed. Vincent's mother died some time ago. He was left in the care of his aunt. The father demanded the boy back and created problems. He neglected Vincent and abused him. After several warnings of the police the boy was taken away from the father. Vincent begged the police not to leave him behind with his father... So we took Vincent in. The first day he was really wondering where he was. Confused and a bit scared. But the following day he started to give out beautiful smiles... He was impressed by everything he saw in the house, the beds, the van, the food.... Vincent is now a very happy boy. He will soon attend school.

We now have 17 children in our orphanage and with the 2 of Mama Jane there are 19 children. There are 8 aids orphans in the house. Kipu, Gregory, Moses, Lucy, David, Jamal, Vincent, and Dickson. They follow an aids program in the hospital. Some medicines are free others we have to pay. The conditions of these children are ok. They do eat well and are all active without serious complains of sickness. It is our goal to give these children a normal life without knowing them they are infected. We do protect our selves and the volunteers by providing latex hand gloves incase of open wounds. We cover wounds with plasters and make sure the other children don't touch the wounds.

If you want to know more about us or if you want to sent us a donation to support us with constructing a new big orphanage please contact our treasurer and official of the Board ' Edna Elliott ' her email adres is: ednaelliott@btinternet.com