John Trumbore wrote: “What really happened during those weeks in Kenya is gradually being revealed. It begins with the second great commandment, ‘Love thy neighbor.’ If my neighbor is all people, how do I express my love for those whom I have never met? This visit allowed our group, privlileged Americans with careers, educations and networks of loving friends and families, to meet, know, and fall in love with our neighbor, the orphaned and abandoned Kenyan children. We will never be the same.”
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In Meru, Kenya, thousands of orphans and abandoned children live in unspeakable conditions on the streets, the victims of gross poverty and the HIV/AIDS pandemic. THE FRIENDS OF KENYAN ORPHANS is a nonprofit organization formed to assist The Children’s Village in improving the lives of these children.
The Children’s Village is the inspiration of Fr. Francis Limo Riwa who in 1999 began to rescue orphaned and abandoned street children. Today the Children’s Village is home, family and school to more than 750 children, living on two campuses: the St. Clare Girls’ Centre and St. Francis Boys’ Home.
FRIENDS OF KENYAN ORPHANS is committed to rescuing, housing, feeding and educating these abandoned orphans. Learn how you can support this effort.