Building Kenyan Style is back breaking work. First the sand must be shoveled into a bucket on the ground, then pulled up three stories by a rope. The sand is then mixed with cement right on the floor. No cement mixers here. Just manual labor. As the cement is being readied, men are carrying up large stone blocks the three stories. These stones are put in place by the masons as fast as the cement and stones are can get there. This process goes on from early morning until darkness sets in. A long back breaking day.
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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.