Friends of Kenyan Orphans Stories

FULL CIRCLE

FULL CIRCLE

Bud and Sue get ready to head to Kenya and St. Clare.

FOKO SAYS THANKS

FOKO SAYS THANKS

Friends of Kenyan Orphans got together with some of its long standing volunteers for a thank you luncheon in Detroit.

MEET LALENA

MEET LALENA

Welcome a new board member to FOKO, Lalena (Lena) Kennedy

SHOES GALORE

SHOES GALORE

The Shoes that Grow from Because International are at Ozar's home waiting to get to St. Clare.

WHEN THE CAT'S AWAY....

WHEN THE CAT'S AWAY....

How the girls who cannot visit their villages spend some time relaxing between semesters at St. Clare

FOLLOWING FRANCIS

FOLLOWING FRANCIS

When Pope Francis visited Kenya, some of St. Clare's teachers and students went to Nairobi to see him.

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION

St. Clare children attend a closing Mass before Christmas holidays.

CLEARLY COMMISSIONED!

CLEARLY COMMISSIONED!

Father Riwa commissions everyone working at St. Clare Centre for Girls from the administrators, teachers and counselors to the cooks and watchmen.

Father's Foods

During their visit to St. Clare Centre for Girls in February 2014, Bud Ozar and Rich Horrigan spent time seeing the tilapia ponds and other fishponds Father Riwa has developed with Friends of Kenyan Orphans’ support. 

St. Clare's Library Expands

The population of St. Clare has grown to over 300 students, we need to expand to a larger library space. Our Dominican Sisters, as well as many well-wishers, believe that St. Clare Centre should have a spacious library where the girls can sharpen their reading skills.

Father's Fisheries

In realizing that he needed to be more self-sufficient and raise more food at the Children’s Village, Father built two tilapia fishponds to add protein rich fish into the diets of the children at least once a week.