Childrens home Faraja
We can’t give back the orphans their mothers and fathers, but we can help them build a good home.
The Faraja children’s home didn’t begin to operate based on the impulse of a nonprofit organization or because of a government policy. The home was born out of the great love, sacrifice and open heart of Martha Moraa Bosire who began to take care of orphans even though she didn’t even have much to take care of herself. Today she leads a home with 27 children. Many others would like to be added to that number; however, securing the needs for so many children is very expensive. Every day Martha again and again pleads with her poor neighbors and friends to help her provide the day’s supper – not to mention other needs like money for medicine, school supplies, clothes and shoes. The way out of this situation is for the home to find activities that will bring financial independence and provide for their needs. Offering a laundry service, raising and selling chickens, or growing fruit and vegetables could possibly accomplish this goal. It would also be helpful if the children’s home had its own source of electricity and a means of collecting and storing water.
We, and all those who have been involved in the development of this project, are filled with joy that at the end of September 2009 the children’s home was moved to a new building. This new building meets all the requirements that the home has in order to become self-sustaining (both the building and garden are large enough). Now it is necessary to pull together the finances to get the children’s home off the ground so that it can start paying the rent itself. We estimate that it will take about six months. It isn’t just the rent that will need to be paid, but also the resources that will be needed to help the home start doing the activities that will provide income – raising chickens and growing vegetables. We need basic materials, tools, and chicken feed; and also to construct a chicken coop and to establish the garden. In addition to that, we will need to provide for the basic needs of the children (food, warm clothing, school supplies and medical care), to outfit the home (mattresses, blankets, tables and chairs, kitchen utensils, storage cabinets, etc), and then to find the necessary volunteers without whom the home couldn’t function.
It’s not a small undertaking, but giving help that leads to self-sufficiency is well worth it.
Contact person: Renata Rokůsková
Phone: +420 739 004 117
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