I Care Program- Leaving No Child Behind

​In Kenya every year in January, students are promoted from primary school to high school. Many families in Kenya spend almost everything they have for their children’s school supplies and fees which can be incredibly stressful with challenging life circumstances along with rising costs in Kenya.
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To support families and students who are not currently on our list of sponsored students, Veronica Lemuya, our director of Children of the Kingdom in Kenya, dreamed up and implemented a program called “I Care – Leaving No Child Behind.”  We funded this project through our general fund that is supported significantly from our annual Rafiki Run. 

​This year’s “I Care" program reached 127 boys and girls in Turkana. The students received the following items which are required for them to join high school:

• A trunk
• Two pairs of school uniforms
• 3-inch mattress
• 16 books
• Mosquito net
• Pens and Pencils
• Bed sheets
• Rubber shoes
• Games kit

​This program also reached out to six Pokot high school students who needed funds for their school fees to begin high school. The Pokot are a community that has a difficult history of conflict with the Turkana people over livestock and land.

​This student outreach speaks volumes to the fact that the love of God knows no boundaries and that Children of the Kingdom is playing a part in the work of reconciliation in the region. 

Girls from West Pokot who were able to begin high school thanks to support from Children of the Kingdom 

Not only did our Children of the Kingdom staff provide the children with these tangible gifts, but they also sent them off to high school with motivation and with dignity as they began this new chapter.

​Veronica shared the following verse from Isaiah to give thanks for the hope that God brought to many through this project.