Hello everyone, receive greetings from Dagoretti4kids. It's a blessed New Year to us .The New Year indicates a remarkable growth within our organization. we have seen boys come from the streets change their life’s and realize the need to get education ,dagoretti4kids have also extended its hands to orphans and the needy children in our neighborhood We have 38 children to date the all go to school. Most of them are sponsored while bothers are yet to be sponsored
Charles Maina....................Diana Yorath (UK)
John Wainaina...................Mr.Yorath (UK)
Roman Kimani...................Wayne Brown (CANADA)
Allan Nyangira....................Sister Julie (NYUMBANI)
Samuel Mungai..................Bridget Maher (UK)
James Njoroge..................Evans S M UK)
Peter Kimani......................Bridget Maher (UK)
David Gakuru.....................Kaja Moen (NORWAY)
Patrick Wakabu.................Brit&Kim clark (U.S.A)
Peter Kamau......................Nesna scouts (NORWAY)
John Wanjohi......................Nesna scouts (NORWAY)
Benjamin Mwaniki..............Lucy Harrison (UK)
Ezekiel Mbugua..................Scott & Mary (Harambi for kids inc. U.S.A)
Gerald Kamau....................Ann Kamanga (OUR LANDLADY KENYA)
Michael Wainaina...............Hytes International (CANADA)
The above boys have been fully sponsored all he of them are in boarding schools where they get quality education and a competent environment. The reason we choose to have them in boarding schools is to create space at the centre, new boys can come in and have a chance to go through rehabilitation.
We also try to work on reunions with families where possible; though it proves to be a hard task in some cases it has worked.
Michael Wainaina, Gerald Kamau are high school students while Ezekiel cleared high school last year. he is a 24 year old young man he had missed a chance to go to high school and lost so many years, nevertheless when he got the chance he managed and worked hard until he was through.
Currently he is now volunteering with he assists our house uncles in general duties at the centre. His exam results will be out on March this year he aspires to continue to college
Fred Ngesa..................Yvonne Zuiedema (HOLLAND)
David Kinyua................Mr. McDonald (U.S.A)
Peter Wambu...............Roopa Dave (CANADA)
Andrew Kiarie..............Mrs Marguerite A Ed (UK)
Donston Ambani..........Wandia (UK)
David Ngugi.................Kate McDonald (U.S.A)
Salome Njeri................(AMREF KENYA)
The above lot attends day school they all attend a catholic mission school, it is the only school which accepted our kids even with no money at the beginning but gradually as we are getting sponsors we pay their school fees. it is also a very special school they have really helped those boys who had never gone to school and they are too old. their classes are not congested as public schools and there fore adequate attention to individual kids is there
Ruth Wangui
Rahab Wacuka
David Nganga
James Gaceru
Amos Ndungu
Chris Njiiru
Peter Kamau
Daniel Kimani
Kevin Boi
Samuel Kieja
Joseph Amani
Charles Irungu
The last lot are those kids with no sponsors we usually support them with one time donations from well wishers. We are looking forward to get new more sponsors so support them.
This month we had Daniel Kimani (kablo), Samuel kieja,Kevin Boi joined school .Kevin is the oldest at 13 and he has never been into a classroom ,it was hard for the teachers to decide where to start ,but it as agreed that the whole of this year he will attend the lower classes at once come next year he settles at level five which is an upper class. Extra tuition will be needed both in school and as well back at dagoretti4kids.
Thanks to Cheryl Genner of the Genesis foundation in Australia she bought school uniforms for 15 boys. James Gacheru, an old veteran as a street boy in Dagoretti, has been assisting in Animal care. He has shown some great improvement towards hi s life next month he will be going to a driving school
Staff
Our volunteer staffs has really a big role towards the success of helping our children.
Peter Ndichu heads the team working every day with the children. where
Grace Wanjiku: the house mother in charge of managing the kitchen and general house keeping .she also plays the role of a mother to all the boys.
David, Andrew and Ezekiel are the house uncles they support the boys in day to day activities i.e. help evening tuitions, cleanliness, moral and spiritual support.
Boniface and James Gacheru takes care of the compound, and also take care of animals
Elijah heads the department of schools and fieldwork assisted by Michael Jumah and James
James Njoroge coordinates all the departments and general administration of the organization
Philip Gitau our very active trustee he is in charge of our van, he has embarked on generating income with our van he does airport transfers and also works closely with other organizations. This year he is also arranging on safaris to the Maasai Mara, mostly with people who come to work as volunteers.
This generates some income, which offsets basic recurrent budgets everyday.
We are all very much grateful to all those who supports Dagoretti4kids in one way or another, your prayers and love has always strengthened us everyday.
God bless you
James