Background Information
Africa Hope Center is a grass root initiative making intervention to those affected and infected by HIV/AIDS in Africa. The home opened its door to the first 5 orphans in January 2005 as a response to the crisis of kids losing their parents to HIV/AIDS one after another. The kids were residing in a two bedroom apartment with one house mother (Penninah) and one care giver/manager (Mr. Kibe). The Home had another intake in 2007 where the population grew to 23 orphans. The home is currently taking care of 71 orphans and in total it has catered for 145 orphans since inception. The orphans are spread through primary school, high school and tertiary institutions. Among them, 30 are in Primary school, 37 in High school and 4 in Tertiary training.
The Center was founded by Bishop Dr. Joseph Wamutitu and runs its operations through a Board of Trustees. The society has a sacred responsibility in mitigating the suffering brought about by HIV/AIDS to the countless orphans all over the world. Dreams have been crushed: talents wasted; potential buried in hopelessness as they ravage, yet many people have chosen to watch from a distance as innocent orphans suffer rejection, stigma and wasted ability. AHC provides unequaled opportunity for you to put a smile on the face of an orphan as you shape their future through HOPE. HIV/AIDS afflicts both the adults and children
Management
COUNTY REPRESENTATION
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Vision
The vision of AHC is to give hope and dignity to orphans in Africa.
MISSION
To provide hope and dignity for the orphans by providing basic needs ( food, clothing and shelter and quality education) in a safe loving and empowering environment.
OBJECTIVES
- Establishing Empowerment Centers (Children’s Homes)
- Providing support and counseling services to the orphans
- Empowering the orphans through education, vocational training and Micro- Enterprise Development (MED) services
- Advocacy and community sensitization through interactive and preventive awareness campaigns.
CORE VALUES
- Diversity
- Accountability
- Best interest of children
- Excellence
- Sustainability
SHORT TERM GOALS
- Adding two floors on the current Empowerment Center in Kayole
- Establishing a computer lab and a library
- Exited orphans to join universities and colleges
- Admitting more children
LONG TERM GOALS
- Moving the kids out of Nairobi Empowerment Center to a more spacious place where they can learn life skills ie farming, rabbit rearing, daily farming etc
- Establishing Empowerment Centers in other towns in Kenya and Africa at large
SUCCESS STORIES
- Acquiring land 0.025 hectares in Kayole
- Construction of an Empowerment Center in Kayole (though incomplete)
- Moving from a rented apartment to our own premise in 2012
- Admitting and taking care of 145 orphans at the Center over the last 12 years
- Attaining Scholarship from foundations such as Equity Wings to Fly, Global Education Fund and LAGOS Scholarship
- Our children joining National schools such as Pangani Girls, St. Georges among other prestigious schools.
- Four of our scholars are continuing students in the university (through private sponsorship)
CHALLENGES
- Inadequate financial support towards our programs i.e. Home Based Program, Secondary School etc
- Reconciling some of our children with their relatives.
- Rehabilitating some of the children who have gone through very severe emotional difficulties after the loss of their parents
- Constrained budget that has caused the completion of the empowerment Center in Kayole to halt for a long period