Children at the Gates
More than a million orphans in Kenya go without food, shelter, and safe water every day. Orphans as young as six and seven are taking care of their younger brothers and sisters.
Our "Hope for Children" home in Kenya provides food, clothing, shelter, and education for about 250 orphans, but in this city alone there are 4,000 more children who live on the streets.
Every day they come and wait, just outside our gates, looking with envy at the orphans who are inside the orphanage and longing to join them. The orphans share their food, and also carry their water to give to these starving children on the streets.
One little girl from the orphanage named Mary decided to carry one of the smaller children she had fed back with her into the orphanage. The child was so small she had likely gone for weeks without food or even a place to sleep.
Mary is sharing her bed with the child so she can stay with us in hopes that she recovers. As long as there is a single child starving outside the gates, we can never stop our efforts.
