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About Calvary Zion Children's Home
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Calvary Zion Children's Home is a Kenyan charity and offers care, upbringing and education to abandoned and orphaned children in Mombasa. The first priority of the Board of Trustees is to protect the children.
A local woman called Jane Karigo opened the Home in 1998. She saw that many children whose parents had died due to diseases such as malaria or AIDS often ended up living on the streets because there was no-one to look after them. |
Jane set up the Home in order to provide love, safety and a future for as many children as she could cope with.
Calvary Zion Children’s Home is approved by the Kenyan National Council for Children Services (NCCS) to provide care and protection for the children. Jane, as Director of the Home, has responsibility for the children's welfare.
In 2022 the Kenyan Government passed new legislation (The Children's Act 2022) which aims to protect the rights and safety of children. This includes provision for Kenya to phase out children's homes and orphanges by 2032 in favour of placing them with foster carers or adoption. Calvary Zion has not received any new children since January 2020 and it is expected that the number living at the home will reduce as the children fly the nest as young adults.
At first the Home was based in a small rented bungalow but after a while the number of children grew and the house became overcrowded. With the support of a number of generous donors Calvary Zion Children’s Home bought a piece of land where they have built three new houses and can grow crops and keep animals to help feed the children.
There are now over 32 children living in the Home. Local women called house mothers look after them and they attend fee-paying schools. The older children are encouraged and supported to learn skills which will help them earn a living when they leave school and to become independent adults. Careers chosen so far include teaching, mass communication, secretarial and beauty therapy.
In 2022 the Kenyan Government passed new legislation (The Children's Act 2022) which aims to protect the rights and safety of children. This includes provision for Kenya to phase out children's homes and orphanges by 2032 in favour of placing them with foster carers or adoption. Calvary Zion has not received any new children since January 2020 and it is expected that the number living at the home will reduce as the children fly the nest as young adults.
At first the Home was based in a small rented bungalow but after a while the number of children grew and the house became overcrowded. With the support of a number of generous donors Calvary Zion Children’s Home bought a piece of land where they have built three new houses and can grow crops and keep animals to help feed the children.
There are now over 32 children living in the Home. Local women called house mothers look after them and they attend fee-paying schools. The older children are encouraged and supported to learn skills which will help them earn a living when they leave school and to become independent adults. Careers chosen so far include teaching, mass communication, secretarial and beauty therapy.
"Calvary Zion Children's Home is a place where the children can grow to become who and what they were created to be in life, without any limits." In this video Jane and some of the children say Thank You to their supporters. Thanks to Moses Mukilima and volunteers from Denmark and Germany who made this film and have given us permission to share it with you.
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20 years of Calvary Zion Children's Home
In November 2018 the Home celebrated its 20th anniversary with a party attended by supporters from Kenya, Belgium, UK and USA.
In November 2018 the Home celebrated its 20th anniversary with a party attended by supporters from Kenya, Belgium, UK and USA.
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A big hello from the Zion family |
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