Friends of Kakamega

Friends of Kakamega is a non-profit organization that supports the USFW Kakamega Orphan Project in Kenya, a grassroots undertaking that assists children whose parents have died of AIDS and other diseases. Kenyan Quaker women (United Society of Friends Women [USFW]) founded the project as a feeding program for local orphans in 2001. In 2002, they partnered with Friends of Kakamega and have since devoted their lives to serving the needs of these children.

How We Help

Since its inception, the Kakamega Orphan Project has helped over 400 children through the Feeding Program (2001-2010), Care Centre Residential Facility, Homebased Sponsorships, and High School Sponsorships. By 2012, the project was assisting 225 children.

The Care Centre

The Care Centre is a residential orphanage for 50 children in grades 1-8.
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Sponsorships

Educational sponsorships offer children who live at the Care Centre, home-based children who live with a guardian, and high school students the financial assistance needed to cover the costs of going to school and living expenses.
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“These are our children,” says Dorothy Selebwa, director of the project. “How can we turn our backs on them?”

The Maine Connection

Friends of Kakamega is a Maine-based 501(c)(3) non-profit  organization that finances the building and running of the Care Centre (kitchen, dining hall, and dormitories), finds sponsors for the children, and organizes a yearly service trip for Americans to visit the Care Centre.
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