THE USFW-KAKAMEGA ORPHAN PROJECT

The USFW Orphan Project of Kakamega, Kenya is a grassroots effort to help children whose parents have died primarily of AIDS. It is an ORPHANAGE, a FEEDING PROGRAM and provides EDUCATIONAL SPONSORSHIPS for orphans so they can go to school. It is run by Kenyan Quaker women of the USFW (United Society of Friends Women, Kakamega). Since 2001 they have devoted their lives to helping orphans in serious need.

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Care Center children, staff and American visitors.

 

 Dorothy Selebwa, founder and coordinator of the Project

 

FRIENDS OF KAKAMEGA — THE MAINE CONNECTION
Partnered with the USFW is Friends of Kakamega, a Maine-based Quaker non-profit organization. Since 2002 Friends of Kakamega has worked to finance the building of the dining hall/ kitchen (for the feeding program) and orphanage, as well as finding sponsors to send children to school. Each summer Friends of Kakamega sponsors a service project trip to the orphanage to work with the children and to introduce participants to a world so different from that which we are used to that your life is changed for the better for good.

 

 

Friends of Kakamega work hand in hand with their Kenyan partners to build the orphanage (Care Center).

                                                                       

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

and to send a donation:

 

Friends of Kakamega

51 Hunter Road

Freeport, Maine 04032

207-865-3768

sukierice@suscom-maine.net

 

 

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Contributions are needed to run the Care Center and Feeding Program. It costs just $52 a day for 200 meals and the staffing of this program. Please consider making a generous donation to help keep the program running at full capacity.

Checks should be made out to Friends of Kakamega.

 

You can also contribute to the Education Fund.   If you wish to become a sponsor of an elementary school ($150) or high school ($450-$500) child, please indicate that with your donation.  (See Sponsorship link.)

 

Friends of Kakamega is the only funding source for the Kakamega Friends Care Center.  100% of your donation goes directly to the care of the children; there are no administrative costs connected to the project (all time and resources are donated). You can indicate if you wish your money to go toward running the Care center/Feeding Program, or the Education Sponsorship Fund or Income Generating Projects.

 

We welcome ideas, support and communication from you  and  we greatly appreciate whatever you can give.