November 2023
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ:
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.
Ecclesiastes 3:1
Following 12 years of amazing accomplishment made possible by your generosity, the Kenyan Children’s Fund will cease U.S. operations Dec. 31, 2023. The KCF committee in Kenya will continue to seek grants and other forms of funding so it can continue to provide food, medical care and education fees for 45 children and their guardians.
Thanks to you, U.S. donations funded KCF projects that will continue to benefit the Mamiloki village and its people for generations to come. For example, your contributions provided funding for:
- A water well, which now provides potable water for about 7,000 people. KCF worked with Water Missions, which drilled the well, installed the tap system and trained the village people to maintain and repair it. Water for Life, the project that designated funds for the well, was the KCF’s largest single project.
- A girls’ bathroom at the school, ensuring for the first time that girls can stay in school throughout the day.
- Goats that provide milk, income and offspring. We began with a few goats, and there now are many more.
- Emergency home repairs, which created structures that now protect children and their guardians from the heat and rain.
- Sleeping palettes that keep families from sleeping on dirt floors.
- Crop seeds, especially for beans and maize. The resulting gardens help feed families, provide seeds for future plantings and also may provide some income.
We give thanks for Dr. John Helgesen, KCF chair emeritus, and for Jimmi Kimuyu, who has returned to his home village of Mamiloki to continue the fund’s work there. Together, they founded the KCF in 2012 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kansas City and led efforts to make it viable. Along with volunteers who have served on the U.S. committee for more than a decade, they sought grants, hosted displays during synod events, sold purses and other items hand-made by Kenyan artisans, hosted Water for Life Sundays and reached out to many people of faith to invite broad participation in the KCF.
The KCF in the United States will continue to receive donations through Dec. 31. If you would like to make a thank offering to the fund as the year draws to a close, kindly send donations to Kenyan Children’s Fund in care of Immanuel Lutheran Church ELCA in Kansas City. As always, a donation of $390 will support a child for an entire year. But a contribution of any amount is a blessing and will be a fitting tribute to what the KCF has accomplished and to the community it strengthened.
In closing, thank you for sharing Christ’s love and your generosity around the globe,
The Kenyan Children’s Fund committee:
Peggy Dollard, Linda Fewell, Michael Hamlin, Mary Jo Moore
Please note: People interested in continuing support of this program may reach Jimmi Kimuyu at jimmiz90@yahoo.com
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