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Thursday, October 9, 2008

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My husband sister and I went to Kenya over the summer and lived with an orphanage. We had the opportunity to raise money before we went and help the orphanage out by building desks for the kids, purchasing new text books and learning materials, building a chicken coupe and buying 50 chickens to help them raise their own money. We also set up a food supply for them to help prevent hunger, but there are 56 orphans and they went through that supply so quickly! Our goal is to raise money here in the states, purchase the orphanage so that they will not be in jeopardy of getting evicted and help the orphanage become self sustaining. Right now they are so reliant on donations from others for their survival. We want to educate them in becoming self reliant and once we raise enough funds to get them going I know they will be uplifted and eager to learn and work hard to maintain their business. Throughout the blog you will find posts on our experiences while there as well as updated information on the orphanage and what we are doing to help. We hope to start our own NGO, but that process may take up to a year, so in the meantime we are looking to partner up with an organization that is willing to help us! Then we can start raising funds and get to work!
For more information on the organization we were a part of while in Kenya please visit
www.fadhili.org

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