A week before May 17th, I made my decision to go ahead and
make a trip to Kenya to in preparation for the big medical mission.
I called a high official in the Kenyan Government whom I had met February 2012 in Las Vegas during the rugby seven tournament. By the grace of God, he was very responsive and connected me with a doctor in Muraga constituency who was also quick to respond to my phone call and email. Prior to this I had met another young man in a Kenyan church in Hayward California who talked about a sister (Nun) in Kenya in a place called Ikiinu in Kiambu District who runs an orphanage. He related how a group of them got together and decided to visit the orphanage and give what was needed. As I listened to his story about the experience, the spirit of God was with us, especially when he revealed that the sister was sleeping on a hard floor in order to give up the beds to the orphans. Read More
Fanaka Children's Home
Fanaka is a children’s home located in Ikinu, Kiambu in Kenya. The home is managed and run by a Catholic nun, Sister Esther Kihara who had a desire and vocation to touch the lives of vulnerable children in Kenya. The home has more than 24children from all walks of life varying in age, the youngest being a few months old with the eldest being 16Most of this kids if not all are orphans or have suffered in the hands of those who are meant to love, care and protect them. In Fanaka they are given the loving home they so much need accompanied with the love they have lacked and desired. Mapenzi Africa got to visit Fanaka while on a mission visit to Kenya and was humbled and moved by the experience we got while at the home. We were happily welcomed, hugged and kissed by the kids of Fanaka making us feel at home instantly yet being the first time they were meeting. Read More
