PO Box 2883
Winter Haven, FL 33883-2883
Email: kenyarafiki@yahoo.com
 

Hope for Kenya's Kids is a non-profit organization founded by a small group of individuals touched by the plight of children in Kenya who are unable to pursue an education because of poverty.

Hope for Kenya's Kids is dedicated to the mission of helping Kenya's children complete their education through the secondary level so that they may look forward to a brighter future.

A child's point of view
Picture and text from the book
'African Children: Their Faces and Their Thoughts' by Thomas S Gale

'My worst nightmare is to drop out of school. I dread dropping out of school for I will obviously lose the golden opportunity of getting a good and respectable job, and I would have to suffer painfully.

I would end up doing those odd jobs, if at all. If lucky enough to get an odd job, I would experience such things as low salary and harassment with no one to voice my complains to. I would have no future to look forward to but I would live knowing that here I am today but tomorrow will have to take care of itself.

And if I were to have children they would suffer and lead miserable lives caused by lack of the three main basic human needs: clothing, proper shelter, and a well-balanced diet, not to mention good education and picnics in national parks and game reserves.

This is why I hope I will never ever have to drop out of school for any reason whatsoever."

A student at Nairobi River Primary School, age 13