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We a registered charitable organization under the Perpetual Succession Act, Chapter 164 of the Laws of Kenya. Our goal is to empower communities by fostering sustainable development through the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) model. By facilitating inclusive community conversations, we help uncover and leverage local assets, strengths, capacities, and untapped opportunities to drive meaningful and lasting change.
The world produces enough food to feed all 8 billion people. Yet, 1 in 9 goes hungry every day. 26% of children in Kenya suffer from malnutrition. Malnutrition stunts children’s growth, causes depression, and leads to inability to work due to muscle weakness. Over 14.5 million Kenyans face food insecurity while 8.9 million live in extreme poverty. Our organization focuses on vulnerable families in the informal settlements and slums providing meals, counseling, clean water, and support groups.
We save children from scavenging and stealing to find something to eat. Slums and informal settlements are home to thousands of children and families. Food provides a sense of relief, hope, comforts reaffirming a person’s dignity and humanity. Ultimately, food is not just sustenance but a critical step toward recovery and rebuilding lives.
In the quiet corners of Thion’go along ACK Road, lives a young girl whose story speaks volumes of courage, resilience and quiet determination. Maureen Akinyi at just 15 years old carries a burden far heavier than many her age yet she holds onto hope with unwavering strength.
Abandoned by both her parents at a tender age, Maureen found a home and a mother-figure in her aunt. Since she was only a year-old Mercy has been her sole guardian a woman of modest means, working casual jobs to ensure Maureen’s basic needs are met. Her biological mother moved on and started a new family, while her father remains absent and unknown. Despite this, Maureen has never allowed her painful past to cloud her vision of the future.
Currently in Form Two at Loreto Kiambu Girls’ High School, Maureen’s academic journey is one marked by resilience. Having scored an impressive 370 marks in her KCPE from New Kihumbuini Primary School, she earned her place at one of the respected girls’ schools in the region. At the end of Term One this year she proudly achieved a B- a reflection of both her potential and her unwavering commitment to her education.
Yet today, her dreams stand on the edge of uncertainty as her guardian despite her best efforts cannot afford paying the school fees. The future of Maureen’s education hangs in the balance.
But Maureen’s story is more than just hardship it’s a beacon of hope and promise. She dreams not only of completing her education but of one day reaching back to help other children like her.
What she needs now is a helping hand someone who sees her potential, who believes in the power of education and who is willing to invest in a brighter future. Sponsoring Maureen means more than just clearing a fee balance it means keeping a dream alive. It means offering a young girl the chance to rise above her circumstances and become a light for others.
To anyone reading this you have the power to change Maureen’s story. With your support, we can turn barriers into bridges and tears into triumphs. Together, let’s give Maureen the opportunity she so deeply deserves a chance to finish school, chase her dreams and one day transform lives just as she hopes hers will be transformed.
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Phone: +(254)704266453
Email: info@thengaofoundation.org
