Children are recommended to get 1-2 cups of fruit daily and now the kids at the Fiwagoh Home are! Thanks to our greenhouse project these kids are growing healthy from fresh fruits and veggies… and the added bonus is that the extra produce is sold and those profits are going towards hiring extra caretakers at […]
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The Plight of Nigerian Girls
Nigerian girls are almost always married at very young ages, often without their consent. ⅔ of girls in Nigeria are married before they are 18 and ⅓ is married before 15. These girls go onto have an average of 7 children, remain illiterate and stuck in poverty. There is a very high maternal mortality rate […]
Invest in Education and Nutrition
Look at these proud graduates from St. Catherine’s Home in Kenya! We are working to make sure that these kids never have to choose between food and education, but we need your help to make this a reality. Please invest in our greenhouse project, which feeds the children the produce grown and funds their education, […]
Midweek Break with the Watoto Wema Home
Take a midweek break with the Watoto Wema Home in Kenya! Our greenhouse project there has been going strong with this month 940 kilos of vegetables have been harvested with more lettuce and tomatoes to be ripe soon! This sustainable project is all about change, not charity! The veggies grown in the greenhouse provide the […]
1 in 4 Children are Malnourished
1 in 4 children are currently malnourished around the world, according to a world report: http://goo.gl/5sOSgD. Without the proper nutrition, children’s health are in peril. We work to address this problem with sustainable projects, like our greenhouse at St. Catherine’s Home in Kenya. The greenhouse project will grow fresh veggies to supplement the diets of […]
Kids Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between Eating and Learning
No child should ever have to choose between going to school and having enough to eat, but that is the unfortunate reality for many of our partner homes. They are under operating under the financial burden of caring for too many children and school takes the back seat to basic, pressing needs. Children have the […]
Education and Nutrition: From India to Kenya
Happy Friday from one of the amazing kids at the Ashirvad Home in India! Our chicken farm at the home generates income that addresses the nutrition and education of the kids living there. The home sells the chickens in the market and those profits pay for fresh fruit and computer education for the kids. Our […]
TBT with Fiwagoh Home
#TBT to a year ago and one of our homes in Kenya: The Fiwagoh Home! In the past year, we have partnered with this home to build 6 greenhouses on the home’s property! The produce grown is sold in local markets. Those profits are then allocated towards the hiring of 2 additional caretakers! And by […]