Meru Children's Home, Kaaga


Meru is about 150 miles north of Nairobi and not far from Mount Kenya and the equator. It is estimated that there are 1000 children living on the streets in Meru Town.The Trust is supporting a residential home in Kaaga for 32 children, who were on the streets, and a feeding/teaching programme at Gakaromone Feeding Centre for 80-100 children. The numbers change as children migrate between local towns and villages.

The feeding centre has recently moved to better premises in a Catholic School (CCM) where 2 dormitories and a kitchen have been made available. The recent working parties (for details see here) scrubbed, and repainted these rooms making them clean and bright for the children.

The families of the 32 children at the home have now been traced and, where it is safe to do so, the children are spending some time with them.

The Childrens Home is the first in the Methodist Church in Kenya and was opened on the 14th. November 1999. The children live in four semi-detached cottages each with a housemother. The recent working parties from Karibuni scrubbed, repainted and rewired the large dining/common room at the childrens home.

29 of the children are at Mwithumwiru Primary School and 3 are at Secondary Schools. Karibuni is helping Mwithumwiru School to feed 200+ destitute children, including 135 AIDS orphans, so that they can go to school without being hungry.

The school has started a Day Secondary School enabling children who could not afford boarding school to continue to have education - all the teachers are volunteers from local Secondary Schools teaching here in their free periods. When the pupils reach form 3 it is envisaged that the Government will pay teachers enabling them to employ their own staff.
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