Diani Children’s Village - Newsflash, 08/2017

Newsflash Diani Children’s Village
# 08/2017
Projects, Jobs and a New Addition
Projects...

Greetings from Diani, the long rains have persisted in some areas and strangely enough this season, are characterised by heavy squalls that are very localised which means you can have a centimetre of rain in one area and 200m away it is bone dry!
In our last newsletter, we wrote that there were some leaks, but these became more pronounced with those localised squalls. We are grateful that a kind benefactor undertook to sponsor the re--roofing of the entire main house with modern coated aluminium sheeting that will allow us to collect rainwater. Thank you.
The workshop show room is now complete and in use. The workshop has orders for cupboards, beds, sun beds, teacher?s desk and normal desks from schools and private individuals. This additional space has also made the production of bulky items much easier as the unfinished items do not clutter up the workshop.
The free range layers are ready to lay! We expect our first batch of eggs by mid September. For those who have had the pleasure of eating them, please make your orders early!
Jobs
... Ruth just finished her diploma in Interior Design and has secured a contract from a local NGO to convert a garage into a library. Ruth was one of the first children to come to the Home, and she now regularly visits to share her experiences with her siblings and help them navigate the perils of being out of the Home. She has also taken responsibility for seeing that the little areas of repairs and maintenance in and around the Home are attended to. Dorcas also just finished her Diploma in Business Management at the Coast Polytechnic, and she is lucky enough to have been offered a place in the Internship Program at Base Titanium for three months. We wish her the best in this exciting endeavour.
A New Addition...

Last week, the Home received a new baby (Naira) , a little girl of around 7 months old.
Our team has been able to locate her grandparents and are organising a visit soon to establish if a reunion with the family is possible.
We continue, with your help, to provide the best possible care for children whose circumstances have led them to where they are completely vulnerable and we do so with the faith that good will always triumph in the end.
Diani Children?s Village Support Team

Currently there are 21 children staying at the Diani Children’s Village, aged between 2-5 months and 18 years old. Most of the children are orphaned, neglected or abandoned.
Sometimes children are brought by the police...

Staff
We currently have nine members of staff working at the Diani Children’s Village.
Committee-Members
The committee-members are a group of volunteers who are...

In order to help the home to become financially stable and for the children to learn how to become more independent in their future lives, some self-initiative income generating projects were started at the Diani Children’s Village...

In December 2006 the annual Fun-Run event to raise funds for the Diani Children’s Village will take place again for the 10th time, at one of the properties of Alliance Hotels & Resorts. This group of hotels is...

In order to fulfill all our plans and dreams, we need your help and support.
Any contribution, either financial or material will be highly appreciated.
You can also buy some of our Diani Children’s Village items on sale...

The Diani Children’s Village was started in 1994 with an objective of providing orphans, neglected and abandoned children with a home. The home caters for basic needs; health care, education, recreational, skill building opportunities etc...

The home is situated at (Diani Beach - Galu Kinondo) some 35 km south of Mombasa-Kenya and currently houses 21 children and their caretakers. The caretakers consist of a house-mother, a house-father and...

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