CHILD SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM
DAGO VILLAGE, KENYA
In 2015, in partnership with the Odoyo family of Dago, we began a sponsorship program for pre-school children, ages 3-6, in Dago, Kenya. This is a picture of the 11 children sponsored that first year. They were so excited to receive their uniforms and back packs!
A $300 per year sponsorship includes school fees and supplies, teachers' salaries, uniforms with shoes and socks, sweater, backpack, and 2 warm meals a day which includes food for not only your sponsored child, but all the children!
53 of the 100 children in the Early Childhood Development school are sponsored now, and we invite you to join our sponsorship family! We will be visiting and taking pictures of the children during our trips to Kenya. You can send a picture of your family for them, and they will draw a picture for you.
Here is a letter received from one of the mothers during one of our recent trips to Dago: "On behalf of Dago Kogelo ECD (Early Childhood Development) parents, may I say thanks a lot for your support towards our children's life, education and well being. We are grateful for such blessed hearts, helping us to nurture these little angels. Preparing them for future, impacting sense of humanity and responsibility with a lot of love. Truly you are sent by God, and by His grace let His will be done through your widely stretched hands. We are glad to see you and hoping for best from our children. We love you all. Greet us all our friends from various destination. Hope to see them too." - Mama Narvash Winfrey Ochieng
These are the 7 precious children in our baby class who still need sponsors for the 2022 school year. Sponsorship for one child is $300.
Sponsorship Checks can be made to "Friends of Dago" and mailed to:
Friends of Dago
Attn: Megan Southwell
10466 Devon Ct.
Newburgh, IN 47630
Please put the name of the child you would like to sponsor
in the Memo line.
$300 sponsorship gift provides children a school uniform (tailored sweater, shoes and socks), school fees and supplies, backpack and two warm meals a day. Remember, your sponsorship not only helps feed your sponsor child, but provides two warm meals for all the children in the program. Thank you in advance for your support!
CLEAN WATER FILTRATION PROJECT
“By means of water, we give life to everything.” — Koran
The Migori River is the primary source of water for drinking,
cooking, and bathing in the Dago Kolego community.
Reducing waterborne disease by bringing clean water to the residents of Dago Kolego is our newest project. The lack of clean water for drinking and cooking leads to diseases such as cholera, typhoid, and dysentery and impacts other aspects of life in the community such as the ability to go to school, to earn an income, etc. We are partnering with Uzima Water Filters to provide a safe, efficient, durable, and affordable means for every household to have their own water filtration system. As shown below, dirty water is poured in the top grey bucket and microbes are trapped in the filter providing clean water in the white bucket. For a more detailed description of how the system works, click on www.uzimafilters.org.
A donation of $40.00 provides a complete water filtration system for a family that will last 5-10 years. Please consider making a donation today!
cooking, and bathing in the Dago Kolego community.
Reducing waterborne disease by bringing clean water to the residents of Dago Kolego is our newest project. The lack of clean water for drinking and cooking leads to diseases such as cholera, typhoid, and dysentery and impacts other aspects of life in the community such as the ability to go to school, to earn an income, etc. We are partnering with Uzima Water Filters to provide a safe, efficient, durable, and affordable means for every household to have their own water filtration system. As shown below, dirty water is poured in the top grey bucket and microbes are trapped in the filter providing clean water in the white bucket. For a more detailed description of how the system works, click on www.uzimafilters.org.
A donation of $40.00 provides a complete water filtration system for a family that will last 5-10 years. Please consider making a donation today!
CATARACT SURGERY, EYE CARE
BACKGROUND: We have held Medical/Dental/Eyeglass Camps once or twice a year in Ekerenyo, Kenya, since 2010, and Eyeglass Camps in Dago, Kenya, since 2012. We test for reading glasses and prescription glasses, and screen for cataracts. Needless to say, vision care is a very much appreciated ministry.
Reading glasses: We collect over 300 pairs of readers from people who graciously donate them throughout the year, and give out all of them to people who are not able to read because of poor vision.
Prescription glasses: We partner with Holland Kendall Optometry Ministries in Louisville. This company provides us with used prescription glasses that have been measured for strength in each lens. These strengths are then entered into a computer program that allows us to find a good fit for each person, through the use of an auto refractor machine that we take with us to test eyes. We keep 2000 pairs of prescription glasses on site in Kenya, and on the next trip replace all those we have given out. Each camp we give out over 200 pairs.
Cataract Surgery: Over the years we have seen that many people have cataracts, and Dr. Michel Gelinas from Wisconsin is helping develop a cataract surgery program in a our new Amani Health Centre. Fundraisers have raised money for equipment needed, and a local Kenyan eye surgeon has been trained with the new instruments and is now doing surgery in the Health Centre.
Donations are welcome!
Pay online at www.amanipartnerskenya.org.
Click on "give" which will take you to the donation page.
Or write a check
payable to Amani Partners Kenya with Eye Care in memo line
(send to Amani Partners Kenya 5130 Lincoln Ave. Evansville, IN 47715)
All money donated (there are no overhead expenses) will go towards purchase of
equipment, payment of salaries for cataract surgeries in the Amani Health Centre.
Pay online at www.amanipartnerskenya.org.
Click on "give" which will take you to the donation page.
Or write a check
payable to Amani Partners Kenya with Eye Care in memo line
(send to Amani Partners Kenya 5130 Lincoln Ave. Evansville, IN 47715)
All money donated (there are no overhead expenses) will go towards purchase of
equipment, payment of salaries for cataract surgeries in the Amani Health Centre.
SHORT-TERM MISSION OPPPORTUNITY
If you are interested in joining one of our Short-Term Mission Teams, please email Lynn Renne at [email protected] for more information! We travel to Kenya in February and July each year for two weeks, holding a medical, dental, eye clinic, and include a safari in the adventures.
