A STORY OF PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN COMMUNITIES
Our story began when Rev. Dr. Peter Mageto, of Nairobi, shared a dream with Signature School students while he and his family were living in Evansville, Indiana from 2003-2006. His dream was that there would be a place with books for people to read in the village in which he grew up - Itierio, near Ekerenyo. He had never owned a book. The students enthusiastically raised money, and "The Amani Reading Centre" was built and dedicated in 2006 by a group of 11 from Evansville and hundreds of area villagers. The Reading Centre was filled with books and students and teachers from 7 schools in the area, along with other interested people, are regular visitors.
Since 2010 we have held yearly or twice a year medical/dental/eye clinics in the Reading Centre, with over 90 volunteers having traveled from all over the U.S. to join Kenyans in medical partnership. We also have provided funds for building a borehole well that pumps clean water, and brings electricity to the villages. Peter's brother Clement Maiko has been instrumental in these projects. We have begun doing cataract surgery, thanks to the help and vision of Dr. Michel Gelinas of Wisconsin.
Another partnership: In 2012, we met Patrick Odoyo of Dago, Kenya, a village only 2 hours from Ekerenyo. He was living in Evansville with his wife, Susan, and also had a dream for his home village that children would be educated and healthy. We worked with them to build a child sponsorship program that now has nearly half of the children in the Early Childhood Development program sponsored.
And we have another partnership! In 2017 a group of students from Signature School in Evansville heard Peter Mageto speak on another of his trips from Kenya to Evansville. They were inspired and decided to undertake a building project up the hill behind the Amani Learning Centre. They created a non-profit organization, Amani Partners Kenya, Inc., opened a bank account and created a website. When completed, it will ensure that affordable health care will be available all the time, and not just when our teams are there twice a year.
If you are interested in joining one of our Mission Teams please email lrenne@aol.com for more information! We travel to Kenya in February and July for two weeks and include a safari in the adventures.
The following links will tell you more about our work in Ekerenyo and Dago:
Our story began when Rev. Dr. Peter Mageto, of Nairobi, shared a dream with Signature School students while he and his family were living in Evansville, Indiana from 2003-2006. His dream was that there would be a place with books for people to read in the village in which he grew up - Itierio, near Ekerenyo. He had never owned a book. The students enthusiastically raised money, and "The Amani Reading Centre" was built and dedicated in 2006 by a group of 11 from Evansville and hundreds of area villagers. The Reading Centre was filled with books and students and teachers from 7 schools in the area, along with other interested people, are regular visitors.
Since 2010 we have held yearly or twice a year medical/dental/eye clinics in the Reading Centre, with over 90 volunteers having traveled from all over the U.S. to join Kenyans in medical partnership. We also have provided funds for building a borehole well that pumps clean water, and brings electricity to the villages. Peter's brother Clement Maiko has been instrumental in these projects. We have begun doing cataract surgery, thanks to the help and vision of Dr. Michel Gelinas of Wisconsin.
Another partnership: In 2012, we met Patrick Odoyo of Dago, Kenya, a village only 2 hours from Ekerenyo. He was living in Evansville with his wife, Susan, and also had a dream for his home village that children would be educated and healthy. We worked with them to build a child sponsorship program that now has nearly half of the children in the Early Childhood Development program sponsored.
And we have another partnership! In 2017 a group of students from Signature School in Evansville heard Peter Mageto speak on another of his trips from Kenya to Evansville. They were inspired and decided to undertake a building project up the hill behind the Amani Learning Centre. They created a non-profit organization, Amani Partners Kenya, Inc., opened a bank account and created a website. When completed, it will ensure that affordable health care will be available all the time, and not just when our teams are there twice a year.
If you are interested in joining one of our Mission Teams please email lrenne@aol.com for more information! We travel to Kenya in February and July for two weeks and include a safari in the adventures.
The following links will tell you more about our work in Ekerenyo and Dago: