{"id":23615,"date":"2014-12-23T18:24:33","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T23:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/?post_type=project&p=23615"},"modified":"2021-01-27T11:22:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T16:22:18","slug":"expired_projects_garba_tulla_childrens_home","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/project\/expired_projects_garba_tulla_childrens_home\/","title":{"rendered":"Garba Tulla Children’s Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

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 To make an online gift to this project click  <\/span>here<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> Select Africa<\/strong> from the designation list and type Kenya – Children’s Ministries<\/strong> into the Project\/Partner line. <\/span><\/p>\n

To make a gift by check to this project click here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The National Council of Churches of Kenya<\/em><\/p>\n

The Garba Tulla Children’s Home is an ongoing project sponsored by the National Council of Churches of Kenya, a long time partner of Global Ministries. Established in 1970, it is located in the North East of Nairobi, in the Garba Tulla Division of Isiolo District.After the region experienced a severe drought in the late sixties and the effects of a war that left many children orphaned and destitute, the Children’s Home was established to respond to the needs of the children, who have difficulty coping with the harsh climate and the nomadic tendencies of the population in this semi-arid area of Kenya. Currently, due to wars in the neighboring countries of Somalia and Ethiopia and high levels of poverty due to the weaknesses in the regional economy, the number of destitute children has only increased. Over time, the Home has been able to support more than 1500 children in times of extreme difficulty without regard to the children’s religion, race or gender; the only guiding principle has been to raise disciplined and self-reliant citizens. The Home, run by a staff of six and a six-member management committee drawn from the community and other stakeholders, provides the children with the following:<\/p>\n