Thank you Lifehouse Church!

Our heartfelt thanks go out to Buzz Brown and the congregation of Lifehouse Church in California for their recent donation. Money raised will go toward making repairs to the roof of the Waddington High building.

                                   


Buzz and the parishioners of Lifehouse are no strangers to our children. About 10 years ago, while on a family trip to Kenya, Buzz learned that the kids wanted pens more than candy and Pensforafrikids was born. Since then the group has shipped approximately 15,000 pens to Galilee Primary School and a few other schools.

                          


We are thankful to the members of Lifehouse for all they have done and continue to do for our Kenyan kids.

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
― Margaret Mead

Happy Father's Day!

Father's Day, in the United States, is celebrated on the third Sunday of June. It is a day set aside to recognize the contribution fathers and father figures make in their children's lives. This Father’s Day we want to recognize a very special father, Moses Alwang’a. Moses is the house father for our children living at the Holly House and Holly Heart orphanages. He helps provide the young people with the love and guidance they need to learn to navigate through the difficult circumstances in which they find themselves.

Moses has been parenting our children for 10 years giving them a strong sense of family, security and stability. In addition to the 100 + Holly House/Holly Heart children, Moses is the father of three biological children, one at Waddington High and two at Galilee. Moses is also a respected teacher. He has been teaching math and science to our class seven and eight students at Galilee Primary for 12 years.

Moses, for all you have done and continue to do for the children we salute you!

 

The Story of Galilee Primary School

We are so excited to share with you a new documentary called Conviction.  Several months ago two American filmmakers, Nathan Devore and Travis West, traveled to Kenya in search of stories.  One of the stories they decided to tell was that of Fanuel Okwaro's work to build a center for academic excellence for the orphans and vulnerable children living in poverty in the slums of Nairobi.  Follow along to see how seeds planted some twenty years ago are now bearing fruit at Galilee Primary School.

We give our heartfelt thanks to Nathan and Travis for telling the story of the birth and growth of Galilee.