Global Strides Charity

Global Strides Charity We are in the GTA, raising funds in order to help the growth and sustainability of an orphanage in Kianyaga, Kenya. And helping them build a better life! Kenya.

Global Strides Charity strives toward creating a better global future by investing in African youth. We raise funds in order to help the growth and sustainability of the Peaceful Home for Children, an orphanage in Kianyaga, Kenya. Unlike the Western world, adoption is unusual in Kenya. Children often remain in an orphanage until adulthood, never knowing a real home or a real family. Our goal is t

o provide these children with a non-institutional, safe, secure and nurturing environment so that they may grow up feeling as though they are a part of a loving family. The Peaceful Children’s Home was established in 2007 in Kianyaga near Mt. The private institution is run and funded under the umbrella of the Angels of Hope Foundation. The home is run by Joe Njogo, who operates as director, and his wife Agnes, the manager and matron in charge. The Njogos have been looking after orphans for the past 20 years, treating each child with love and dedication, raising the children as if they were their own. The orphanage is run as a family structure, currently there are two houses, each home consisting of children of different ages and a "mother". Living in their own home surrounded by other children and having a “mother” will give these children the sense of being in a family. The first house was completed in March 2008 and the second in May 2010. More recently, the director’s living quarters and guest rooms were built and are now in use. The kitchen and recreational hall were completed in 2013 and greenhouses have been built on a new plot of land, a short distance from the home. The greenhouses will not only serve as a means for those in the home to have fresh produce, but also to offer items to sale, with the profits going toward the up-keep of the home. By living in the home, the children are not only offered a safe and nurturing childhood, but also an education. A child cannot attend school in Kenya without a uniform, which means many children go uneducated as their families cannot afford the cost. Each child within the Peaceful Children’s Home will be given a uniform, solidifying their future as an educated individual and thus opening up the world of possibilities once they become adults. The home offers these children a life they could only dream of, one full of hope, love and a future. With plans for future expansion to accommodate 40 children, the home presently provides all the basic necessities for the 14 orphaned children who currently live there. With the help of generous donations, The Peaceful Children’s Home will continue to provide a loving atmosphere for orphaned children and will hopefully be able to spread that love to even more children for many years to come.

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Global Strides Charity strives toward creating a better global future by investing in African youth. We raise funds in order to help the growth and sustainability of the Peaceful Home for Children, an orphanage in Kianyaga, Kenya. Unlike the Western world, adoption is unusual in Kenya. Children often remain in an orphanage until adulthood, never knowing a real home or a real family. Our goal is to provide these children with a non-institutional, safe, secure and nurturing environment so that they may grow up feeling as though they are a part of a loving family. The Peaceful Children’s Home was established in 2007 in Kianyaga near Mt. Kenya. The private institution is run and funded under the umbrella of the Angels of Hope Foundation. The home is run by Joe Njogo, who operates as director, and his wife Agnes, the manager and matron in charge. The Njogos have been looking after orphans for more than 20 years, treating each child with love and dedication and raising the children as if they were their own. The orphanage is run as a family structure. Currently there are two houses, each home consisting of children of different ages and a "mother". Living in their own home surrounded by other children and having a mother will give these children the sense of being in a family. The first house was completed in March 2008 and the second in May 2010. More recently, the director’s living quarters and guest rooms were built and are now in use. The kitchen and recreational hall were completed in 2013 and greenhouses have been built on a new plot of land, a short distance from the home. The greenhouses will not only serve as a means for those in the home to have fresh produce, but also to offer items to sale, with the profits going toward the upkeep of the home. By living in the home, the children are not only offered a safe and nurturing childhood, but also an education. A child cannot attend school in Kenya without a uniform, which means many children go uneducated as their families cannot afford the cost.

Each child within the Peaceful Children’s Home will be given a uniform, solidifying their future as an educated individual and thus opening up the world of possibilities once they become adults. The home offers these children a life they could only dream of, one full of hope, love and a future. With plans for future expansion to accommodate 40 children, the home presently provides all the basic necessities for the 14 children who live there. With the help of generous donations, The Peaceful Children’s Home will continue to provide a loving atmosphere for orphaned children and will hopefully be able to spread that love to even more children for many years to come.