KidsTalk In Africa: The Kakamega Story

Providing Hope through Education and Compassion

KidsTalk Foundation has taken on a project in Kenya whereby hundreds, soon to be thousands, of orphans attend an extraordinary school: a safe haven.

They are protected, nurtured, & educated by people who care and love them.

KidsTalk supports 3 schools in Nambale, Bunyore & Kakamega, Kenya, East Africa with a total of 950 students. The student population consists of orphaned or extremely destitute children who would otherwise be unable to receive an education. KidsTalk Foundation purchases textbooks, desks, classroom supplies and recently purchased property and a building for a Nursery School that serves a dual purpose by providing both housing and classroom facilities. Each year, as the students graduate from one grade and move to the next higher grade, classrooms must be built to accommodate the next higher grade. KidsTalk undertook the construction of the 5th grade classroom at the Nambale school

KidsTalk Future Leaders Programs

Through the Future Leaders Programs, KidsTalk: 1) creates vocational and in-school programs (such as the Kakamega Art Club); 2) awards scholarships; and, 3) funds large projects that involve the construction of classrooms and school medical facilities as well as the ongoing funding of school medical services and student vaccinations.

To the orphans, school is not just a place to learn: it is the foundation for their future. Leaders emerge from all walks of life and social standing. The KidsTalk Future Leaders Programs focus on the needs of students and schools within impoverished areas (domestic and international) to provide every child - regardless of social standing - with the opportunity to excel and reach his or her potential.

On a quarterly basis, KidsTalk coordinate with the Kenya Ministry of Health for doctors to participate in multi-day, multi-school medical camps. Every child receives a complete medical exam and treatment for existing illnesses. At the first medical camp, 750 children & 50 teachers were vaccinated against Typhoid.

On average, between 150 and 200 children are treated at the clinic each month.. In the 16 months since the establishment of the medical clinic and camps: not one child has died of a treatable disease.

Currently, a special project is underway to raise funding for the construction of a high school. In Kenya, high school is not free. As orphans, these children cannot afford to attend. Without a school of their own, these children will be left without an education. For a donation of only $25 a donor can purchase a brick for the high school and change the life of a child.

These children rely on the generosity of others for their survival.

KidsTalk is planning to replicate this program in India to help their orphans too.