This smaller MCF facility provides shelter, protection, education, and skills training for young single mothers.
I had visited it in 2000 when they were located at MCF’s Yata location. The move to Malindi allowed for improvements to the program and a more focused approach to serving these young women. There are about 100 women and their children living at this compound. They are in a three-year program designed to equip them to return to their communities with their children and succeed.
These women have similar, yet very different, stories. One young woman was pregnant by her grandfather, who tried to have her killed before she was rescued. Another woman lived on the streets and was addicted to drugs and alcohol.
The benefits of this program become very clear when you hear the stories, meet these women and their children, and see their smiles, showing how their lives have changed. The young women are taught hairdressing, manicures, and sewing, while staff onsite watches the children.
The manager gave us a tour of the property and facilities, during which we learned that they are experiencing a water shortage. Their well feeds a 5,000-liter storage tank, but it regularly runs dry. Ideally, a solar-powered submersible pump and an additional 5,000-liter storage tank would solve the problem and also help to reduce their monthly utility costs.
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Thanks to Mr. Sam Owen, we were introduced to Andrew Ongoka. Andrew is a Kenyan national who is married to a U.S. medical doctor.
We met with Nelson Mookie, Manager of Capital Projects for Care International Hospital.
We enjoyed a dinner with our friend Nicholas Selby! Since we met a year earlier, Nicholas has only increased his involvement in supporting solar initiatives across rural Africa.
We met with Peter Fry the executive director for Kua Ventures.
The Bucket Ministry provides a bucket and a water filter so that people who do not have access to clean water will and in the process of distributing and educating recipients they also share the gospel.
Our next meeting was with Mr. David Osamba of Nyabon Enterprises in Nairobi. His company is focused on optimizing the business of small farming.
From the fish farm, we proceeded to Container World Africa, where the owner, Calvin, showed us his operation.
Next, we visited the 93C fish farm operated by Father’s House in Ruiru, Kenya.
Their primary purpose is to train and develop skills for young people in Kenya.
This venture was started in 2017 by XXX. They have created an off-the-grid irrigation system that incorporates a solar-powered water pump, which feeds an elevated storage tank.
