Alice, the headteacher was currently looking after 720 children (650 a year ago), of which 25% were orphans. Was the number of orphans in the Kisumu County area increasing? Yes, she said, as HIV continued to wreak havoc in many lives. Our trustee remarked to Philemon that fewer children seemed to be sleeping on the […]

What sort of future will our children be facing when they leave the shelter of CBCH? In the last 8 years, high speed internet has arrived in Kenya. With unemployment in 2009 at 40%, the pessimists grumbled that what Kenya needed was jobs, not technology. But access to the internet has proved transformative leading to […]

For many years the education system in Kenya has been based on what is called the 8-4-4 system meaning 8 years in primary education, 4 years in secondary and 4 years of college or university. The first 8 years are divided in to lower (Standards 1 – 3), middle (Standards 4 & 5) and upper […]

I was born in November of 1994, three years after the popular Kenyan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Robert Ouko was killed, and I was named after the white man from Britain, “John Troon”, who came to investigate the crime. “My dad died when I was five and I still don’t know the cause of […]

“Hi! Thank God for bringing me this far. My name is Catherine Atieno, a girl 13 years of age born on 3rd of January 2000. I have a sister (Mary Aoko, 16 years old) in Sinaga girls grade 10. I lost my parents in the year 2000 and 2001 respectively, (mother and father). Am currently […]

We’re really happy to be able to show you our New Poultry house at CBCH which has just been completed. We hope the chicks will be arriving today (Friday 5th May) so we will happily bring you pictures of those when they have arrived. The children are excited and we can’t wait to see them […]

Annual Review at St Luke’s Church, Watford. 30th September 2017 2.30pm – 4.00pm with tea following. For the first time our AGM is in the afternoon rather than the morning. Please book the date in your diaries. This is a fantastic opportunity to find out what’s going on and to meet the team.

Why an extension? With roughly 10% of the population in Kisumu classed as destitute children, and the number of children’s homes in the city shrinking, there is an ever growing need for our existing children’s home to expand. This means our current family of 48 will soon become 72 as the plans for a new […]

Thank you to everyone who supported us and to Tonbridge Baptist church who allowed us to host this event at the church. We raised over £700 for our children and we believe fun was had by all! “You are fearfully and wonderfully made” [Psalm 139:14] Attention ladies! Kisumu Children Trust in connection with ‘Colours fashion’ […]

Ever wondered about those moments in life where you know everything is about to change- starting school for the first time, starting your first job, getting married, having children. These are the memories that stick in our minds- pinpoints in history. There are also other moments that remain with us- illness, sadness, the loss of […]