Hallo everyone we have once again come to the end of term one of the year 2009, which was an eventfull term.otherwise all is well with all of us in here in Kenya .

CHILDREN

As  far as the children are concerned we have new children in the house ,peter wanyoike 4 years an abandoned case and,ester njoki 9 years a rape case.

So the number of children in the  house still stands at 39 the new cases are rescue cases as such we do not expect them to stay for long.

SCHOOL

Our children has already got used to the new school and they are doing very well penninah and ,dorcas joined higher classes as such we are doing a lot of home works to keep them  in good positions and good marks mary is doing that together with the social workers .

The small ones are also doing very well in all aspects as far as the school is concerned ,those who are in high school Winnie is doing good we have seen an improvement but in the sciences she has a problem as such she is attending holiday tuition in thika to see that she improves the grades at the end of the  term and in the future.

HEALTH

In this area it is very challenging as for now we have our new nurse karanja who ,maintains the health of our children very much only shon big john got his arm broken another day when he fell from the resting shed  but he is doing good now .and Johnny Johnny his finger was removed from hospital since it was growing in the wrong way after a burn in the slums he is now ok and out of the hospital .

PROJECTS

As for the projects we are doing very well ,only that it is now officiall the two projects in kiandutu slums that is the health check point and the kop school are no longer part of crc and its projects as such anything connected to those projects from the staff the management and their foundation are not part of crc as such for any information you can contact the crc foundation in the Netherlands lead by aafje and the new board of crc in Kenya lead by nelson .

Umoja project is doing very well and the children have improved very much and this being the first term of the year we have seen that there will be a bright future for all of them if they finish their programme in umoja wetu.

The income generating projects at crc house is doing very well as such the eggs production has now risen to 6 trays per day ,the cows are producing milk for the kids although the brown one died last month after pneumonia attack goats are doing ok too all the crc kids are helping in the farming area planting and watering the crops and feeding the cows as such they are learning a lot ,we are really a full house and family .

We are still visiting the slums in matharau,gachagi mathare umoja and kibera in Nairobi , but due to the hunger and the dry spell in the country we have extended the food supplies to other parts especially in our community gatuanyaga. Which is a semi arid place.

VOLUNTEERS

The number of volunteers in the house is 4 ruben,simone,Judith and emma all from the Netherlands .shaillin left last week together with challotte we really had a wonderfull time together and all the people generally miss them already we appreciate your help and these children will never be the same for the steps you made them realize in their lives we say asante sana on their behalf.

SPONSOR A CHILD PROJECT

As for this project we are very greatfull for the sponsors continued help ,as from late last year waiteke derix is in charge of the project she will be sending and receiving all the correspondences as far as the project is concerned ,the following children still needs sponsors.

CHALLENGES

There are areas which are challenging crc very much water being notorious ,as such the water supply is on and off we still hope for the best we are doing our best to see that abore hole is drilled at the site to keep the supply sufficient .

The road has been repaired with the help from the current volunteers this has made the house accessible without a lot of strain.

We wish to thank all the people who has  made the crci home better in all ways asante sana.

Yours faithfully,

Nelson

Director CRCI

Happy new year 2009 and how are you all ? we are are all fine and the year 2009 started very well for us here in CRCI Thika for we realized one of our greatest goals having our own permanent home .

Our children are all fine and healthy and doing great .we held several investigations for the unfinished children;s cases and traced Douglas Mwaura’s  mother in a place called Waithaka in the outskirts of Nairobi this was a great achievement but we could not re unite the child with the mother for the conditions at the home were not favourable for the best interest of the child , he will be living in CRC now.

Also we were able to trace Jacintas family of mother father brothers and sisters in Kiambu district ,we gradually integrated her with them since she had also done her final national examinations KCPE and performed well as such she will be living with her parents.

We also  has new children in CRCI , Tiras an orphan .Agnes ,Jonny Jonny and Wanzila brother and sisters a family neglect from Matharau slums they have adopted to the crc life and they are loved by all .

Jacinta joined Gatura girls high school after performing very well she scored 316 points out of 500 marks  she was the third best pupil in the school  Sabine from the CRCI foundation sponsored her first academic  year, Elizabeth wanjiku the needy Kiandutu girl also joined St Michaels girls school in Makuyu her education was sponsored by the MCM the long time volunteers , sponsors and friends of CRC .Kelvin kimani also a needy boy from Kiandutu slums joined St Appoloniuhs secondary school sponsored by  sabine through the utch foundation ,Winnie Wambui from umoja slums joined Chania girls high school with also sponsorship from friends of crc we are all very greatful for the sponsored for giving these children a chance in their lifetime .

All  the primary school going children transferred from St patricks primary school to Gatuanyaga primary school near the new CRCI home as such they are all excited and so many new things happening at the same time some how makes them confused but pole pole they are coping with the changes .

Early January we shifted to our new home after a formal introduction to the community  the village elders ,religious leaders ,opinion leaders ,local administration and other leader they all accepted CRCI in their community .the CRCI children were excited to be in the new house very spacious ,beautiful and secured .we thank all the people ,institutions ,foundations the construction companies staff volunteers management and mostly our almighty God  for making this particular project a success  asante sana.
The CRCI foundation in Holland is working very hard to realize the dreams of CRCI lead by Aafje Sabine Dina Annelike Waiteke and others we say asante sana and may great god bless you in all ways as you help the needy children of Kenya .

We have new staff members in CRCI ,Sarah Muthoni is the new house mother a qualified social worker and now experienced  with Hannah Wangechi the assistant house mother . Mary Wangechi is the new crc teacher a qualified teacher and with a lot of experience ,Joe is the new caretaker in the farming department very young energetic and ready to learn more in this field .Charles is the scouting teacher ,Newton the drama and music teacher while Winston karanja is the nurse in charge of Umoja and crci main home a practicing nurse and licenced by Kenya  medical practitioners while Anne Kagondu remains our clinical psychologist .

For the crc projects the animal husbandry is going on well the goats are are doing well the brawn cow gave birth early January , the chicken are all laying eggs there is a ready market for the eggs and more for our children in CRCI  and the goats are doing very well .

The farm land has been prepared ready for vegetable planting we have enough manure  the main challenge is our source of water which is an reliable we are looking forward to having our own borehole  for reliable water supply .

The current volunteers are Shallin from Holland ,Malu van Loo and Baiske all from Holland they are helping us a great deal.

The Umoja wetu childrens project is doing very well we had a new intake this year with eight more new children joining the project from the three surrounding slums of Matharau umoja and Gachagi  ,the other eight children joined Umoja primary school through the great sponsorship of Rob Anne Esther and Mirriam all from the umoja foundation in Holland  we also made more than ten needy  children who could not join primary school due to lack of school uniforms and fees join Umoja primary school by the help of crc volunteers thanks a lot for this great initiative .

The director of CRCI Mr. Nelson Ndungu together with( MCM )Marieke ,Corine and Marina from Holland climbed Afrikas highest mountain  Mt. Kilimanjaro to fundraise for the needy children of Kenya and Ghana they all reached point Uhuru the highest point in Africa ,this was a great deal and an experience of a lifetime and a great challenge to them we all thank them for their efforts will not be in vain .

That is it for now we will keep you updated as we make the lives of our nice children better and once more receive our worm greetings kwaheri and may our almighty God bless you Asante sana.

Yours Nelson
For crc family