Dear Friends of CRCI

We trust that you are all fine for the last few months that you could not hear from us.

Children

All the children in CRCI are  fine and doing well.

Yesterday 30^th July all the children closed school and their performances were average due to challenges they have encountered in the past months

Winnie is a  4^th form as such she will finish her secondary education by the end of next term

Jane and Juliet are also finishing their primary education by the end of next term

Those in nursery will graduate to primary by the end of next term

Due to the challenges in the institution  we are planning to reduce the number of children to remain with the number which we can manage a such

We are requesting former sponsors to come back for CRC has proper management    and  a board in  place  to oversee the institution and it’s projects.

Volunteers

We welcome volunteers in CRCI the institution and the country is safe and we do need more volunteers   .

Unlike the other times you must have a work permit and not a tourist visa to be in CRCI which was a challenge in the management of the institution

For more information about  volunteering  please contact the board of CRCI in Kenya through the contact person

Water Problem

Due to the nature of our institution the instituting uses a lot of water whose payment is a challege.This institution has been permitted to dig a borehole by WRMA. And the Estimates for installation has been done by wings engineers .rain  harvesting has been considered and proposal done and the cost for getting  stands  and  buying of tanks.

This will ease on water payments and the fear of disconnections

Funds to clear outstanding electricity bill

Over the past few months the institution has accumulated  an electricity bill amounting to 80,000 Ksh.The institution can not run without this commodity

CRCI has no way of settling the bill  imidietly we need urgent intervention in this .

We wish to thank you all for continued support .may almighty God bless you so much in all ways

Yours truly,

CRCI FAMILY

Dear friends of CRCI

We greet you in the name of our savior Jesus Christ , how are you wherever you are? hope you are fine.
the following is the current affairs of you project here in Kenya since the last time we communicated .

CHILDREN

The number of children in the house has reduced to 34 due to the big challenges in the house ,we will keep on reducing the number until we are able to cater for them.we are mostly reuniting them with their relatives or taking them to other institutions.

John, Mwaura, Patrick, Winnie, Carol, David, Esther, Jacintah Julie are some of the children who have already left.we wanted to be with them but the situation could not allow. (more…)

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