Projects Kibera, Kenya (Feeding Center)

In August of 2008 Simon Kabaki was asked a question by his students "what will we do and who will help us?" Simon had just shared with the students that the support they had been receiving to keep the school open had just been lost and that if something did not happen the school would be closed. Simon told the entire student body we have only one thing we can do and that is to pray. And they did. That is the very day that we "accidentally" made a visit to meet Simon. On our way to the airport after viewing several Manna Worldwide feeding centers we asked our host if he knew somewhere we could go while we spent our last 4 hours in Kenya. We expected to see a tourist spot, that is when he asked if we would like to visit the slums of Kibera. We had no idea what was in store for us. As we walked on the property we were overwhelmed with the need that we saw. Navigating through the narrow walkways between the homes of these dear people and finally onto the property that Simon for 27 years had poured his heart and soul into. It was a refuge in the middle of this desperate community. The buildings were made of tin like the rest of the buildings but these were filled with hundreds of children all smiling and happy, hope was in the air, the smell and sadness somehow went away and was replaced by these happy children. That day the prayers of Simon and the children were answered, we began to send funds to feed the children two meals per day, this allowed Simon to begin to receive fees from the families of the students, knowing that their children would be fed made the difference. Today because of faithful support the school houses over 500 students and feeds them twice each day. Additional property has become available and it is our desire to help purchase this property and build new buildings to help even more of the children.