SEEDS OF HOPE CHILDREN'S OUTREACH
SAVING LIVES THROUGH VOCATION
SAVING LIVES THROUGH VOCATION
Seeds of Hope is a ministry serving teenage street children in Kenya. Our mission is to build and support the development of a self-sustaining residential vocational school which will provide occupational skills training allowing these young adults to become employed, contributing members of their community.
Permanent Dormitory |
Medical Needs |
GENERAL GIFT |
Carpentry Tools |
Lift our men up in prayer as they harvest the fields and build their kitchen.
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WHAT HAVE WE BEEN UP TO?
PROGRESS: Completed Training Workshop, Installed Drip Irrigation, Planted Fields for Spring and Summer Crops, Welding Training
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR GENEROUS DONORS WHO HELPED MAKE THIS POSSIBLE IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME!
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WHAT ARE WE DOING NEXT?
In the first phase of developing the Vocational Center, we stressed building the infrastructure that would prepare us to bring young people to the center for training and spiritual growth. As we moved into the second phase, we began to focus on training the resident students and building appropriate facilities for future expansion. These phases are largely complete.
As we approach the next phase of development, we are looking hard at continuing the addition of better equipped facilities, such as a permanent kitchen, dining hall and dormitory. We doing this, we will also add carpentry and plumbing to our vocation training.
Next up will be the replacement of our temporary kitchen. This building is seriously inadequate and in need of replacement. The difficulties with current food storage and ventilation have underscored the need for a permanent structure which includes proper storage of food products, produce and cooking equipment. We are looking to raise funds during 2022 to hopefully begin construction of the facility to accommodate 23+ people. Please see the building plans below, and the artist rendering of the kitchen and store.
We are also looking to add a self-dispensing water system enabling the center to sell water to other members of the community, and to add carpentry as a vocation by the end of the year. We are currently raising funds for tools as well as looking for a qualified instructor that can add these skills to the already growing skills of welding.
Further phases of the center’s development will include the construction of permanent dormitory space and the provision of a home for the Managing Director and other mentors/trainers.
This is an exciting time for all of us at Seeds of Hope Vocational Centre. Thank you all for your participation.
As we approach the next phase of development, we are looking hard at continuing the addition of better equipped facilities, such as a permanent kitchen, dining hall and dormitory. We doing this, we will also add carpentry and plumbing to our vocation training.
Next up will be the replacement of our temporary kitchen. This building is seriously inadequate and in need of replacement. The difficulties with current food storage and ventilation have underscored the need for a permanent structure which includes proper storage of food products, produce and cooking equipment. We are looking to raise funds during 2022 to hopefully begin construction of the facility to accommodate 23+ people. Please see the building plans below, and the artist rendering of the kitchen and store.
We are also looking to add a self-dispensing water system enabling the center to sell water to other members of the community, and to add carpentry as a vocation by the end of the year. We are currently raising funds for tools as well as looking for a qualified instructor that can add these skills to the already growing skills of welding.
Further phases of the center’s development will include the construction of permanent dormitory space and the provision of a home for the Managing Director and other mentors/trainers.
This is an exciting time for all of us at Seeds of Hope Vocational Centre. Thank you all for your participation.
KITCHEN PLANS |
DINING HALL PLANS |
UPCOMING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT NEEDS
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Water Dispensing System
Meet the Residents
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Bernard Morris
Imanuel Odhiambo
Samuel Mugambi
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Daniel Mwangi
Maxwell Mutange
Sydney Sabatia
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Daniel Ndungu
Sammy Wesonga
Victor Daima
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Evans Werimo
Samuel Karanja Gakuo
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DAVID KARIUKI -Founder and Director of Operations
David Kariuki will be leading our life changing efforts on the ground in Kenya.
David has previously acted as the director of Tumaini Children’s Home. David
lived the experiences of these children as a youth, but has gone on to earn his
Masters in Counseling Psychology.
There are over 300,000 homeless street children in Kenya – mostly teens with
very little, if any, education, no homes, family, means of support, nor hope.
These kids have little hope to “catch up” in an academic environment as many
have not attended school and would be relegated to a grade level untenable
to the other students and faculty. So they get lost in the system, get into drugs
and crime, live on the streets, and die prematurely.
But we can do something about it – based upon the successful model
established by Charles Mully in Kenya nearly 30 years ago. The model is to
teach vocations, not elementary education, to this group of forgotten teens,
including farming, masonry, cabinetry, carpentry, sewing, welding, and
custodial. David grew up in this environment, survived and thrived and is now
heading our mission in Kenya. Come be a part of his story of redemption, hope and faith!
Seeds of Hope is dedicated to seeing his vision come to pass.
David has previously acted as the director of Tumaini Children’s Home. David
lived the experiences of these children as a youth, but has gone on to earn his
Masters in Counseling Psychology.
There are over 300,000 homeless street children in Kenya – mostly teens with
very little, if any, education, no homes, family, means of support, nor hope.
These kids have little hope to “catch up” in an academic environment as many
have not attended school and would be relegated to a grade level untenable
to the other students and faculty. So they get lost in the system, get into drugs
and crime, live on the streets, and die prematurely.
But we can do something about it – based upon the successful model
established by Charles Mully in Kenya nearly 30 years ago. The model is to
teach vocations, not elementary education, to this group of forgotten teens,
including farming, masonry, cabinetry, carpentry, sewing, welding, and
custodial. David grew up in this environment, survived and thrived and is now
heading our mission in Kenya. Come be a part of his story of redemption, hope and faith!
Seeds of Hope is dedicated to seeing his vision come to pass.
Learn More about David's Daddy and mentor Charles Mulli
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