Giving Disabled Children Independence & Hope

 KENYA 

St. Joseph the Worker Home in Kakamega, Kenya is helping disabled and mentally handicapped children experience life to the fullest. The Sisters of Mary of Kakamega guide these children towards self-reliant and dignifying lives even with their bleak reality of discrimination and a lack of basic healthcare.

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PROJECT UPDATES

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A New Car to Serve Christ's Most Vulnerable 

October 2024

With hearts full of gratitude, we are overjoyed to share the success of a project made possible by your generosity and God’s providence. Thanks to you, Catholic World Mission donors, the nuns and staff of St. Joseph the Worker Home now have a reliable vehicle to carry out their mission—bringing Christ's love, care, and healing to the most vulnerable children in their community in Kenya. 

"Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." – Matthew 25:40 

Before receiving this car, the sisters and caregivers relied on a motorbike to reach children in need, often making hospital visits dangerous or impossible. But now, through your kindness, their mission of mercy has been strengthened. This vehicle is more than just transportation—it is a tool of evangelization, healing, and hope, ensuring that no child in need is left behind. 

Dancan Wanjala, a physiotherapist at the home, shared a moving testimony about the struggles they faced: 

“We have been using a motorbike to reach the children, which has been a challenge. Some of them cannot sit on a motorbike, and when they are critically ill, it is even more difficult. 

Before receiving the car, I visited three very sick children whose parents could not afford to take them to the hospital. I had to take them one by one on my motorbike, a slow and difficult process. 

Now, with this car, everything has changed. It will make our work easier—especially for hospital visits and home outreach. May God bless Catholic World Mission for being the hands and feet of Christ!” 

– Dancan Wanjala 

The nuns, staff, and residents of St. Joseph's Home recently gathered in prayer to bless this car, dedicating it to the Lord’s work. It will now serve as a beacon of God’s mercy, allowing the sisters to reach more children with Christ’s love and healing. Below, you will see photos of this beautiful moment, as the priest consecrates the vehicle for its sacred mission. 

Dear friends, this is the power of your generosity—it is evangelization in action. You have helped bring relief to suffering children, strengthened the Church’s outreach, and allowed these faithful servants of God to continue their mission with greater safety and efficiency. 

From the bottom of our hearts, and in the name of the nuns, staff, and the children they serve, we say: 

Thank you! May God bless you abundantly for your faith and generosity. 

Let us continue to pray for St. Joseph the Worker Home, for the children in their care, and for all those who make this mission possible. 

“May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel.” – Ruth 2:12 

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Grateful for Your Support

January 2024

We want to extend our sincere appreciation for your support to St. Joseph The Worker Home for the physically challenged and children with epilepsy. The Sisters were able to construct a secure chain-linked fence around the home.

The children's clothing and assistive devices, such as wheelchairs, standing. sitting. and walking aids, stolen due to the compound's open layout without a proper fence. This has put the children and their belongings at risk. One day, a child wandered through the open fence and was found crawling towards the neighbor's compound. The incident came as a shock. and wondered what could have happened if we hadn't noticed the child's absence.

"We are greatly thankful as the security of the children. staff/caretakers and property is

assured. AJI this Is thank to the generous financial support of Thank you once again." - Sr. Janet

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Wheelchairs, Seeds, & Sewing Machines

January 2023

Your bountiful support has given the precious children who live at the Saint Joseph the Worker Home a healthy and flourishing environment!

Thanks to you. along with the Sisters of Mary or Kakamega who run the home. we have been able to give the children what they need to succeed:

• Wheelchairs, which have helped children with cerebral palsy move around the home easier and attend physiotherapy.

• Nutritious food that sustain them as they await the yearly harvest. They will take the seeds you helped provide and plant them to grow food. Cows have also been purchased which help support a nutritious diet in the children as they consume dairy regularly now.

• Vocational training machines such as sewing machines are training the children to develop essential skills with tasks such as se wing !heir uniforms.

• Essentials supplies such as medicine for the children who struggle with epilepsy and enough mattresses and beds for each child.

  
  

These children can shed a light on their community and are grateful for your support as it is positively changing their lives!

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