Second Chance Orphanage takes care of 40 children (28 in the Orphanage and supporting 12 others in our foster care program) children by providing them with food, medical care, clothing and education, Most of the children are orphans who come from poor family backgrounds
We are passionately concerned about the plight of orphans in Kenya and we believe that as an organization, we have a divine responsibility to provide appropriate care and protection to all vulnerable children.
In a nation with a rising burden of orphans in the community due to HIV and AIDS and poverty driven diseases, communities are struggling to care for the orphans among them. Although awareness of the plight of orphans is growing, no country, including Kenya has mounted the kind of response that is needed to match the severity of the crisis.
OUR APPROACH
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Safeguard the rights of orphans and vulnerable children against any form of violation
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Provide orphans and vulnerable children with access to the basic human needs including food, shelter, healthcare, clothing and education
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Initiate and promote targeted programs that build the capacity of the community to effectively cater for the basic needs of the children
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Creating linkages focused on eliminating all forms of vulnerability in children thereby enhancing their safety and well being.
In Kenya, it is estimated that there are approximately 3.6 million children aged <18 years who have been orphaned or who are vulnerable.
Over 25% of the population live on less than a dollar per day and 12-15% of households in Kenya are headed by an orphan sibling. 700 children are orphaned every day (that is a child every 2 minutes) most are orphaned due to HIV / AIDS, hunger, ethnic violence, accidents or just common diseases like malaria and typhoid. This means that the number of orphans is set to rise. Traumatized by the death of parents, at times the orphans become antisocial. It has not helped matters that the society seems to have become impervious to their plight. The fact that these children do not have parents predisposes them to exploitation. Orphans are especially a soft target for child traffickers.