THE SHOES AND CLOTHES PROGRAMME (KENYA)

Many Orphans go around with NO shoes on their feet - they can’t afford them; or they just have ‘flip-flops/slippers’. This leads to cuts, grazes and various foot injuries – resulting in Jiggers (worms in the feet) and in TETANUS infections, from which many children die, mostly the under-fives. WE NEED: shoes – all sizes (especially ladies' 7).

Almost all Orphans in Kenya go around with old, worn and torn clothes - often dirty also. The beaming faces of a boy or girl who has just exchanged their rags for decent clean clothes is a sight to gladden one's heart.

In Bungoma, many children are dressed in (literally) rags.

Gifts of quality, light-weight clothes for boys and girls of all ages, in good condition, are very welcomed.
Remember: Kenya, being on the Equator, has a HOT climate - 16ºC (min) to 45ºC (that’s 60.8ºF to 113ºF). Light-weight woollens are helpful in the ‘cold’ nights, down to 16ºC - warm for us but cold for them.