Yaw Pachi Center for Orphans
Yaw Pachi ('open your mind' or 'expand your horizon') is one of the very active women's group in the Rabuor-Sinaga area. Here is more information on the orphanage from the treasurer, Jane Rogo...
Yaw Pachi Women group was started in 1993 in Yala Township location, Yala Division, Siaya District, Nyanza Province. The main purpose of the group was to come together, share and learn from each other on a variety of social and economic issues.
In the year 2000, members decided to form Yaw Pachi Center for Orphans after they realized that many children within the neighborhood were being left orphans with no one to take proper care of them or under the care of aged grandparents or careless guardians. It is important to note that over 90% of the deaths are HIV/AIDS related.
Yaw Pachi runs an orphan centre for children who are mainly affected by HIV/AIDS. Currently the Centre takes care of 60 orphans. They come to the centre every Thursday for meals and every Saturday for communal and Private Studies at the Library.
Each of the 20 members have been allocated 3 children to take care of. They have a responsibility to see to it that the basic needs of the orphans are met. In their individual capacities, the members go out of their way to buy clothes, food and even medicine for
the children they are assigned. The load has been eased a little bit through the income from milk sales.
The orphan Center is located at a house donated by a family after the owners died.
OBJECTIVES OF YAW PACHI ORPHANS CENTRE.
To provide food, Shelter and Clothing to 60 Orphans under our care.
To meet educational expenses of the ones in secondary school  currently we have three.
To initiate and expand on income generating activities.
To create and sustain HIV/AIDS awareness to members, orphans and the community.
CHALLENGES:
The centre can currently manage to feed the orphans on once a week basis. Even though each member has been allocated 3 orphans to take care of, more often they are burdened considering the fact that they also have children and families to look after.
THE WAY FORWARD...
The Center hopes to progress in the following ways:
The Centre is committed to regular meals on a daily basis to the orphans. This will reduce the burden on their care takers at home. On education, the centre wishes to settle School fees for orphans in secondary schools. We anticipate the number to increase to 6 next year from the current 3.
The GR Dream project aims to target and fund each of the 60 orphans. The main focus of the funds would be
1) on clothes, food and medicine. The main goal is to help provide food on a daily basis, rather than on a weekly one.
2)The orphanage also hopes to raise money for secondary school fees for the children. There are currently 3 orphans that are in secondary school. (Public Primary school education is free in Kenya).
We shall have a better estimate on costs and needs once the budget is provided. It shall be posted on the blog.
Yaw Pachi Women group was started in 1993 in Yala Township location, Yala Division, Siaya District, Nyanza Province. The main purpose of the group was to come together, share and learn from each other on a variety of social and economic issues.
In the year 2000, members decided to form Yaw Pachi Center for Orphans after they realized that many children within the neighborhood were being left orphans with no one to take proper care of them or under the care of aged grandparents or careless guardians. It is important to note that over 90% of the deaths are HIV/AIDS related.
Yaw Pachi runs an orphan centre for children who are mainly affected by HIV/AIDS. Currently the Centre takes care of 60 orphans. They come to the centre every Thursday for meals and every Saturday for communal and Private Studies at the Library.
Each of the 20 members have been allocated 3 children to take care of. They have a responsibility to see to it that the basic needs of the orphans are met. In their individual capacities, the members go out of their way to buy clothes, food and even medicine for
the children they are assigned. The load has been eased a little bit through the income from milk sales.
The orphan Center is located at a house donated by a family after the owners died.
OBJECTIVES OF YAW PACHI ORPHANS CENTRE.
To provide food, Shelter and Clothing to 60 Orphans under our care.
To meet educational expenses of the ones in secondary school  currently we have three.
To initiate and expand on income generating activities.
To create and sustain HIV/AIDS awareness to members, orphans and the community.
CHALLENGES:
The centre can currently manage to feed the orphans on once a week basis. Even though each member has been allocated 3 orphans to take care of, more often they are burdened considering the fact that they also have children and families to look after.
THE WAY FORWARD...
The Center hopes to progress in the following ways:
The Centre is committed to regular meals on a daily basis to the orphans. This will reduce the burden on their care takers at home. On education, the centre wishes to settle School fees for orphans in secondary schools. We anticipate the number to increase to 6 next year from the current 3.
The GR Dream project aims to target and fund each of the 60 orphans. The main focus of the funds would be
1) on clothes, food and medicine. The main goal is to help provide food on a daily basis, rather than on a weekly one.
2)The orphanage also hopes to raise money for secondary school fees for the children. There are currently 3 orphans that are in secondary school. (Public Primary school education is free in Kenya).
We shall have a better estimate on costs and needs once the budget is provided. It shall be posted on the blog.
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