Our Impact

What we've Achieved.  

  • formula for babies (4,750 cans of formula, $38,000)

  • powdered milk for older children (108 50-lb sacks of fortified milk, $16,000)

  • staff and mamas to care for the children ($12,600, to improve the ratio from 2 mamas per 35-50 babies and children under 5 years old to 5-6 mamas per 40 children)

  • school fees for the 77 children who have left the orphanage and live with families ($18,000 including uniforms, notebooks)

  • a wall around the orphanage–enabling staff to grow a large garden to feed the children, keep chickens, rabbits and a cow, and to make the orphanage safer and more secure ($6000)

  • a newly rebuilt kitchen that had been falling apart due to age and the earthquake that caused structural damage in 2008 ($3000)

  • school fees for 80+ of the children living at Family Bethlehem ($20,000+)

  • Tuition fees for 9 university students who grew up at Family Bethlehem ($17,000)

  • Funds to rebuild Family Bethlehem after a massive fire ($15,000)

  • Sponsorship for 5 orphaned young adults to attend computer training ($500)

  • Addition of 2 social workers to support our programs

  • Training sessions for our staff in social work and business development

  • Sewing training scholarship for 35+ women

  • Launched a sewing boutique for extended training

  • Graduated 15 women from the sewing center

  • School tuition for 9 of the dependent children of women in sewing program

  • Sponsored Alternativ Global Entrepreneuers business training for 54 vulnerable women

  • Graduated 7 women in the Lokumu Project

  • Established 2 new savings circles for

 

 
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