We are currently building a home for orphaned, homeless and abused children in Kenya. Located at the foot of the Aberdares Mountains, our new ten-acre farm has become home to many children in need. The children we take in have often endured tragic or traumatic experiences and often have no close relatives to provide the care they need.
As an organization providing for children from such desperate circumstances, we must define ourselves by the high quality of care we deliver. We do this by providing first class care and first-class education, by hiring the best staff in the country; by being innovative in everything we do, by questioning long-held assumptions and by always, always, always searching for the better solution.
With their immediate needs (food, clothing and safe shelter) provided for, the children can concentrate on fulfilling their potential. Here’s how…
Education is the most effective way for underprivileged children to break free from the cycle of poverty in which their forebears have been trapped. By September 2008 we will provide quality education from our on-site school. Children will be welcomed from all over Kenya.
Our working farm is striving to be largely self-sufficient through a series of income-generating activities (bee-keeping, cash-cropping, fish-farming) and by making use of energy saving technology (bio-gas, solar panels etc). Thanks to our apple and pear orchards, our extensive vegetable farming and our mix of livestock, much of our food comes from our own gardens.
The people with whom we work drive us. Flying Kites has assembled a team of experts who are helping us make this a model of childcare that can be applied anywhere in the world, yet with success inextricably linked to local partnerships and unassailable relationships with the wider community.
Kinangop is a sustainable living project that nurtures both the children we open our doors to, and the earth on which we are building them a home.
As children heal and grow on our mountainside farm, amidst the valleys, fruit groves, freshwater springs and animals, we hope to instill in them an appreciation of nature, a respect of their culture and a love for learning. This is our response to the social and economic injustices of our time, and how we plan to raise a generation of young Kenyans, with the education, self-belief and drive to bring about lasting and significant change.
We would love your support.
