The Children Profiles

CHILD PROFILE FORM Child: Dunstan Otieno Date of Birth: 12th September 1995 Gender Male Shoe size: Five School Information School Year Level Grade 6 Class Favourite Subject/s Maths Science English Social studies Hobbies Playing and watching football Ambition/s, becoming a Soldier or Driver Family Information Child Lives with Father and Mother Brothers 1 Sisters 3 Environment Information Home Location Silanga village (Kibera) Transport to School Walking Type of House Mud/Clay Electricity in the House NO Food Source/s Feed the Children Org. Parents/Guardians Main Daily Food/s Ugali Rice Fish Language/s English Kiswahili Luo (vernacular) Chore/s undertaken at home Being sent to shop and fetching water END CHILD PROFILE FORM Child: Christine Imbira Date of Birth: 24th February 1994 Gender Female Shoe size: Five School Information School Year Level Grade 6 Class Favourite Subject/s Maths Science English Kiswahili Hobbies Hide and seek and watching movies Ambition/s, becoming a Doctor Family Information Child Lives with Father and Mother Brothers 5 Sisters 2 Environment Information Home Location Silanga village (Kibera) Transport to School Walking Type of House Mud/Clay Electricity in the House Yes Food Source/s Feed the Children Org. Parents/Guardians Main Daily Food/s Ugali Rice Fish Language/s English Kiswahili Luhya (vernacular) Chore/s undertaken at home Washing utencils, sweeping house, and being sent to shop END CHILD PROFILE FORM Child: Selina Injau Date of Birth: 23rd July 1994 Gender Female Shoe size: Five School Information School Year Level Grade 6 Class Favourite Subject/s Maths Kiswahili Science Hobbies Rounders and pebbles Ambition/s, becoming a Teacher Family Information Child Lives with Father and Mother Brothers 3 Sisters 3 Environment Information Home Location Laini saba village (Kibera) Transport to School Walking Type of House Mud/Clay Electricity in the House Yes Food Source/s Feed the Children Org. Parents/Guardians Main Daily Food/s Ugali Rice Fish Language/s English Kiswahili Chore/s undertaken at home Washing utensils and fetching water END CHILD PROFILE FORM Child: Justin Omunywa Date of Birth: 19rd July 1994 Gender Male Shoe size: Five School Information School Year Level Grade 6 Class Favourite Subject/s Maths English Science Hobbies Playing and watching football Ambition/s, becoming a Engineer Family Information Child Lives with Father Brothers 1 Sisters 2 Environment Information Home Location Silanga village (Kibera) Transport to School Walking Type of House Mud/Clay Electricity in the House Yes Food Source/s Feed the Children Org. Parents/Guardians Main Daily Food/s Ugali Rice Language/s English Kiswahili Kisii (vernacular) Chore/s undertaken at home Washing utencils and fetching water END CHILD PROFILE FORM Child: Winnie Apondi Date of Birth: 22nd July 1994 Gender Female Shoe size: Five School Information School Year Level Grade 6 Class Favourite Subject/s Maths English Social Studies Science Hobbies Rounders and Pebbles competition Ambition/s, becoming a Pilot Family Information Child Lives with Father and Mother Brothers 4 Sisters 6 Environment Information Home Location Silanga village (Kibera) Transport to School Walking Type of House Mud/Clay Electricity in the House Yes Food Source/s Feed the Children Org. Parents/Guardians Main Daily Food/s Rice Fish Language/s English Kiswahili Luhya (vernacular) Chore/s undertaken at home Washing clothes, sweeping house and fetching water END CHILD PROFILE FORM Child: Kennedy Angi Date of Birth: 24th April 1993 Gender Female Shoe size: Five School Information School Year Level Grade 6 Class Favourite Subject/s English Science Maths Hobbies Playing and watching football Ambition/s, becoming a Footballer Family Information Child Lives with Mother Brothers 1 Sisters 1 Environment Information Home Location Lindi village (Kibera) Transport to School Walking Type of House Mud/Clay Electricity in the House NO Food Source/s Feed the Children Org. Parents/Guardians Main Daily Food/s Ugali Rice Language/s English Kiswahili Luhya (vernacular) Chore/s undertaken at home Washing clothes Fetching Water END CHILD PROFILE FORM Child: Alex Wambete Date of Birth: 16th June 1994 Gender Male Shoe size: Five School Information School Year Level Grade 6 Class Favourite Subject/s English Science Hobbies Playing and watching football Watching movies Ambition/s, becoming a Doctor Family Information Child Lives with Mother Brothers 1 Sisters 1 Environment Information Home Location Silanga village (Kibera) Transport to School Walking Type of House Mud/Clay Electricity in the House NO Food Source/s Feed the Children Org. Parents/Guardians Main Daily Food/s Ugali Rice Language/s English Kiswahili Luhya (vernacular) Chore/s undertaken at home Washing clothes Fetching Water END CHILD PROFILE FORM Child: Fredrick Cheseremi Date of Birth: 3rd August 1994 Gender Male Shoe size: Four School Information School Year Level Grade 6 Class Favourite Subject/s Maths Science Hobbies Playing and watching football Ambition/s, becoming a Engineer Family Information Child Lives with Father Brothers 4 Sisters 3 Environment Information Home Location Lindi village (Kibera) Transport to School Walking Type of House Mud/Clay Electricity in the House NO Food Source/s Feed the Children Org. Parents/Guardians Main Daily Food/s Ugali Rice Fish Language/s English Kiswahili Luhya (vernacular) Chore/s undertaken at home Washing utencils END CHILD PROFILE FORM Child: Jackton Okuku Date of Birth: 6th August 1995 Gender Male Shoe size: Four School Information School Year Level Grade 6 Class Favourite Subject/s Maths English Kiswahili Hobbies Playing and watching football Ambition/s, becoming a Doctor Family Information Child Lives with Uncle Brothers 4 Sisters 2 Environment Information Home Location Lindi village (Kibera) Transport to School Walking Type of House Mud/Clay Electricity in the House Yes Food Source/s Feed the Children Org. Parents/Guardians Main Daily Food/s Ugali Rice Fish Language/s English Kiswahili Luhya (vernacular) Chore/s undertaken at home Washing utencils Fetching water Being sent to shop Taking care of siblings END CHILD PROFILE FORM Child: Flavian Kamonya Date of Birth: 1994 Gender Female Shoe size: Five School Information School Year Level Grade 6 Class Favourite Subject/s Social Studies Hobbies Rounders and pebbles Ambition/s, becoming a Lawyer Family Information Child Lives with Father and Mother Brothers 4 Sisters 2 Environment Information Home Location Silanga village (Kibera) Transport to School Walking Type of House Mud/Clay Electricity in the House Yes Food Source/s Feed the Children Org. Parents/Guardians Main Daily Food/s Ugali Rice Fish Language/s English Kiswahili Luhya (vernacular) Chore/s undertaken at home Washing utensils and fetching water END

XMAS TORCH UPDATE

We have great news to report. Thanks to our good friend at the World Vision we have all our 50 children confirmed and ready for a Christmas to remember! The children come from Humble Hearts which is located in Dandora, Oasis Africa which is in Kibera, Bethesda in Nakuru and we have 3 children from Kangemi. All these children are living with either HIV/Aids, are orphaned or live in dire poverty. We have rehabilatated street boys from Nakuru some of whom have gone back to school and are doing very well. Please visit all the webistes linked on this blog to learn more about these children and the homes they stay in. Rift Valley Adventures (RVA) will be hosting us from December 20 - December 25. We have linked RVA on the blog so please visit them to learn more about them and what they do.

The Xmas Torch Logo!

Dear Friends, Here is a logo created by one of the friends of the Xmas Torch project that I have adopted I hope you like it. There is alot of update that I will be posting this week. Thank you for all your support. I have been touched, moved and very Inspired by all of you! It is the little things that we do indeed that make a difference in the world like Mahtma Gandhi said "We must Be the Change we wish to see in the world" God bless you. Look out for the exciting news coming this week.

Follow Up

I am so grateful for all the feedback I continue to receive. It is amazing to know how many of you out there are aboard this journey with us and God bless you all. A few things to clarify though: 1. Objective of this Project: I have received alot of concerns on how giving such an elaborate Xmas may not be such a good thing for these children in the long run. Please remember our main goal is to let these children for once be children and give them a Xmas they can never forget. I know we can't handle all their problems with this one visit but it will be a start at least. So please know that we have considered the repercussions this is why we chose to Xmas as a start. 2. Selection of the Children Joseph Mwenda who works with World Vision has suggested good ideas on how to go about the selection of the children. He's already looking at a few children since he works with most of the right people he will be soon advising us accordingly and I will be putting up as and when I receive this information. Please keep writing and again I can't tell you how grateful I am for all your support. God bless.