Identifying solutions and taking action with a sense of urgency and purpose to help people living in extreme poverty in a garbage dump in Kenya

1. Providing Hope with
Education, Food &
Clean Water

2. KENYA
• 44+ Million people
• Large population
living in extreme
poverty

3. Popular Africa
Destination for
Westerners
Drawn by
country’s
rich
culture
1
Spectacular
wildlife
parks
2

4. Kenya
Beautiful mix of cities
and countryside,
mountains and desert –
remarkable potential
amidst desperate
poverty.
Home to a people of
inspiring hospitality,
kindness and joy

5. Population
Kenya has one of the highest
growth rates in Africa
• Almost 48 million today vs. 16.3
million in 1980
And not surprisingly……..
Children make up nearly half of
the population
• 42 % are children under 15

6. Income
$1.90 per person per day threshold for extreme poverty is a
standard adopted by the World Bank and other international
organizations to reflect the minimum consumption and
income level needed to meet a person’s basic needs.
However, the ultra-poor remain virtually
invisible

7. Giotto Garbage Dump

8. Giotto Garbage Dump
in Nakuru
300 people live here
Children being born
& living entire lives in
the Dumpsite

9. Digging thru garbage: People, livestock &
vultures

10. Regular Feeding and Food Distribution

11. Education is the greatest hope
for children to avoid
hunger,
violence,
abuse,
exploitation,
&
the only way
to break a cycle of extreme poverty

12. God is blessing our ministry!
75 kids sponsored during last 5 years
• 6 new children – 2020
• 9 new children – 2018
• 23 new children – 2016
• 33 children – 2015
• 14 post-high school students – most in trade/technical
colleges
4 special needs children in Special Schools

13. Special Needs
Special Schools
• 3 girls in Ngala
School for the Deaf
• 14 year-old boy in
Njoro Salvation Army
Special School

14. Roberts Education Centre
From Dumpsite To Boarding School

15. Water
Crisis
Over 44 million people live in
Kenya
Almost 18 million (43%) do
NOT have access to clean
water
Over 3,100 children die every
year from diarrhea caused by
unsafe water and poor sanitation

16. Startling
Statistics
For many people living in poverty
around the world, the only source of
water available is polluted and unsafe
because it’s the same water used for…
• Livestock & wild animals
• Washing clothes
• Bathing
• And….. DRINKING

17. Water Filter Systems
Low Cost: $35 each
• Clean
Water for
8-10 Years
• Capable of
filtering up
to 1 Million
gallons of
clean, safe
water
Water Programs
Water Collection Systems
Costs: $600 700 each

18. Installation of
water collection
system
• Guttering supplies
• Wood for Platform
• Tank
• Labor normally free
by people
benefiting from
system

19. Pastor John & Esther –
Village of Kedowa
No more walking 5 miles
to fetch and carry dirty
stream water up the
hillside

20. 3rd Water Collection System in Garbage Dump

21. UZIMA Water Filter Systems
Filters 99.999999% of bacteria that causes waterborne
disease

22. 226 Water Filter
Systems in 3 Years
Critical Success Factors
• Three Pastors received
and use systems
• Ability to educate &
monitor recipients’ use

23. Why
Support
KENYA
KIDS?
We’re Tackling the Most Important Issues
• Moving Giotto dumpsite kids into boarding school for
continuous education
• Healthcare provided by Kenya Partners Clinic (close to
school)
Education & Healthcare
• Ensuring at least one hot meal a month to families living
in the Giotto dumpsite – desire to increase frequency
Feeding Programs
• Fund and erect water Collection Systems
• Purchase and distribute Water Filter Systems
• During droughts – purchase and deliver tanks of water
Convenient Access to Clean Water

24. Why Support KENYA KIDS?
ALL FUNDS USED FOR EDUCATION OF KIDS & PROVIDE
FAMILIES WITH CLEAN WATER AND FOOD
NO ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS!
ALL VOLUNTEER CHURCH ORGANIZATION
NO FUNDS USED FOR MISSION TRAVEL

25. “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful
servant! You have been faithful with a few things;
I will put you in charge of many things. Come and
share your master’s happiness!’
Matthew 25:21
New International Version

26. For more information, contact Louise Goodman, Ministry Director, LC3 Kenya Kids
828.265.7431
lgoodman@AssuredOutcomes.com
An international ministry providing hope
through education, food and water