Kenya

One thousand Swiss children participated in our Kids to Kids programme for children in Kenya. With this programme we were able to send school supplies and furniture, books and toys to support a new school built by Tegla Laroupe, a world marathon woman champion, in the north-western part of Kenya.

One thousand Swiss children participated in our Kids to Kids programme for children in Kenya. With this programme we were able to send school supplies, books and toys and sponsor building the classroom walls for orphans in Kenya.

The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles is working with a dedicated Austrian national who retired to Nairobi to work with homeless street children in the country. His goal is to involve homeless or poverty-stricken children in activities that will give meaning to their lives. Towards this goal, 40 boys' soccer teams and 25 girls' teams have been formed. He also organizes soccer tournaments for the teams. We have supplied these teams with many pairs of shoes, soccer balls and other sports equipment.

Members of the Austrian branch of The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles have supplied significant amounts of athletic equipment for homeless street children in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.

Kenya, located on the Indian Ocean coast of Central Africa, is home to over 40 tribal groups. Although Kenya is rich in natural resources, advances made in previous decades have reversed in the last 15 years, due in large part to the rapid spread of AIDS. In Nairobi, 400,000 children are living on the street—most of these are children whose family members have died of AIDS and who are left without anyone to care for their needs.