Our Partners

Pastor Julius and his wife, Mary, have served for many years with Mukuru Church in one of Nairobi’s urban settlements. In 2007, Kianga Kids began at this site as our prototype project by meeting with parents to identify their children’s healthcare needs. Little by little, the church has added a row of classrooms and renovated their main meeting space to accommodate a growing church and school. Today 100 students, mostly pre-school aged, attend while their parents search for casual daily jobs to provide for their families. Kianga Kids provides hot porridge for the students, keeps a record of their growth, and does dental screening in order to address any issues needing attention.

In the central highlands region of Kenya, we partner with two church schools in the city of Nakuru. Joy Church is led by Pastor Benson and his wife, Mary, who functions as head mistress of the 120-student Precious Joy Academy that services a military barracks nearby. Pastor Joseph and Rachel serve in another area of the city where they have a thriving church. Their school of over 600 primary students is led by Mrs. Maina. The staff at these two schools have been trained in weighing and measuring their youngest students. Kianga Kids takes care of stocking the first aid supplies, conducting dental screenings, and overseeing the healthcare project by visiting annually.

Nestled in the slums of a coastal city near one of Africa’s largest shipping container ports is the little Magongo nursery school with 32 children. Their classroom is under Pastor Octavian’s apartment, and their play space is the main meeting room for the church. Daily naps are taken on the benches used for seating on Sundays. Pastor Octavian’s wife, Deborah, runs the school program while heavily laden trucks rumble past kicking up dust and spewing diesel fumes. Kianga Kids met a need for water by funding a bore hole to be dug so water could be pumped to storage tanks on the premises.