ORPHANS AND HURTING CHILDREN
In the month of August 2008, my wife and I gave a bill of ksh 1000 to begging and hurting children in the streets of Nairobi, Kenya. The children were so thrilled that they walked with the money saying “God bless you.”
The children blessing invoked in us a compassionate desire to help change and restore the lives of the street, orphaned and destitute children. We felt the deep need to volunteer our home which was then in the process of being built at Thome, Nairobi for caring for orphans and vulnerable children.
We did not have any funds to get the work started. So, we took a step of faith and embarked on making changes inside the house in order to make it suitable for children to live in. The original kitchen was changed into the sitting room. The new kitchen created from a portion of the car garage. The remaining part of the garage became the room for children’s mother. The living room became the main bedroom for the children. We designed a new garage and on top of it a, we built a room for worship and other gatherings.
Still going by faith, we bought food, beds, beddings, cooking pans and so on and so forth.
THE WORLD QUEST DOROTHY CHILDREN’S HOME
By faith, the World Quest Dorothy Children’s Home was opened with 12 children on August 15 2009. Some of those girls have already completed college and are gainfully employed and others are in college. Currently, Dorothy Children’s Home is supporting 38 girls inside the home and 12 others within our outreach program. Our desired goal is to succeed in life and be able to support themselves, families and communities.
THE NAME
The name “World Quest Dorothy Children’s Home” is broken into two parts:
The first part is the “World Quest.” It means that we ask questions about ourselves, our families, our communities and our world; and we seek for solutions.
The second part is the Dorothy Children’s Home. The name was given in memory of Dorothy Kaari Njagi Elon. Dorothy sold to Alice and Elias Mbaabu the plot on which the orphans and destitute children are now receiving care. But Dorothy was murdered and no justice was given to her following the murder. Since she was a devoted Christian woman and a close relative to Alice Mbaabu, we felt it an honor to name the Children’s Home in remembrance of her name. Also, Dorothy’s death had all signs of femicide. So, naming the Dorothy Children’s Home was intended to be a call for all the women everywhere to stand against the pervasive crimes of violence and girls. The truth is: women and girls have a right to justice and to live “free from violence and discrimination; to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health; to be educated; to own property; to vote; to earn an equal wage.” Amnesty International.