New Hope Children’s Home and Rehabilitation Centre is a community-based organization founded in December, 2004. On December 12, 2009, we will be celebrating our fifth anniversary. The centre was established to cater to orphans, abandoned children, children from the Mombasa streets lacking the basic human needs (e.g., shelter, food, medication, clothing, parental care and counseling, and, most of all, the education essential for their later lives). The founder of this centre was able to go to school because he was sponsored by an Asian man based in Nairobi—Pandya Mohandulla Chandulla. This man had employed his father as a houseboy, whose wages were very small, and acted as a Good Samaritan by educating five children from that family. Proud of what he accomplished as a result of that sponsorship, the founder of this centre felt that through the centre he too could change the lives of many children who would otherwise not make it in life because the basic needs were inaccessible and thus they would be unable to achieve their dreams.

Most parents of these children have perished as a result of the deadly virus known as HIV/AIDS. Due to poverty and illiteracy, parents are dying like flies leaving behind parentless children. Some are already HIV positive, and this to some extent has led to discrimination and isolation, thus causing some to end up living in the streets exposed to the dangers that accompany such a life.

All in all, “me and you” can change the lives of many if we unite, if we work together.

The New Hope Children’s Home and Rehabilitation Centre is in East Africa-Kenya-the Coast Province-Mombasa District-North Coast-Kisauni Division-Mshomoroni, next to Bengala Slums.

The centre has 47 children who fully rely on donations from Good Samaritan Siloam Chapel Bakarani-Mombasa, and to voluntary workers who come from as far as overseas. The centre is composed of 3 Swahili rental houses which serve as dormitories, a school which has pre-primary and primary classes 1-7, but the school also provides education to other children from the community who come from poor families. Thus, it has a total population of 307 pupils and 14 teachers who offer voluntary services with 3 house mothers including a cook. The third building at the centre has two rooms, one serving as a pharmacy and one serving as an examination room to provide medication. Donated medicine can be in the form of clinical equipment, drugs and even medical experts to offer their free service. One of the rooms in this building is vacant awaiting one computer from Rotoflower International in the Netherlands under the directorship of Mr. Albert Hopman.

The rental fee for the 1st building comes from Harvest Ltd. Based in Athi-River, a flower company under the directorship of Brethren John Williams. The 3rd building rental fee comes from a tourist firm called Southern Cross Safaris under the chairmanship of Mr. Mike Kirkland based in Mombasa who also donates food to these needy children.

Experience has proven that rental buildings are expensive, with no space to expand the centre Therefore, we--the centre founder and teachers--through GPT Haverlton, we have managed to buy 1.5 acres of land and construction of 2 storey building is in the process thus when completed, we will look forward for 33 rooms to cater for classrooms, hostels, administration office, one computer room & a library.

So far we require a total amount of Kenya Shillings 6,324,970.00 (GBP£ 51,845 or USD$ 97,308) for completion of a modern centre to benefit more children in our society in Mombasa.

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