Visits from the UK - Past and Future

We were very fortunate to receive a visit from a BBC Radio Berkshire producer/researcher in July.

Nejra Chehic visited Kisii on another project, but had known about Twiga Children's Centre through our UK director, David Steggall. Nejra contacted David and it was arranged that she would visit us, see the Centre and speak to some of the children.

The result of this visit can be heard on the BBC Radio Berkshire website. An audio slide show can also be seen on their site, displaying photos of some of our Twiga children.

David will be returning to Kisii on 12th November and will be staying for about a month, when he will be shooting footage for a new video about the plight of OVCs in Kisii, and what Twiga (and KCIS) are hoping to do for them.

... and a new Logo

OK, we have merged, changed the name and now we have a logo!

This will slowly be appearing the Child Centre website as well as the KCIS website

But bear with us - this is a lot of work

Merger

Read into this what you will, but David, from ACIS, who supported our children's home has decided to form a new non-profit organisation, Kenyan Community Initiative Support, with Vincent, the director of the home. This new organisation will be based in Kisii.

We have decided to merge Mercy Gate Champion Children's Home with KCIS and the home will be given a new name. The kids are the same, the people who run it are the same, but we will have a far stronger affiliation with KCIS, which will give far more official support to the home.

ACIS and Mercy Gate as organisations did very little for the home. Only David from ACIS really took any interest, so when he decided to form KCIS with us, it seemed like a better idea.

The directors of KCIS are also the owners of a small but growing business in Kisii, Kenanda-Steggall Exports, which will put money into KCIS and we hope that this will make KCIS less dependent on donations, which are becoming few and far between, which is not surprising, given the financial difficulties in the developed world.