Kenya
How a Teacher’s Patience
and Prayers Transform Kids
A Child Champion in Kenya has a routine of praying for her students individually while also listening to their needs so she can help them thrive despite living with the hardships of poverty.
Child Champion Scores Big in
Hunt for Quality Soccer Balls
Kids at a Hope Center in an impoverished community in Kenya learn a new skill that provides them with plenty of professional-grade soccer balls to practice with — and sell as a fundraiser— thanks to a solution-minded Child Champion.
A Heart for Kids in Hard Places
Drives Bishop to Help Them Thrive
A bishop in Kenya shares his story of reluctantly becoming a pastor and then establishing a thriving ministry that serves and helps more than 1,000 kids in poverty achieve their dreams.
A Prayer Answered in the Nick of Time
A little girl’s prayer — plus a quick response from her Child Champions — save her ailing grandmother.
From Challenges to Triumphs: Lighting the Way for Children in Need
OneChild Facilitators gathered in Kenya to help kids in hard places find hope, healing, and happiness.
Persistent Child Champion Helps Grandmother Nurture Boy Back to Life
A little boy is rescued from the ravages of malnutrition thanks to his loving but very impoverished grandmother and a Child Champion’s intervention.
A Pastor’s Devotion to Kids in Hard Places Transforms Lives in Kenya
A pastor’s persistence and total immersion into struggling Kenyan villages is changing many young lives for the better.
When Hope Gives You Strength
to Walk Toward Your Dream
A Child Champion in Kenya recalls the nearly insurmountable hurdles of poverty in his childhood, and how he overcame them to live his dream life. He shares his story to encourage kids in hard places in his community.
Keeping Teens Engaged and Out of Trouble
A Hope Center in Kenya is devoted to keeping teens engaged and away from vices in the community. In the process, the youths acquire marketable skills, work on their talents, and enjoy attending a variety of activities at the center.
Youths in Kenya Use the Art of Drama to Fight Vices
Youths at a Hope Center are taking to the stage to spotlight and combat problems in their community.
Overcoming the First-Day Jitters
Newly registered kids sometimes feel anxious when they step into a Hope Center for the first time. Here’s how two amazing Child Champions at a Hope Center in Malindi, Kenya, help them adjust.
Little Ambassador Brings God’s
Hope to His Mom and Family
A little boy who helps his mother and family know about God was inspired by his Child Champion to bring hope to a family in a hard place.
A Day in the Life of a Boy in a Hard Place
Have you ever wondered what a day in the life of a child living in a hard place is like? This photo essay illustrates a day in the life of Randu, a sponsored boy in Kenya.
Breaking Gender Roles for Positive Change
A Child Champion in Kenya is building trust and changing the attitudes of men in her village as she helps them form savings groups, an activity normally left to women.
Dreaming Big With a Little Guitar
Hard places hinder most children from achieving their dreams. But these kids in Kenya refuse to be held down by poverty so they build their own guitars from salvaged materials and learn how to play.
The Power of the ‘Teacher’
In the eyes of the kids at a Hope Center in Kenya, all of the adults who help out there are their “teachers,” even if they aren’t teachers by profession. Find out why…
Kenyan Girl Draws a Bead on a Better Life
Child Champions help a girl identify her talent in beadwork at the Hope Center skills training workshop, and now she earns income to help her family living in poverty.
Tailor-Made Dream Comes True in a Hard Place
A sponsored girl in Kenya had a natural talent as a seamstress, but poverty kept her dream of becoming a tailor out of reach. Then her Hope Center provided training and resources that rekindled her dream.
Helping Children in Poverty in Kenya in 2022
Meeting Kenya’s Biggest Problems with Hope and Determination
