Your one-time gift of only $5 will help give 48 abandoned children a forever home!
Every two minutes a child is abandoned or orphaned in Kenya.
Currently, there are almost 4 million children in Kenya who have been left to fend for themselves on the streets.
These children—especially the girls—are at a much higher risk of being abused, mutilated, forced to become child-brides by much older men, or trafficked.
With a one-time gift of $5, you can help give 48 children a forever home.
It has been stated that the El Shaddai building was made to house chickens, not children.
Currently, El Shaddai’s straw building sustains 22 boys and 2 house parents. These parents do a remarkable job of caring for the boys, helping them overcome trauma, and ensuring they receive an education.
Living in this straw building is better than remaining on the streets—but it still provides only meager accommodations and feels more like an institution than a true home.
Due to the insufficient space, El Shaddai Children's Center can house only boys because all the children must sleep in one room.
Unfortunately, this means abandoned girls and sibling groups are split up—with the boys finding a loving home, and their sisters sent somewhere else or left to fend for themselves.
Although poor living conditions and leaving girls to fend for themselves out on the streets might be the current reality—it’s not acceptable.
This is why we’ve constructed a three-story apartment building in Kenya to house up to 48 children—including girls and their house parents.
There are six apartments and each will house eight children and house parents. For the first time in their lives, with your help, these children will be part of a traditional home setting.
With 95% of their new homes complete, these children are once again in need of assistance.
Our incredible donor network made the construction of their apartment building a reality, and we quickly began work.
The children were so excited to be able to move into their forever homes by Christmas of 2022.
But in July, we received devastating news.
Due to inflation and supply chain challenges, the final leg of construction and home furnishings exceeded the original budget by $90,000.
Although we planned for unexpected costs along the way, no one could have envisioned the impact that pandemic-related inflation would have on the world—or this project.
You can provide a safe and caring home—full of the love of Jesus—to children in Kenya.
Because of our structured training, humanitarian aid, and successful in-home care models, El Shaddai is uniquely positioned to help children stay within their own communities and with their loving house parents.
This helps them feel safe and secure, overcome trauma, and receive an education that will allow them to thrive and break the cycle of prostitution and poverty.
When you give to The Boaz Project, you can be confident your gift is being used in ways that are:
With over 20 years of experience and a network of like-minded people around the globe, The Boaz Project can help you show Christ’s love to scared and abandoned children.
Help us furnish new apartments to give children a forever home.
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Children shouldn’t be left to fend for themselves on the streets where they are neglected, abused, and trafficked.
This is why we’ve built a three-story apartment building in Kenya to house up to 48 children and their house parents.
However, at The Boaz Project, we’re different from most orphan care organizations because we do not offer individual child sponsorships. Instead, we come alongside an entire home and make sure that every child living there gets what they need.
There are several reasons why supporting an entire home is more beneficial and rewarding than sponsoring a single child, and we’ve explained the top three.
First, it eliminates hazing of children who are sponsored by those who are not.
And, while we recognize that's not the intention of a donor when they make a sacrifice to support a child, we have seen it can be a reality—and we just want to remove that potential.
Second, child development experts tell us that the single greatest factor in a child overcoming trauma and becoming a successful, well-adjusted adult is their ability to attach to a safe loving adult.
Part of this attachment cycle typically happens when a child is young. For instance, when a child cries and a parent instantly meets their need—over and over—the child learns that they are safe and that someone will be there for them. This type of comfort allows their brain to develop normally.
But in the case of children from trauma, this cycle has been broken, and causes an abundance of cortisol and adrenaline to be present in their brains—hindering the natural development process.
Our house parents have to work very hard to repair the trauma and help the child understand that they will be there to take care of them—always.
This assurance reduces the cortisol and the adrenaline in their brains and allows them to begin to develop and function as healthy children.
With individual sponsorships, other organizations tend to parade helpful foreigners into an orphanage and have the children look to them to meet their needs. This creates worry for the child that they're not being cared for by their house parents.
And so, in order to support a strong attachment with their long-term caregivers, The Boaz Project does not support individual child sponsorship.
Lastly, it provides dignity for our house parents who work so hard to take care of the children.
In essence, The Boaz Project is training and paying house parents for the amazing work that they're doing with these children—and that gives them a lot more dignity than us simply giving handouts to individual children.
Despite 50% of adults in Kenya living below poverty level—with many making $1 a day or less—Bishop Lydia and El Shaddai found a way to rescue and care for children—and now they need your help.
