Help us bring hope to shattered lives
Alice Jukes is the Founder of Kenya Children Centres. She originates from Thika but came to the UK 25 years ago to join Oxfam. Alice has an MA in Social Work and is Social Care Manager for West Berkshire District Council working with Adults with learning difficulties. She still manages to be in contact with our Kenyan team every day to monitor the children’s care.
She set up the orphanage in Thika following her research for her second MA in gender analysis in development. She saw how orphan girls in Kenya, especially those born of single mothers and victims of AIDS, are often abused and neglected. Working with a group of local women she decided to start a project that would provide structured, continuing care for destitute orphans. A suitable site was identified and our first home opened in 1999.
Alice with some of the children at the
Centre for Good Future.
A celebration when some of the Sponsors took all the girls out for their favourite lunch of chicken and chips at the “Blue Posts” in Thika
The girls love to receive letters from their sponsors
A visit to the Animal Orphanage in Nairobi
At the entrance to the
Centre for Good Future.
Drinks at the Centre for Good Future.
The new Dormitory building (Eaton House) and the Goodall Community Centre
The girls receive extra tuition at home
Playing on the swings in a park nearby
The girls love to dance and sing
Welcome Home Alice!
The entrance to Ngoingwa Centre for Good Future
The teenage girls look after their younger “sisters”
Presents from the girls’ Sponsors on Christmas Day 2008
Hannah braiding her sister Salome’s hair
The girls with their carers
Two girls share each bedroom at Ngoingwa
Bedtime ........!
Homegrown vegetables
This kitchen is shared by two family units
Extra tuition at home
The girls with Alice and John outside Eaton House, the first home at our Ngoingwa Centre
Huge Tanks for harvesting water off the roof and provide supply during drought season
Dinner Time at home
Christmas at Ngoingwa
The Ngoingwa Christmas Tree!
The girls learn how to sew: here they are making felt dolls!