Nairobi 1/29/10_Nairobi Childrens Home, Nairobi Kenya, with just five of the 95 abandoned orphans.

This is Irene Wairmu, the Executive Director of VICDA. She has been committed to providing replacement housing at several the Internally Displaced People(IDP) camps. These 'temporary" camps were established by Kenyan government. In 2003 The United Nations tents provided for the surviving Kikiyu people and thier families who were viloently attacked, killed or forced from their homes and land because they failed to vote for " suggested"  govrnement officials inthe 2003 elections.  The UN tents have become unfit to live in. A few  camps have a ground water, but no food is provided. Charitable contributions are the only means of survival. In visiting the IDP camps with Irene and meeting the people, once agian I am impressed with the intelligence and resilience of the African people. In spite of their starving and no medical treatment  or santiation facilities. They  able to be kind hearted, hopeful and resourful with the little they have.

These are a few of the 95 children at Nairobi Childrens Home(NCH). VICDA donanted the facility, but it's run by the Kenyan government run orphange. Most all of the children at NCH have been either severely neglected, sexuallly or physically abused and then abandoned. They were brought here by the local police. They suffer with emotional problems and various curable diseases( ring worm, scabies, impetago etc) .  It's a very difficult place to volunteer. The staff could care  less...