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ABOUT US

ST. Mary Orphans Foundation

The primary goal of the project is to restore hope and provision of basic needs to orphans and vulnerable children in Kenya. Dream Children’s Home takes care of destitute, orphaned and abandoned children

Furthermore we initiate income-generating activities for sustain the Home and we empower local families with small business skills so that they can improve their income in readiness for the reintegration of the children back into the community.

The objectives are to rehabilitate the children with interpersonal development skills through education, medical care, building of their self-esteem and social living skills. We equip children with psychosocial skills that will enable them live responsibly in the community. We provide a nutritional diet to all children to help eradicate malnutrition and encourage healthy body and mind growth.
We also provide a child friendly living atmosphere for the children.

The project has a feeding program where it ensures that children get a well balanced diet and three meals a day. In response to the millennium development goals for 2015 the project has endeavoured to provide education needs to all the children in the home. We have pre-school, primary and secondary pupils.

CHILDREN WITHOUT PARENTAL CARE

Orphans and vulnerable children are deprived of their first line of protection – their parents. Reasons include having temporarily or permanently:
 Lost their caregivers or guardians (orphans).
 Lost contact with their caregivers. For example, street children, unaccompanied displaced or refugee children.
 Been separated from their parents. For example, where parents are detained or children are abducted.
 Been placed in alternative care by their caregivers. For example, children with disabilities or children from poor families who are placed in institutions.
 Been kept in prolonged hospital care. For example, on grounds of health status, such as HIV status.
 Been detained in educational, remand, correctional or penal facilities as a result of an administrative or judicial decision. For example, suspected or convicted offenders or child asylum seekers.

Although the reasons vary greatly, separation from parents and family is usually detrimental for the overall well being and development of the child. In addition, placement in institutions is often not the best solution for separated children.
Children without the guidance and protection of their primary caregivers are often more vulnerable and at risk of becoming victims of violence, exploitation, trafficking, discrimination or other abuses. In conflict situations, involuntary separation from both family and community protection, sometimes across national borders,greatly increases the child's risk of exposure to violence, physical abuse, exploitation and even death. Surviving children face malnutrition, illness, physical and psychosocial trauma, and impaired cognitive and emotional development. Unaccompanied girls are at especially high risk of sexual abuse. Meanwhile, unaccomp