Help the Kenyan Youth

In 2017, I met little Raymond in an orphanage at the age of 6 months. He was found in the trash with his umbilical cord still attached… why does this happen in Kenya? It’s a lack of education, lack of knowing our Jesus, and no money for food.

Why did God put this poverty on the hearts of two women from two different continents who had just met each other?

After Nicole and her husband Tom adopted Raymond in 2017, God asked us to help more children like Raymond. Today Raymond is 8 years old! He is healthy and speaks Swahili and English.

Changing A Destiny is educating the young children and teaching the youth about Jesus. We are building steppingstones to break the cycle of poverty in our village.

In our community, it is very rare for girls to attend school and receive an education. Many are “married off” to older men for money so their families can afford food for their siblings. Too often, these young girls become pregnant, are abandoned, and end up on the streets with no support. They can’t go home until the babies are gone.

This is how we found baby Raymond… Stories like his remind us why education and compassion are so important through Changing A Destiny.

By educating our children, giving them a strong foundation, and teaching them valuable skills, we can end the heartbreaking cycle of abandoned babies and poverty in our village.

Changing A Destiny Academy is currently educating children from the age of 5 up to 12-year-olds (sixth grade). We hope to expand to 9th grade with a junior high school soon. Children are more likely to continue their education if they are in the same school until they go to boarding high school.

We are also empowering uneducated young women to become assets to their community through education, faith, and opportunity in our new vocational school. They are far more likely to avoid early marriages.

Thank you to Southbrook and Pastor Carson for helping us get the word out about this need.