AIDS Orphans
Deep in the rural villages of Kenya the disease of
AIDS has left countless children orphaned and destitute. When the
parents of these children die they are often forced to live with
distant relatives who take them into their already overcrowded and
impoverished conditions. These relatives are usually peasant farmers
living in adjunct poverty. They are not able to provide the basic
necessities of life such as adequate food, clothes, and an education.
There is no free education in Kenya so all parents are required
to pay for school fees, books, and uniforms, thus it is very difficult
for children who come from such homes to attend schools. Eventually
many of these children will run away to the streets since life at
home is filled with hunger and not much hope for the future
 
Chosen Children International is intervening in the
lives of some of these desperately needy orphaned children before
they run to the streets, by placing them in foster homes.
Micro-enterprising
After studying the population of orphans whose parents
have died from Aids, CCI ventured into a new project which helps
the guardians of the orphans to become
self-sufficient. CCI gives families who are struggling to survive
the start-up capital to start a small business known as a micro-enterprise.
Some of the businesses which we have helped start are fruit and
vegetable stands, bicycle taxing, small grocery
stores, and the selling of used clothes.
23 year old Joshua, the oldest of a family of 7
orphans, was given the money to start up a small Kiosk where he
sells bread, tea ,sugar, and many other local products to his
neighbors. With this business he is now able to support his brothers
and sisters and buy for them the necessary school books and uniforms
so that they can attend school.
 18
year old Wasika is one of the oldest of 10 orphans. All ten orphans
live with their elderly grandparents who are too poor to support
them through school. CCI bought Wasika a new bicycle with which
he is taxing people back and forth and earning a decent living
so that he too can help his younger brothers and sisters.
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