The work of Chosen Children International (CCI) is currently focused on the children of Kenya, East Africa. Over 35 million people live in Kenya. Of this 35 million over 2 million of the population are infected with the HIV virus. Of all the orphans living in Kenya 38% of them became orphans due to HIV/AIDS claiming their parents. The rest are orphaned due to tribal conflicts and illnesses other than AIDS.

When a child in Kenya is orphaned it is most often the grandparents of the child who are left with the burden of taking care of the child. Usually these grandparents are too elderly and poor to meet these children’s basic needs such as adequate nutrition, clothes for school and home, school supplies, or in the case of high school children the necessary fees for them to attend school.

Building a Children’s Villages

CCI was given 20 acres of land by the Kenyan government on which to build our first Children’s Village. In December of 2007 we started building our first building.  Overall the Children’s Village will consist of building a safe haven for the children including schools, housing, clinic and farming.

Learn more about the Children’s village and how you can take part building this community.

We also train the guardians of the children to have a small business so that they can better provide for the children under their care. Through our micro-enterprise program we loan our guardians a small amount of money with which to start up a small business. This enables them to eventually become self-sufficient.

CCI is currently helping orphaned children through our home based care program. We take care of the children who are living with their grandparents by supplementing nutritious food to the children’s diets, providing school uniforms, school books and supplies, and clothes for them to wear at home. Children in Kenya are not allowed to go to school without the proper uniform thus many of these children were not attending school until we intervened. Our children receive counseling through our social worker and our pastor who both visit the children regularly.

Through your help CCI wants to take this vision and extend it.  We have volunteer opportunities for organizations to take part in building.

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