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About
Change for Children
Fellowship
Baptist churches and individuals have partnered
with CBF field personnel Sam and Melody Harrell and Africa Exchange to
help meet the needs of AIDS orphans and other at-risk children in Kenya
Africa. Working with Africa Exchange's Change for Children program,
we have partnered with the Ngerenya community to build and staff an
Integrated Child Development Center.
Achievements
and Lessons Learned
Since 1999, Africa
Exchange has been involved in development activities directed towards
orphans and vulnerable children.
Through direct management and operations, capacity building, project
development and funding of institutions and
partner projects geared towards children at risk, substantial gains have
been made and lessons learned.
Building on
these experiences, Africa Exchange and its development partners have
embarked on an integrated child development
program that will provide Change for Children among marginalized
populations in Kenya. Among its primary
projects and partnerships, the following have been instrumental in making
a difference in the lives of children:
• Kids
to Kids education and feeding project
• Baptist
Children’s Center - technology education center and community
outreach
• Eroret
Preparatory School - Masai pre-school education, cultural
enhancement and sustainable feeding project
• Safe
access for school children in remote areas through the
construction of suspended pedestrian foot bridges in partnership
with Bridging the Gap, Inc.
• Appropriate
Technology - solutions such as solar and wind power generation,
rainwater harvesting and purification, drip
irrigation in semi-arid areas, sustainable animal husbandry techniques,
etc.
• Capacity
Building - leadership and strategic planning seminars to enhance
transformational development.
To find out
more about Change for Children, visit www.africaexhange.org/change.htm
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2007 Trip Summary
In October 2007, Harold Phillips, CBF of Missouri coordinator, and 4
others traveled to Kenya to see CBFMO's partner Child Development Center
in Ngerenya. Read about the trip in this
PDF.
2008 Trip Information
A return trip to Ngerenya is planned for October 11-22, 2008. More information is
available in this
PDF.
Praying for the Ngerenya
Community
- Pastor Simon -
Administrator of the Center and pastor of the Ngerenya #1 Baptist
Church
- Pastor Rafael -
- Churches: Ngerenya #1
Baptist and Calvary Baptist
- Teachers at the Ngerenya
School
- Benjamin and
- 80 children enrolled in
the Center
- Men and women
considering the 2008 Project Engagement visit
Giving to CBF of
Missouri:
Information on personal giving
options
Cooperative giving options
for churches
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