Project Leader:
Reverend Daniel Kiriti
Since 2012, Empower the World Foundation (EWF) is a registered Non-Governmental Organization aimed at empowering orphans and vulnerable children with education through provision of scholarships in secondary school and post-secondary. EWF works towards changing the lives and future of bright children living in a desolate life of poverty through financing their education. Many children lose hope since they cannot afford school fees to continue with higher education especially orphans and destitute children. Our scholars come from families with unique needs with most of them being either orphaned or have single parents (mothers). The closure of schools meant that children stay at home full time which has increased the cost of living in their families especially now that they can’t rely on food programs in schools. A gift of $25 can help feed a family of four for a week.
Anonymous donated $55.
Linda donated $5.
Leo P donated $50.
Linda donated $10.
Sandra donated $25.
Linda D. donated $25.
Rebecca donated $25.
Eron donated $25.
Steven donated $25.
Carlos donated.
Kenneth donated $50.
Mary donated $50.
Anonymous donated $50.
Sugi donated $50.
Anonymous donated $25.
Margaritacallela donated $50.
Anonymous donated $250.
Hugh donated $50.
Joshua donated $50.
William donated $100.
Luis donated $32.
Maryanne donated $25.
Anthony donated $100.
Edwin donated $25.
Marvin donated $10.
Mark donated $50.
Anonymous donated $100.
Mike donated $15.
Representative of each family picking food one by one
Mama Quinter and her kids and Mr. Kamau were delivered food to their home
Parish youth helping in food packaging
The second face we identified 100 families. These families consisted of those from which our scholars come from. We asked the families what they would like us to buy them and their answers were used to procure dry maize grains, beans, rice, and wheat flour, cooking oil and bar soaps. We tasked the parish youth to package the food so it could be easier during sharing. Each basket contained 5kg of rice,4 kg of wheat flour, 10kg of maize grains, 3L of cooking oil, 10kg of beans and a bar soap. The list, as stated above, was put together in consultation with families to identify their most important needs and consists of the ingredients for their everyday Kenyan dishes. This would feed a family of 6 for about a month.
Sr. Patricia donation of food package to Beth Waithera, 61 years old, on the far left. She is HIV positive, has kidney complications and is on dialysis. Showing the stent inserted to aid in dialysis, she says, “We sold everything to have the procedure take place. We had nothing left and now this…., Thanks be to God. Tell Fr. Kiriti, Asante Sana (thank you very much)”.