WINGS OF A DOVE COMMUNITY CENTRE.

WINGS OF A DOVE COMMUNITY CENTRE

P.O. BOX 59615-00200 Nairobi, Phone no:0723252771

Email:wingsofadove254@gmail.com

 

ORGANIZATION PROFILE

INTRODUCTION

Wing of a Dove Community Centre is located about 27 kilometers from Nairobi City Center. The Centre is situated off Kangundo Road, in Ruai opposite Embakasi Ranching Company and next to District Children Office, Njiru Sub County on the Eastern part of the of the Kenyan capital City of  Nairobi.

Wings of a Dove Community Centre started as informal group in 2004 in Dandora, Njiru Sub County, Nairobi as a day care Centre where children were taken care off as their mothers went to look for casual work within Dandora. The women group later registered as a community based organization (CBO) with ministry of gender, culture and social services in Embakasi division in 2005. Due to lack of employment and extreme poverty majority of the mothers abandoned their babies and as a result the home started in order to address the needs of the abandoned and neglected children.

CHILDREN PROGRAMME

Wings of a Dove Community Centre lay its emphasis on giving the orphaned and vulnerable (OVC) poor children a holistic rehabilitation. More than 31 children are provided with full care at Wings of a Dove Community Centre. We work towards bringing up children who know, understand and fear God as part of their spiritual growth. We reintegrate the children back to their families after we have conducted the necessary assessments and home visits. We have been able to rescue children in difficult circumstances and reunited them back to their families.

We emphasize on the provision of the basic human rights for the children of education, food, shelter and clothing. We provide food that has the necessary nutrients for their healthy growth. We provide quality education to the children by sponsoring them and ensuring that they achieve their ambitions. We also provide psycho social support and counseling when the children are under rehabilitation in the program. The children also participate in sports and perform their duties and responsibilities as part of their training to be responsible citizens of our nation in the future.

In December 2016 wings of a dove was officially registered as a Charitable Children Institutions (CCI) by the government. After the registration our donors withdrew thinking we had been involved in fraud and hence ruined our reputation. This being not the case as we had been instructed by the relevant authorities to change our name from Stars of Hope to Wings of a Dove Community Centre. Since then we’ve not had any other interested donor. We’ve already exhausted our funds and hence not able to pay rent or even get a bigger house where we can comfortably raise these little angels. In November 2016 Dolphins Real Estate assisted us by paying rent for five months after which the owner asked us to move out with no reason. The director talked to different local churches bishops and pastors asking for donations and or a place to stay. Only one bishop from Jesus Christ Our Hope church agreed to accommodate the children in the church and even allowed them to use the compound. The bishop allowed Wings of a Dove to establish temporary buildings to hold the children before they could get a place of their own.

Wings of a dove moved from the rentals to the church on 10^th of April 2017 and have been sleeping inside the church. This is as they await to get help from well-wishers, sponsors and donors to help them purchase a land and build a place of their own.

CHALLENGES FACED

1.      Our main problems have been inadequate funds to run the home and a place of our own.

2.      Another challenge has been paying the workers and hence left to rely on well-wishers and volunteers to work in the home.

3.      With the doctors and nurses striking, buying of medicine and getting quality treatment has been a major challenge to us.

4.      All our children attend school, we have four girls in secondary, three in Jadamy Elite Primary School, and 20 are home schooling waiting to join a private school which has offered to sponsor them in primary and higher learning.

5.      Buying of stationaries, shoes, uniform, sport kits and books.

6.      Getting fuel e.g. fire wood, cooking gas or charcoal is another challenge.

7.      Another major challenge is food and water. Ruai being a dry area, the main sources of water are the borehole and water from the city council which is only available 2 days a week for four hours only.

 

REQURIMENTS

1.      Buying land and building a new home.

2.      Buying of stationaries, shoes, uniform, sport kits and books.

3.      Currently we require materials to build a temporary building in the church compound.

4.       Money to pay for treatments and buying medicine.

5.      Money to buy fuel e.g. fire wood, cooking gas or charcoal.

6.      Money to pay workers and pay for utility bills.

7.      Money to buy food and toiletries.

The aims and objectives of the Home are:

·         To assist needy children satisfy their basic human needs;

·         To ensure security of education, food, shelter, and the protection of their basic human rights;

·         To empower children with knowledge and skills for self reliance as well as help them nurture their talents;

·         To support the children  in their personal development through moral, spiritual and social support, as well as professional counseling;

·         To support the Family Reintegration Process.

MISSION

 To be the leading preferred Centre, for the destitute, orphaned and vulnerable children in the provision of care and support.

VISION

 To be the Centre that provides child fraternity with holistic development.

PURPOSE

Wings of a Dove Community Centre exists to provide a holistic development to the orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) and reintegrating them back to the community after they have successfully gone through the rehabilitation process. (Proverb 14:31).

BENEFICIARIES

To date Wings of a Dove Community Centre is home to 31 children aged between the ages of 3 years to 17 years. Each child has come to the Centre as a result of abandonment, abuse, and neglect or orphaned due to Hiv/Aids. Currently all the children attend different schools. The Centre is committed to supporting the children throught their schooling. We invite you to join and partner with us in order to help our children through contributions both materially and financially.

AREAS OF SUPPORT:

I.)     Education: We have children in secondary, primary and pre-school (Text books, exercise books, stationeries, uniforms and school fees).

II.)               Food (Cereals, vegetables, fruits, cooking oil, meat, milk and eggs).

Toiletries and detergents(Bar soap, bathing soap, omo, sanitary towels, tissues, petroleum jelly and shoe polish).

III.)            Health (Paying bills and buying medicines).

IV.)   Clothes (Beddings , mattresses, mosquito nets, clothes and shoes)