A frightening experience, vulnerability is not a choice nor a desire. Vulnerable individuals bear the weight of their vulnerability, which can lead to service barriers and complete isolation. In a state of vulnerability, even the most basic decisions involving your life are taken away, undermining your independence and autonomy. Those
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Orphaned and vulnerable children need support for a promising future
Do you ever think about destitute children who live in the streets? Do you ever think about orphans who have no father, mother or relative to support them? You may be fortunate to find support as a child or if you struggled to grow as an orphan or vulnerable child,
Life as it is
Poverty is something that we are still dealing with as a country. Around 35.5% of Kenya’s population is living below the poverty line. Most of them if not all live in the slums because that’s the only place they can afford to get housing at a cheap price considering the
5 things to do while visiting a children’s home
(5 minutes read) Background information A children’s home is a place where orphaned and vulnerable children are taken care of if their parents are deceased or are proven unfit to take care of them.Most of these children usually have little or no chances of survival without intervention. Children’s homes are
Real-life stories from Smile Community Centre Children’s Home
We’ve helped orphaned and vulnerable children to overcome many challenges. Here is one of their touching stories At Birth , Angel found herself in trouble after her mum died.After her intensive care period, she was taken to live with her grandmother. The death of her mum & absentee father together
SMILE COMMUNITY CENTRE CHILDREN’S HOME : ANNOUNCEMENT IN REGARDS TO THE FIFTEENTH [15TH] PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS ON THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Dear well wishers and supporters,we believe in living a holistic life,that’s why we provide shelter, food, clothing and education to orphaned and vulnerable children in the informal settlements of Soweto,Kayole in the eastlands of Nairobi,Kenya. It’s not always a smooth road due to lack of enough resources but we strive
DID YOU KNOW CHILDREN ACCOUNT FOR HALF OF THE WORLDS EXTREME POOR?
According to unicef, there are more than 700 million people living below the extreme poverty line – this is 1 in 10 people in the world. Many of them are kids. The latest estimates tell us that half of those living in extreme poverty are children. It is still shocking
Our Impact in Infographic
Our founder Margret started serving the community in the informal settlements of Nairobi about 15 years ago and as time progressed, there was need for her to set up a temporary rescue centre in the year 2009 however it was not enough since the homes where she used to refer
Supporting education of OVC in informal settlements.How smile community centre’s education program started.
For Margret Nekesa our founder, it took a step of faith to start our children’s home after her long period of community work in supporting OVC (Orphans and Vulnerable children) in the informal settlements of Kayole and Soweto.Some of the children completely had no safe place to live.It was a