KENYA

Kenya is on the Eastern side of Africa along the Indian Ocean. It is in between Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, and Tanzania.

Area:582, 600 km2

Canada =9,984,670 km2 ( 17x bigger)

Population:38 million Capital:NairobiTime GMT:+3 hoursMain Languages:Swahili & EnglishMain Religions:Mainland - Christian 63%, Muslim 7%, indigenous beliefs 26%Currency:Kenyan ShillingShared Borders:Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia.

Unemployment Rate: 40%

GDP :An approximation of the value of goods produced per person in the countryRank1 Luxembourg 84,003 2 United Arab Emirates 57,827 3 Norway 55,672 4 Singapore 50,705 5 United States 46,436 6 Ireland 41,278 7 Netherlands 40,715 8 Australia 39,231 9 Austria 38,748 10 Canada 37,946

136 Kenya 1,572149 Haiti 1,153152 Ethiopia 936

Kenya Flag

FACT: Kenya is a beautiful country with breathtaking scenery and home to the greatest wildlife spectacle on the planet

FACT: Kenya is home to over 40 different tribes who each bring their own traditional beliefs, culture and religion

FACT: Kenya is a small country with a lot of people . Kenya is poor.

AVERAGE MONTHLY WAGE IN KENYA:

Live IN Maid: $125 per month

Driver: $190 per month

Office Clerk: $450 per month

Nurse: $500 per month

Teacher: $500 per month

COST OF GOODS IN KENYA

A basic meal of flour and vegetables for 4 people :$5

A pencil case with school supplies: $1

A new pair of pants: $10

Rent in a 1 bedroom house in a lower market area: $100

FACT: There is one group who suffer in silence

THE CHILDREN

# of orphans in Kenya due to HIV/AIDS = 1.3 million

The Wema Centre is a Non Governmental Organization(NGO) founded in 1993 in response to the plight of youngStreet girls. The project currently has four major focus areas:The Psycho - Social Support; Rescue and Reintegration;Education and Skills Training; and The Income GeneratingProjects.

Our ValuesWe are God fearing, result-oriented and passionate aboutthe plight of vulnerable children and driven by love, respectand integrity.

Psycho-social Support is one of the major focus areas in the Child Protection program. The main objective of this program is to encourage behaviour change.

The program deals with behavioral issues in relation to HIV/ AIDS prevention, drug abuse, commercial sex, rape and reproductive health using activities such as scouting, acrobatics, music, life skills classes and exchange visits.The program provides an environment where latent skills are identified, exploited and refined to enable the beneficiaries to explore new opportunities outside Wema.

The Income Generating ProjectThe objective of the Income Generating Project is to give the beneficiaries relevant business skills and to generate revenue towards sustainability of our programs.It utilizes available resources that include livestock, poultry, accommodation facilities, education and vocational training facilities i.e. the cookery, tailoring and computer training facilities.

“There is something about the oppressed, the marginalized…. They can sing and when they do sing, they sing with all their heart and soul. At Wema Centre, we have identified music as a strong rehabilitation tool and source of joy and happiness to the many beneficiaries we work with.

Wema Centre strives to rehabilitate, educate and help its children identify and fully utilize their latent talents. With time, we have realized that of the numerous and special gifts that the children posses, none evokes more passion, excitement, happiness and togetherness than music. The children simply love to sing. The children sing not just about their past hardships and sufferings but about their liberation, ambitions and deepest gratitude to their supporters for their wonderful understanding, love and support.

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Lucy Yinda, Executive Director