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Tumaini Childrens Home of Hope
Newsletter Spring
2009 | |
UK CHARITY NO.
1119126
PO Box 242, Hythe, Kent, CT21 6WW
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The UK
Trustees aim to co-ordinate the fund-raising
in the UK and to collect news and events from the
Home to pass on to our supporters.
No
trustee receives any payment or expenses for
the work or visits that they
undertake.
We can email
or post -Standing Order forms: Gift Aid
forms: Permission to "Fund- Raise" letters and
airline "Extra Baggage Allowance" request
letters.
Cheques sent to us in the UK
should be made out to "Tumaini - Home of Hope" and
sent to our Box office (above).
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Visiting the
Home Joan
welcomes visitors.
Her postal address
is
PO Box 10478,
Mombasa, Kenya
Directions to the
Home: The Home is
situated in Bamburi, north of Mombasa town (about
half an hour's drive from the airport). Look
for signs for the Bamburi Cement Works, which is
just off the main highway (Mombasa to
Malindi/Kilifi road). Turn left at this
point and head towards the cement works. You
will pass it on your left - a couple of miles on
and a couple of roundabouts later you will see a
sign for the Home on the right hand side of the
road. Go down
this narrow track and you will hear the children
laughing - follow these joyful sounds!
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Sending goods to the
home
Many people
ask us if they can send parcels of clothing,
stationery, medication, etc to the Home.
We are not in a position
to send gifts from the UK and it is
not encouraged as it is both cost prohibitive and
there is no guarantee that the parcels will
arrive at the Home.
Cruise liners have asked
us NOT to request space to carry gifts and parcels
to the home
Some airlines will
provide an extra suitcase - on the first to ask
basis -we can supply letters of request.
Many items can be
purchased in the local stores &
Supermarkets for a lot less than they cost in
the UK. Plus they do not have to be
transported.
We love to know in
advance of any fundraising event you are
running - maybe we can help or
attend! |
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Voluntary
work
Many,
many people wish to volunteer their time to help
at the Home.
Volunteering through an organisation
called i-to-i. They operate from the
UK. Their details are www.i-to-i.com.
Tel: 0800 011 1156: They get booked up very
quickly and there is a waiting list.
We apologise for the long gap in
sending news - we promise to send on a more
regular basis.
If you are visiting we in the UK would like
to know of your trip, possibly receive photographs
for our albums and give ideas to help you enjoy
your
trip.
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Dear Mary
Leadbetter,
Welcome All our
Supporters.
We take this opportunity to bring you
up to date with news on the children and the
Home
Our
New
website
is now in use, please use the
link above.
Our new administrator is Sarah Turner (Mary has
retired - still our UK Trustee
Chair). Contact details
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The
Late Mr Oberoi
It was decided
by everyone at the home that the best way to say
a big THANK YOU to the Late Mr Dalip Singh
Oberoi who very kindly donated the land on which
the home stands and also that of the school was
to plant a tree in his memory. The tree would
grow with the children and also be able to keep
a watchful eye over them as they play in the
garden. The children were given an explanation
of why they were planting a tree so they could
understand the significance of what was
happening. The Late Mr Oberoi was a
prominent lawyer in Mombasa who kindly donated
the land after a request from his friend of many
years and Chairman of the Trustees Of Tumaini
Childrens Home, Mr Agit Singh Bhogal.
The homes first child "David"
plants the Ashok Tree in memory of Mr Dalip
Singh Oberoi.
Sirio School
During
a recent visit to the home, Captain Roberto from
Livingstone Airlines, brought his wife to Kenya
for the first time to see the project that he
has so kindly sponsored along with other crew
members. Sirio Primary School has been built on
an adjoining plot of land to the Children's Home
and will provide Primary Education for the
children of the home as well as those from the
neighbouring community. This will
give the children lots of chance to
interact with new faces and make new
friends.The children attend school from 0900-1200
and then come back to the home for lunch. After
lunch they have a small nap before heading back
to school from 1400-1600.
The children will
follow the Kenyan 8-4-4 curriculum which means
they will complete 8 years of primary education.
Primary classes in Kenya are numbered from
Standard 1 up to Standard
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Stone Guides Matatu
 Life is a lot more easy
now for everyone at the home, thanks to the
minibus that was donated to the home by the
Stone Girl Guides. The bus is under the capable
hands of Anderson the driver. The bus is used to
take the kids for their hospital appointments,
do the shopping for the home as well as picking
up some of our visitors from various hotels
along the North Coast of Mombasa. The bus is to
be shared with Mikoroshoni School, as the guides
have also done some wonderful working assisting
that project under the watchful eye of Pat &
John Lloyd. The bus, however will be based at
the Home. Two year old Meshack loves going
inside the bus and he has the uncanny knack of
always being around anytime someone is about to
go out, so he gets to sit inside for a few
minutes and beep the
horn. |
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Get to know the Tumaini
Staff
(1)
We start our staff profiles with
the person who has the pleasure of being called
Mum by 27 beautiful children, and that is
the homes - Matron Elizabth
Wanjiku Ndugu.Elizabeth was
born on the 13th March 1959.  Elizabeth studied
nursing at Kisii School of Nursing. After
completing her nursing qualification she went to
Kiambu District Hospital. She was later
transferred to Coast General Hospital in
Mombassa where she worked for many
years. In 1994 she was taken as the staff
nurse at Travellers Beach Hotel, until she
returned to Hospital work in 2000, when she went
to work at Jocham Hospital in Mombasa, where she
stayed until she was called to be the Matron of
Tumaini Children's Home in 2006.
Elizabeth lives at the home full time. She has 3
children and 2 grandchildren.
Get to know the staff
(2) Our
Second staff profile is on the person who has
the hard task of feeding 24 very hungry mouths,
and that is - Naomi Ngina Kivyatu
our Head Chef Naomi
was born in July 1972 and undertook her
Certificate of Food & Beverage at The
Nairobi College. After completing her course
she started working at Nyali Beach Hotel in
Mombasa as a cook and after showing her skill in
this area she was promoted to Sous Chef.
Naomi later moved to Nairobi and was given the
chance to be the head chef in the kitchens of an
expat company. She joined Tumaini in
2006 as Head Chef. Naomi provides a varied mix
diet which has proven to be popular and is very
nutritious with the kids, as empty plates are
returned every time.
Naomi is married and has 3
children of her own, Maureen aged 11, Lucy aged
8 and Solomon aged
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Children & Staff at the
Home
CHILDREN'S NAMES AND
AGES
NEW CHILD Selma just 15
months old - arrived in
April. Joanne
3
Stephen
3
Meshack 3
Peter
4
Jemima
4
Mercy
5
Hope
6
Faith
5
Leon
6
Baraka
6
Sophia
7
Lydia
6
Isiah
6
Elizabeth 6
Amina
7
Abdulah
7
May
7
Terrence
8
David
9
Kadzo
9 Christopher
9
Stephen (Big) 9
Anthony
8
Moses
10
Mbeyu
9 Lydia
(Big) 12
STAFF NAMES
Elizabeth (Matron) Naomi (Chef)
Joyce (House
Keeper) Juliet (Mother)
Emily (Assistant
Mother) Anna (Assistant
Mother)
Esther (Assistant
Mother)
Rukia
(Kitchen
Assistant) Juma (Kitchen
Assistant)
Juma
(Assistant
Housekeeper) Mary
(Teacher) Naomi (Teacher)
William (Gardener)
Anderson (Driver) |
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Special
Visitor
A special visitor to
the home - pictured here with Joan, Is Lord
David Steele.
At the 1997 election
David Steel retired from the House of Commons.
He was subsequently created a life peer, taking
the title of Baron Steel of Aikwood of Ettrick
Forest in the Scottish
Borders.
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THE NORTHUMBERLAND
HMS Northumberland, a British Navy
Ship that was patrolling the waters off the
Kenyan Coast called at
Mombasa. Joan managed to persuade
them to invite the children and staff from
Tumaini Childrens Home on board the following
day.
 The
children were all welcomed on board by the
Captain and shown all over the ship. The navy
officers showed the children the guns, and how
they fired out to sea. The children were also
fortunate to be there just at the right time as
the Navy helicopter came in and took off
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Laboratory
Tests
The children are all
regularly HIV tested and here John - a
Volunteer Laboratory technician is photographed
taking blood samples from the
children. No tears!
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Finally, a very big thank you to all of you
who have supported The Tumaini Children's Home, in thought,
word or deed. The children will grow up to be good
ambassadors in the fight against discrimination and abuse
inflicted on people who are HIV infected. These children
have a chance and with your continued help, more children will
find their way to the Home and be given the opportunity to
change from sickness and trauma to joy and good health.
You only have to visit to know that IT WORKS! Best
wishes
Trustees - Tumaini - Home of
Hope | | |
