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Individual and organizational donations are encouraged and deeply appreciated. |
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Your gift WILL help create a life for a child! |
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Your Support is Needed
Grace Ministries would not be able to operate were it not for the compassionate generosity of others. The children whom we serve are destitute, and often have no family to care for them. No social services systems exist to pay for the programs and support efforts offered by Grace. Without donations from individuals and our Christian organization partners in the U.S., Limuru's slum children would be left to a life of misery on the streets.
Grace exists for the sole purpose of lifting these children out of an environment that breeds addiction, prostitution, and hopelessness-based hatred of all who have what they do not. We work to give them a safe and inspiring place to spend their days, and to instill knowledge, discipline, a love of learning, and basic Christian values. We also work to educate the people of Limuru, and especially the families of those slum children who are fortunate enough to still have a family, in the facts about HIV/AIDS and general health and medical issues.
Please know that your donation can help, not only to save the life of a child in Limuru, but to guide that life in such a way as to loosen the stranglehold of despair and death that threatens so much of Kenya's population.
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Dear friends and supporters,
The grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
It is one year since we were with you. We thank God for the way he used you to bless the children of Grace School with three nice classrooms, furniture and electricity.
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Block B.
Consists of 6 rooms:
Staff room
Standard 2,3,4,5
Store
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Block A:
Consists of 3 rooms:
Nursery class
Standard one
Office.
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Rented house:
This is used as the Kitchen, Care takers house, and also the house for Pastor James, the Assistant Administrator.
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NEED:
In January 2006, the children in standard 5 will become standard 6. We do not have a room for them. The only option we have is to do the three remaining rooms on the level three on block B to create 3 more rooms. These will be used by standards 6,7, & 8. The set up of the building demands that three rooms are done together.
COST:
$ 5,000 (US) per classroom = $ 15,000 for the three classrooms.
Our appeal is for financial help to build these classrooms. You are giving hope and dignity to these dear ones. “ What ever you did to these little ones, you did it unto me” we long to hear these words from our God.
Thank you for your continued support.
Together in His work.
Rev. Samuel & Monica Wambugu.
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| Our On-Going Needs Include: |
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Tuition and books for the children |
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School Uniforms |
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School meals program |
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Staff support (we currently have a staff of 10) |
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Family Assistance (we give assistance to patients in the form of medicines, food and blankets) |
| Our Near-Term Needs Include: |
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Funds to buy desks for the new classrooms. We need 25 desks @ $ 40 each.The children are currently sitting on stones. |
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Additional staff support. What we currently receive on a regular basis is far below our budget. $100 will support a teacher for one month. We have seven teachers and 5 supporting staff. |
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The children are in need of uniforms (shorts, dresses, shirts, blouses, sweaters, shoes and socks) The cost is $30 per child and we have 80 children. The last uniforms they received were in 2002 from 1st Presbyterian church, Knoxville TN USA. |
If you would like to make an individual donation, please send your check or money order, made payable to GRACE MINISTRIES, to
Grace Ministries
620 State Street
Knoxville, Tennessee 37902
(First Presbyterian Church of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA has graciously offered to process for us those donations that are mailed to the above address.)
If you are a representative of an organization that would like to become a supporting partner of Grace Ministries, please contact us as shown below for complete information.
Grace Ministries
P. O. Box 777
Limuru, Kenya
Phone: 254-066-71538
Thank you, in advance, for your caring support!
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