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"I sold many things and started the orphanage home for Africa child. As you know the continent

of Africa is being swept by AID Disease and many children's are being left orphan."

in a letter from Francis Ouma Ooko

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What is Sandy Happy Children's Home? Our children's mothers and fathers have died from AIDs or have been killed in the recent rioting. We house, feed, clothe, educate and love our 282 children with the number and the needs growing every day. Please meet our children by clicking Our Children.

First is Shelter in Nairobi: In 2002 Francis Ooko begin to provide food for 10

then 20 homeless children in a Nairobi slum. Then with wooden polls and corrugated metal sheets he built a "temporary" building on the only available land under power lines to provide a shelter for the children and begin school classes. Later in 2002 he contacted Sandy Pofahl and the two of them and a great number of helping friends and churches enabled the orphanage to add two more additional buildings and grow from 20 to 100 to the now 282 children. We are now moving from the original shelter in Nairobi to our new Home in Kisumu.

Second is Land in Kisumu: In 2006 we purchased two and a half acres in Kisumu for the building of our new Home away from the slums and with the ability of the children in the future to raise a goodly portion of their own food. The completion of the First Phase of the Home was celebrated July 7, 2007, which marked the purchase of our first parcel of land and completion of the Harrison building of 600 square feet for our office, construction and guards quarters, and to store equipment.

Third is Main Building in Kisumu: We completed our second building of 4,000

square feet in April of 2008 which enables us to move our kids from Nairobi to Kisumu. This building is divided into four sections for use as a dormitory, class rooms, bathroom and kitchen facilities and marks a TREMENDOUS advance over our prior Nairobi buildings with our new indoor plumbing with toilets and showers as well as our own fresh well water, windows and concrete rather than dirt floors. Negotiations are under way with Kenya Power and Light to extend the electricity to us 1500 feet for less than $20,000.

Third is Jobs for the Future: Not only are we keeping the children dry

when it rains and providing food when they are hungry, but we are educating them so that they may play an important role in their community and country in the future. We have begun vocational training with Academy Manufacturing to provide furniture for the new Home in Kisumu and have received orders from a government office for our furniture. We will teach the children vocational skills that will prepare them for jobs when they leave the orphanage and enable them to begin their own businesses.

How Do You Get Funding and What is Your Budget? Our present budget is $55,250.00 per year to feed, clothe, house, and educate our children as well as provide a minimal amount of income for our staff. The majority of the our funds for day-to-day food and clothing in 2007 came from the generosity of a church in England while the funds to acquire the new land in Kisumu and the construction of the buildings has come through the Readers of www.52Best.com in the United States.

Who Works at the Home? We have ten volunteers that cook, teach, and do maintenance at the Home. Each love and care for the children and have their duties. We help them financially as we have the money to assist them. Please meet each of our staff by clicking Our Staff.

How Can I Make a Donation? Donations can be made by mailing them in care of 52Best to 6615 LBJ Freeway, Dallas, Texas, 75240. We in Dallas then wire the funds directly to Francis at the Sandy Happy Children's Home in Nairobi, Kenya Donations.

Do You have a Newsletter? Yes, we have a newsletter that we email to friends each month that will keep them informed as to our children and the Home and how it progresses. If you would like to be added to our mailing list, please click Newsletter