Children of Kibera Foundation's New Video

The Red Rose School is a project of the Children of Kibera Foundation, a 501c3 tax exempt grassroots educational charity based in Washington DC. Watch the new video below to learn more about our story, our founder, the children we serve, and how you can join our vision for the future.

Click here to visit the website of the Children of Kibera Foundation for more information or to make an online donation.

PRE-UNIT MUSIC ACTIVITY

Mrs Emmily Mudavadi, a teacher at Red Rose Children's Centre in Kibera teaches her pre-unit (kindergarten class) pupils how to play music the recorders. The recorders were delivered this summer by Children of Kibera Foundation board members who visited Red Rose, as a donation from the Potomac School in McLean, Va. Thank you!

Strife in Kenya - January 2008 Update

Dear Friends -
So far, it has not been a happy new year in Kibera. The communities surrounding the Red Rose School and where many of our children, their guardians, and families live have been the epicentre of some of the worst violence currently rocking Kenya.

For an update on the situation in Kibera and at Red Rose, please listen to this interview we had on NPR on January 3rd. The story also has a link to a blog entry and a haunting gallery of photos by children in Kibera.

We also were on the WUSA New Channel 9 TV Station Thursday night. It's a good report you can read and watch the video clip on the top right hand side of the page.

The Children of Kibera Foundation is a registered non-profit organization in Washington DC which has taken on Red Rose as its main project. If you would like to join our efforts to continue helping the Red Rose School or other children in Kibera, please do not hesitate to contact us by email -- childrenofkibera [AT] gmail.com . Contributions to support our efforts can be sent by check to
"Children of Kibera Foundation"
4701 Alton Place, NW
Washington, DC 20016

Since 2006, many friends of Red Rose have taken care of 90 orphans and vulnerable children in Kibera. Your generosity and support has been transformative for the children and their teachers. Although the violence destroys the community today, we can support the next phase of healing, reconciliation, and rebuilding in Kibera. We know we are going to be called upon to once again step up in love and charity, to give of our time, skills, and resources to spread awareness about the beautiful children of Kibera. We need all your support in order to take care of as many of Kibera's children as we can by providing them a school environment where they can learn, eat, sing, play, make art, dance, make friends, dream big dreams, and simply be kids like kids anywhere else in the world. Even the simplest of gifts will help us to make an extraordinary difference -- click here to see a fact sheet about the impact donations of all sizes can make in Kibera.

Pray for peace in Kenya. Keep the children of Kibera in your thoughts, and please join us in helping take action to improve their lives.

Sincerely,
Ken Okoth

2006-2007 Campaign Begins

Hello dear friends -

The campaign to raise funds to support tuition scholarships, medical costs, and other needs at the Red Rose Children's Center and school has began.

In 2005-2006, we raised USD 600 for the school ($500 from the Community Service Club bake sale at the Potomac School's spring concert, and $100 from an anonymous donor.) We also shipped a box of Children's Britannica Encyclopedia from the Potomac School spring book fair. These generous donations made a critical and highly appreciated difference.

For 2006-2007, our basic goal is to raise at least $6,000, which will help not only for the immediate budget needs, but help with the planning and stability needed to get the following academic year off on a strong start. We have a challenge to raise $2,500 before January 1st 2007, and another $3,500 by July 1st. The $2,500 will cover sponsorships of tuition, food, basic medicine, and some supplies for the 23 full or partial orphans at the school. The $3,500 will be used to complete the interior walls of three classrooms and repair/construction of desks by a group of volunteers from the Potomac School in summer 2007.

Look out for the campaign report and updates regularly as donations come in from around the country and elsewhere to support us.

To contribute to Red Rose, you may write a check to "Children of Kibera Foundation" and send it by mail to :

Children of Kibera Foundation
c/o Merrell R. Cherouny - Executive Director
4701 Alton Place, NW
Washington, DC 20016

The Children of Kibera Foundation is a registered non-profit charity corporation in Washington DC that has taken on Red Rose School as its main project.

A famous Swahili proverb says "kutoa ni moyo wala si utajiri," translated as "generosity is a matter of the heart, not wealth." Any help we can get will be highly appreciated.

ASANTE SANA. Thank you very much.