While GBHT has focused on addressing the physical needs of the kids in Kibagare (provision of food, education financial support, tutoring, etc.), all GBHT ministry efforts include a spiritual emphasis. Children not only benefit in practical ways from GBHT’s ministry and support, but they are also introduced to Jesus in the process. In 2024, GBHT’s […]
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by Katie Ouma In April, 2024, we celebrated two years of GBHT ministry at the Kibagare Hope Center! It was a day full of joy and reflection. As we reflect on the last two years, we’re reminded that we have had seven Vacation Bible Schools, served hundreds of meals to community children, conducted countless
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by Katie Ouma Photos of flash flooding in the Kibagari settlement. As you may have seen in the news or on our social media, Kenya is experiencing great loss and devastation right now. Around three weeks ago, heavy rains started in Kenya and they haven’t stopped. Every night we can hear the rain when it
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by Katie Ouma, GBHT Director, Nairobi Lydia, GBHT’s first preschool teacher, with our preschoolers. There have been few opportunities for young children to attend preschool in Kibagare. We have been praying for the right time to fill this gap, and have decided – in a leap of faith – that the time is
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Clapping. 410 Children. Bible Lessons. Soccer. Singing. Sack Races. Worship. Dust. Memory Verses. More than 600 Children. Porridge. Discussion Groups. Crafts. Children Eating. These are just a few of the images indelibly imprinted in the minds of the volunteers who helped with GBHT’s 5th Vacation Bible School in the Kibagare settlement in August, 2023. In
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Today was the best day! We were given the opportunity to take one hundred 4-6 year olds from our community to a school that presented its art show. The kids had SO much fun!! It was a joy to see them enjoy themselves. It is a goal of ours to take the kids out of
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By Katie Harvey, Child Sponsorship Director At our resource center we want to encourage a reading environment, so we started a reading challenge! Every student reads as many books as they can, and at midterms and the end of the term we reward three who read the most books with a fun activity. These three
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For several years, GBHT Founder and Director Sonny Ouma had a vision of a neighborhood building that could serve as a safe space for children. Ministering to children living on the streets convinced Sonny that prevention is the key to solving the crisis of child homelessness in Nairobi. In 2021, GBHT secured a land donation
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by Katie Harvey, GBHT Child Sponsorship Director Did you go to sleep hungry last night? My guess is that the majority of my readers would answer this with a “no”. Unfortunately, that’s not the case with the majority of the children we serve at the Hope Center. On most Saturday mornings, I meet with
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Lydia Anyango We are pleased to introduce you to Lydia Anyango, who is GBHT’s first full-time teacher at the Hope Center! With the growth of GBHT’s tutoring and mentoring programs, having a full-time presence at the Hope Center had become a significant need. GBHT is blessed that it’s funding has increased to
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