480 children on the Live and Learn in Kenya International program in Nakuru, Kenya - and their families are on the verge of starvation as a result of the government regulations of closing businesses to prevent further outbreak of the virus. The poverty-stricken are literally starving to death and wondering which death is worse - the virus or hunger... and watching their children starve. Live and Learn in Kenya Int'l is providing emergency relief funds to the Live and Learn in Kenya familes.
The coronavirus is taking its toll all over the world. The families of the Live and Learn in Kenya Int'l children have lost their income because of the businesses and private people that they worked for (i.e. hawking, cleaning) have been shut down. Schools have closed - so breakfasts and lunches at the Live and Learn in Kenya Education Center can not be provided. Desolation everywhere - and the fear of the virus is losing its strength in comparison to the fear of starvation.
Live and Learn in Kenya Int'l has found a way of providing monthly funds to the parents and guardians so that they can buy basic food such as rice, dried beans, cabbages, and cornflour - and soap. The funds will be transferred to the home office in Nakuru, Kenya and distributed to the parents and guardians through MPESA so that they can buy their food themselves. The first transfer has been made - but we need donations to be able to go on doing this for the duration of the pandemic.
In over 19 years of work in Nakuru, we have provided hundreds of children with education, vocational training, nutritious food, foster care for (mostly AIDS) orphans, medical/dental care. Most of the children who have finished their education through LLK now have jobs or are attending universities. Having our own school, we can provide high-quality education so that even the poorest of the poor have an equal chance to be all that they can be in life. This will change generations of lives.
