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The boys’ dorm is almost complete! This marks the end of phase 1 of the project. The 2^nd phase will begin with the construction of the girls’ dorm.

We have also received support to rescue street children and support them to avoid contracting the corona virus on the streets. So far, we have rescued 113 street boys and placed 59 at home.

Once the dorm is complete, we will recruit those who have settled at home after repatriation to join our program. We are lucky that the new dorm accommodating 100 boys is 3 weeks away from being complete!

At Tumaini Innovation Center they will go through rehabilitation, basic accelerated education, engineering, vocational training, and ultimately permanent reintegration back to their communities.

We have raised $33,484 USD out of the total 75,000 USD. We have used this to complete the boys’ dorm and will now embark on building the girls’ dorm.

With the efforts through GlobalGiving, we are confident to scale the organization's successful efforts to more boys and girls in the streets of Eldoret.

Student report: Deriki

Deriki has just been recently rescued from the streets during the COVID-19 pandemic. He is among those rescued as a way of preventing them from contracting the corona virus.

He is super excited to sleep in the new dorm. “When are they going to complete it,” he keeps on asking.

We are happy to report that we have commenced constructing the dorm! 

We appreciate donors who have continuously and generously supported our campaign to build a dorm for 100 street youth. We have built the dorm the lintel point as seen in the pictures below. The plan is to finish the dorm by May as we continue to receive your support through GlobalGiving.

Last year we graduated 16 out of a total of 29 students. Tumaini currently serves 39 students this year but has had to turn students away due to a lack of dorm space. This proves the urgent need to build a dorm for the former street youth who are desperate to escape the dangerous streets and join our residential education and training center to learn a skill, get a job and earn a positive livelihood. 

At Tumaini we have demonstrated the success of rehabilitating, educating, and reintegrating street youth for the past four years. From the start of 2019, we have expanded the school from 17 to 39 students.

With the efforts through GlobalGiving, we are confident to scale the organization's successful efforts of supporting more boys and girls in the streets of Eldoret. 

We have raised 28,979USD out of the total 75,000 USD and look forward to receiving more funds to complete the dorm. Thanks again for your generous contributions. 

Student report: Karis

Karis joined Tumaini alongside his younger brother Zungu and is really excited to see the new dorm building coming up. Karis will graduate this year from the vocational school as a motor vehicle mechanic. 

“I hope the dorm is completed in time so that I get a chance to sleep in a more spacious space before I complete my studies in December. It is nice that my little brother will definitely get a chance to sleep in it,” says Karis

Links:

• The Tumaini Website
• Tumaini Facebook Page