By New Life Home trust | Project Leader
New Life Home Trust began the work of rescuing abandoned infants in Kenya over 21 years ago. At that time, in the early 1990s, a crisis of abandoned babies began as the result of HIV and poverty. It was out of this need that New Life Home Trust grew. New Life was one of the first and only homes in Nairobi willing to take in HIV infected and affected infants.
As a government-registered medical facility caring for newborn abandoned babies, an uninterrupted water supply is a life-saving necessity. When we moved the New Life Nairobi home to our current site 16 years ago, we met this need by purchasing a water tank. We chose, with much help and insight, the best available option – a pressed steel water tank with a capacity of 25,000 litres.
That steel tank served us well for a long time but, in more recent years, it has required expensive repairs and time-consuming annual maintenance. In addition, during its annual maintenance, we are required to source water elsewhere, which is costly, inconvenient, and not entirely dependable. Our current tank is now beyond economically viable repair and we are yet again looking for a solution to our water needs.
Therefore, New Life leadership, again with professional help and advice, has decided on a long-term solution. The cost of replacing our pressed steel tank with a fibreglass counterpart is more expensive on the front end, but with a useful life of around 40 years, the fibreglass tank is an investment – in our future, in the future of this organization, and in the lives of the infants we will continue to care for over the next several generations.
Part of that investment is asking others to come alongside us. We could not accomplish the work of rescuing abandoned infants without the many people who are a part of the New Life family. We’ve raised a small portion of our total need, but we still have a ways to go! Until we raise the total $20,000, we’d love for you to become a monthly supporter at any amount that seems reasonable to you and to invite at least two friends to join you.
Not one of the babies rescued would have received the care and support that we were able to offer if not for the greater number of people supporting our work. Thank you for investing in these infants, and future generations, by providing a reliable, sustainable source of safe, clean water.
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