Safe babycare for single mums in the Nairobi slums

I would like to sincerely thank you for your generous support/donation through Global Giving to TIBA’s Joy Baby care project this year. Your donation was put towards:

1. Refurbishing Joy Baby care; our day care centre was previously made of old iron sheets. It used to get cold for the children. It did not look child friendly. On some occasions, it used to get muddy, due to soil erosion during rainfall. Today the house is fully refurbished; the interior part of the wall has been covered up with plywood, and painted with bright colors. The home is warm and cozy.
2. Buying 2 large cots with wipeable mattresses for babies.
3. Buying educational toys to enhance the development and learning of our children
4. Buying TV set with a video player for the children’s sing along sessions.
5. Buying a cooker, microwave, and other equipment.
6. Hiring a trainer who trained our caregivers and some single mothers on child care, child development and management skills.
7. Hiring a visiting medical practitioner for medical check-ups. Parents are informed about preventive measures against sicknesses. Parents whose children are found to be unwell are also advised accordingly. This has helped to reduce infection among babies and monitor the health of children. Parents are no longer exposing their children to medicine unless advised by the Doctor.

In short, your generous donation has given Joy Baby Care a big leg up for which we and our families are very grateful.
Now that Joy Baby care is in safe hands, we are focusing on two new appeals.
Our next appeals are to benefit Abundance School and Give me Another Chance
Abundance School in the Kabiria slums of Nairobi aims to provide a safe, nurturing space for the children where they can flourish emotionally and intellectually, healing from the challenges they and their families face. It aims to inspire them, enable a mental uplift and equip them with education for the future.

Unfortunately Abundance School is heavily under-resourced. We have 80 children at 5 different learning levels, all learning together in a 300 sq feet structure made of iron sheets. There are only two regular teachers who are devoted to bringing a lasting change in the lives and opportunities of these children. We need money for equipment, books, room dividers and extra teachers.
To donate kindly follow the link below;
To donate to Abundance School please click on:
http://www.globalgiving.co.uk/projects/18490

Give Me Another Chance (GAC) aims to reach out to people in the Kibera and Kabiria slums of Nairobi who have been diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and who are in denial and struggling to accept the diagnosis, with very negative consequences for themselves and their families. We aim to support them to access medical care and to acquire inner strength and knowledge to enable them to manage their condition, to find work and also to overcome the stigma and discrimination they face in the community. We will then, in turn, go on to train them as ‘Ambassadors’ to support other people in similar situations and also work to reduce stigma in the community.
To donate to Give Me Another Chance please click on: http://www.globalgiving.co.uk/projects/18494
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A million thanks again for all you have done to help us and looking forward to connecting with you in the future.

Please support our latest Global Giving campaign to help disadvantaged people in Nairobi, Kenya.

Links:

• A video clip of Joy baby care kids playing
• A video clip of Joy baby care kids singing
• Tiba Africa Foundation website

At the beginning of the year, Tiba was accepted by a UK- on-line fundraising charity 'Global Giving UK' following a 'Gateway Challenge' when we raised USD 2000 from 50 donors to ensure our place on the website. Since then we have raised USD

1760 for joy baby care, our crèche for young single mothers to enable them to seek work without leaving their babies at home or taking them into dangerous work situations. This funding has enabled us to refurb and equip our nursery, pay a support worker to upskill the carer, pay a visiting nurse for medical check-ups, feed our babies and buy toys and play equipment. We report a much increased level of confidence in the parents and children. The project can now stand on itself. Many thanks to our donors that made it happen.

We are now planning to also fundraise for the next phase of its GAC project on Global Giving American site and UK website. G.A.C (Give me Another Chance) is a project of people living with HIV and AIDS in the slum districts of Nairobi. We are seeking to train further 200 people living with HIV and AIDS on Transformational Breathing, Nutritional Health, and Home based Care and Business Skills. These group will then become ambassadors of the same in the community.

Apart from the G.A.C project, we will also be seeking funds to rebuild and upgrade our Abundance school. This is a place where less privileged kids in our community come to acquire education like the reset in the community

Links:

• Learning how to clean water for drinking at Abundance Sch.