What People Are Saying

“…As I said at the conference, I was really longing for [children’s homes to come together] because the homes don’t know each other, what they’re doing. They have the same goal and mission, so for us, to come together is very important because we can get to know how to help each other and to know our challenges. At Children’s Garden, I may think I have the biggest challenges, but when we meet I find that there are others who have bigger problems than I have. So it’s good to encourage one another so that we can reach these children, because our goals and our aim is to reach the children and to help them, to give them a better life…I appreciate Flying Kites for bringing us together and discussing and having that wonderful session.”

- Moses Ndungu

“I came to the Oasis conference because we have the need to support the orphans that we are working with. The children are having different challenges so we came to the conferences to hear and to share ideas about support[ing] orphaned children. We enjoyed so many things, like learning about [financial] transparency and volunteer programs with US and Oasis. We learned more about developing partnerships with volunteers. We were about 20 homes, with all the centers from different areas. It was very exciting. We met and exchanged views and also tried to exchange ideas about how to handle this orphan crisis between our centers.”

- Godfrey
St. Michael’s Educational Center

“I find it very important to meet other people just to know that you are not struggling alone, as sometimes it feels like you are the only one trying to make the world a better place.”

- Marjolein
Watoto Wema Children’s Center