Pastor Mary Watare Mbugua always had a dream to start a humanitarian centre for the truly needy, poor, less fortunate and discriminated in life. Unfortunately life had to deal her a painful blow before her dream could be realized – after tragically losing her son in a traffic accident. In her words, she decided that anything she would’ve given to her son (love, food, shelter, clothing, eduction) would now go to children who are truly in need. She found a house that was no longer in use, rented and renovated it, and began taking in orphans.
As the number of children kept growing, Pastor Mary soon realized that housing and feeding the children was not enough and that more could be done. She started a free nursery school which now educates 75 children daily. The school is run by three full-time teachers and a cook, and is regularly helped by volunteers coming from around the world. The staff are paid an allowance from Mary’s own pension as well as through a baking project that supplies cakes to local shops.
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