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Following a request from the house mothers for new towels and underwear a sponsor visited with a suitcase full of towels and pants.  Great excitement followed and a hilarious evening resulted as several children wanting to have their photo taken whilst modelling their new underwear or holding up their new towels.

In 2014 a team of young adults from the UK did a sky dive to raise money for Shekinah projects.  In March 2017 two of the team visited Shekinah and brought pens and crayons to use with the activity books they donated.  They are currently raising money for the Shekinah Water Project

For many years the children have desperately needed a playroom as when it is too hot or too wet to play outside they have nothing to do.  A transformation took place when a bare shell of a room, with only concrete walls and neither windows nor a door, was painted and equipped with toys and books.  One of our sponsors […]

There are now three housemothers, headed by Gladys who look after the children and a male gardener who works with the children. Isaac is manning the office until a permanent member of staff is recruited

We have been having ongoing problems with the water supply at Shekinah and for many months, we are relying on water being brought in from outside.  To solve the problem, we now have 3 big water tanks waiting for a bore hole to be drilled so the tanks can be filled.  We are in the process of fundraising to complete […]

Shekinah home has a garden project which started last year and 18 raised beds were used to produce a variety of vegetables which the children enjoyed looking after and harvesting.  It proved a very therapeutic activity for the children, who were very keen to rush out into the garden after school to tend their patch. This year the land has […]