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PARTNERSHIP SUMMARYWORKING GROUPTumaini “Hope” NkinyangaKenya, 2011-13

HOPE COMPANIONFirst United Methodist Church of Wilson, NC

Doris

Eric Mustapha

CarolineDoreen PamelaWinfredMark

Karen Robin

FridahDamarisRony

Veronica Risper

Nahason Stanley Edward

Judy CharityDoreenEmily Brian

MarthaAnn Joseph ElizabethGodfrey Floridah

CarolineJames MoreenJescahWilfredDavid Rony

StephenMwika

AnjelaConsolataAntony

FaithRaphael

Solomon Samson

Cyprian David

Dorcas Raphael JoyRobert

Dorcas PatrickStephen

William David

Below are names of the children whose lives you have transformed by enabling them to graduate from ZOE’s empowerment program. Th e eldest children are in bold, and their dependent siblings are listed underneath. Orphans marked with an asterisk were adopted by the group during the program. We have recently taken measures to protect the privacy of the children in the ZOE program. Th erefore, we only include the children’s fi rst names in our reporting and documentation. We appreciate your understanding.

PurityAtanasio JamesPeter

DoreenJuliusAmos

Kelvin*

Jessica*

In just three years, your support enabled these children to overcome extreme poverty, hunger, exploitation and disease. Today they stand proud, able to provide for themselves and their siblings. Below is summary of how your generous gift helped these children help themselves.

SECURE AND STABLE SOURCES OF FOOD

Individual Gardens and FarmsZOE staff led the Tumaini Working Group through several group training sessions, where they learned how to cultivate their land and grow vegetables in a sustainable way, as well as care for farm animals. With your support, ZOE provided them with fi ve chickens, two goats, as well as maize and other vegetable seeds.

Group FarmWith your support, ZOE provided the group with maize seeds and beans and helped them connect with their local church, who provided land to the group. Th e group attended training sessions through ZOE where they learned techniques for making effi cient use of land for maximum harvests. Th e group members now work together to farm this land, which provides their families with generous harvests to eat and sell.

SUSTAINABLE SOURCES OF INCOME

Th rough ZOE, these entrepreneurial young men and women learned to manage businesses and fi nances. Your partnership provided them with the resources they needed to learn skills and start businesses that will grow and diversify. Several young men and women in the group chose to pursue skilled trades, and ZOE supported them to complete their training. When they were ready to start businesses, your support of ZOE provided 13 business start-up kits that contained the tools and materials they needed (sewing machines, hair dryers, welding torches, etc.) to start their businesses. Today:

• 6 own and manage general stores/kiosks• 3 started tailoring shops• 2 have opened hair salons• 2 have their own barber shops• 1 sells grains and beans in their community

Th e proceeds from these businesses enable the eldest children in each family to send their younger siblings to school as well as provide medical care, clothes and other necessities.

FROM POVERTYTO PRODUCTIVITY

Two orphans from the group are employing community members in their businesses. Th ree of the group members are passing on their gift of knowledge, teaching their vocations to other orphans.

SAFE PLACES TO LIVE

Using materials provided through your partnership, the group helped construct one home and repair other homes, providing them with safe, secure places to live.

WAYS TO STAY HEALTHY

To help the children in the Tumaini Working Group stay healthy and prevent disease, ZOE provided them with 40 mosquito nets to prevent Malaria, and 40 blankets to keep warm at night.

SPIRITUAL GROWTH

With the support of ZOE, the families in this Working Group reconnected with their village churches. Five orphans were baptized during the ZOE program.

DIGNITY AND PRIDE

Th e children in the Tumaini Working Group take great pride in their achievements through ZOE. Th anks to your support, the children report that they are most proud of learning from the trainings off ered by ZOE social workers. Th ey are also proud that they don’t beg for food or clothes anymore but now they can provide for themselves and for their siblings.

Today, Anjela

manages her own grocery

kiosk.

Partnership Profiles

Profiles from the Tumaini Nkinyanga Working Group

Doreen Becomes a Successful Businesswoman The smile of confidence, the neatness of her store, her professional dress – Doreen is the picture of a successful business woman. Before ZOE, this kind of life was beyond her reach as she struggled each day to survive. But step by step, over the past two years, Doreen has received support from ZOE and her working group that enabled her to care for herself and her two siblings. She not only received a micro-grant to start her small business, she also received training on how to manage the income she makes and guidance on how to run a business. ZOE taught her how to keep herself and her family healthy, prevent disease and protect their legal rights. Through ZOE, Doreen has become prepared to provide for herself and her family for many years to come.

Purity Manages a Grocery Shop Through her participation in the ZOE empowerment program, Purity established a successful grocery shop in her village where many people come to purchase items. With the income, Purity has been able to take care of her family of five siblings and send them to school.


Martha Can Now Support Her Large Family Martha, like several of the fellow orphans in her group, has opened a kiosk with the support of ZOE. Because the children in this Working Group live in an area where most people do not have cars, setting up a kiosk that sells groceries and other necessities in a village is a stable and reliable source of income. Martha’s kiosk helps her care for and send her younger siblings to school.

Anjela Opens a Grocery Shop Anjela sits in her shop that sells cabbage, maize meal, and other groceries. Through ZOE, Anjela learned book-keeping, money management, and other good business practices. Using a micro-grant from ZOE, she was able to open a shop in her village that enables her to provide for her younger siblings.


Cyprian’s Story Cyprian lost both his parents several years ago. After their death, Cyprian became both father and mother to his younger brother David. Cyprian dropped out of school to find work so he could provide for his brother. He tended his neighbors’ cattle for many hours each day, but was exploited because of his situation and paid unfair wages. Even with all of his income going towards their basic needs, Cyprian struggled. When he could no longer provide school fees, his brother had to drop out of school. They could not afford to see a doctor when they were sick. It was not long before Cyprian and his brother were going hungry most days.

When Cyprian joined ZOE’s Orphan Empowerment Program, he became part of the Tumaini Nkinyanga Working Group. He learned skills to help care for his family, such as farming, disease prevention, and small business management. He learned about child rights and how to avoid exploitative situations, such as working for unfair wages. ZOE also enabled Cyprian to begin training as a barber.

After his apprenticeship, Cyprian received from ZOE a start-up kit of clippers, combs, a mirror, a sink, and other basic materials. With the necessary training, skills and resources in place, he was able to start his own barber shop.

Cyprian also learned farming skills from ZOE, and was supported with seeds to grow his own food on the land left to him by his parents. Together with the income from his barber shop, he and his brother now eat well, have clothes to wear and can afford access to medical care when they are sick. David has re-enrolled in school now that Cyprian can pay for his school fees and materials.

Thanks to your support, and God’s grace, Cyprian and David have broken free from the cycle of exploitation and poverty. They now look forward to lives full of hope and promise.

Caroline Receives a Goat Caroline holds her family’s goat. Through ZOE, Caroline and the rest of her group learned animal husbandry basics. Then ZOE provided each family with a farm animal, including goats, chickens and rabbits. These animals will provide a source of fertilizer, nutrition and income as offspring are born and sold.

Partnership Profiles Caroline’s Story Caroline lost her father three years ago to a long illness. Shortly thereafter, her mother began to suffer from the same disease, leaving her to care for her four younger siblings, Doreen, Pamela, Winfred, and Mark. Facing many challenges, Caroline dropped out of school to try to support her family. Caroline began to work long hours tending the farms of her neighbors, but was paid very little for her work. Her siblings dropped out of school because she was unable to pay their school fees. They struggled with hunger, isolation and disease as they fell into a life of poverty.

When Caroline joined ZOE’s orphan empowerment program, her life began to change. She was welcomed by other orphans into a Working Group that shared her struggles, and began to hope for a better future for her family. During her monthly group meetings, Caroline received training in healthy living and disease prevention. She learned about how to care for those with HIV/AIDS, and how to prevent herself and her siblings from contracting the disease. As a reward for implementing good hygiene practices at their home, ZOE provided her family with two blankets and two mosquito nets.

She also learned about the latest and most effective farming practices, and was provided with seeds to grow food on her family’s land.

Finally, Caroline received training in tailoring and small business management. After her training was complete, ZOE provided her with a micro-grant and a start-up kit with scissors, cloth, and a sewing machine. With these supports in place, Caroline opened up a tailoring shop that also sells food items to her community. Her new store is very successful, and now she is able to provide her ailing mother and younger siblings with access to medical care. She is also proud to be able to send her younger siblings back to school.


Judy is Overcoming Poverty Four years ago, Judy lost both her parents. To try to provide for her younger siblings, she dropped out of school to find work. The odd jobs she found, including waitressing, provided only meager income that was not enough to provide for such a large family. They quickly fell into poverty. Through ZOE, Judy has received training in business management and hairdressing. She received a micro-grant and has used it to buy and re-sell grains and beans in her village. Once her apprenticeship in hair styling was complete, ZOE provided her with a start-up kit that includes a sink, comb, brushes and other materials to start her own salon. The income from these businesses allow her to provide food, clothes and other basic needs for her siblings and enable them to return to school.

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