We greatly thank God for His faithfulness to us throughout the year 2020.

The grace of God was sufficient to all the staff in Tumaini and in our families too.

Although the year was tough with challenge of COVID – 19, God was so gracious, He stood with us all giving us protection and good health.

On behalf of the Tumaini Youth Centre Staff, I take this opportunity to kindly express our heartfelt gratitude to you all for the gift of Christmas to us all, may the Almighty God bless you abundantly for remembering us throughout the year.

Your support and gift were well received with a lot of appreciation and joy.

The staff families were overjoyed to have received a gift from you.

Last but not least, continue to pray for us as we serve in this ministry. We are also praying for you. God bless you and give you a prosperous year 2021.

On behalf of all the staff,

Yours faithfully,  

 Pastor Jared Mbogo    

African Inland Church Tumaini Youth Center and the Colorado Mission Committee 2020 Christmas Letter

Our mission is to bring hope and security to abandoned, and orphaned children in the city of Kitale, Kenya

     First and foremost, this Christmas season, the Colorado Mission Committee and the Tumaini Youth Center wish to heartily thank all current and past donors for their prayers and generosity in helping us to provide for our children.     

Since 2014, the Colorado Mission Committee team has been assisting Tumaini Youth Center with income producing, agricultural and construction projects. We began with small agricultural projects for food sustainability purposes. These early projects became quite successful, thanks to the wonderful staff at the youth center.

Our next project was a four-unit residential apartment building with a surrounding security wall. The purpose of the Apartment project was to provide monthly revenues to support the center financially. Our last large construction project finished in 2019 was a new girl’s dormitory to house up to 24 female children.

Unfortunately, 2020 has been very challenging for everyone. Due to the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, prices for food, gasoline and medical supplies have skyrocketed. Because of this, the center has been experiencing a need for consistent food sources.      

      Our teams in Kenya and Colorado agreed that our next projects would be aimed at improving the center’s food sources and providing educational funds for our older kids who are ready to move on to trade schools or boarding high schools.

     We have purchased milk cows and egg-laying chickens to enhance the children’s diets. Coming up with a chicken coop structure will be done by the staff with local scrap materials. We plan to start small with 100-200 one-month old chickens for approximately $4 dollars apiece. Regarding the milk cows, we will also set up structure that will accommodate up to three cows with room for feed and milking tools. A good quality milk cow sells for nearly $1,000.00 in Kenya.

     According to the government calendar, all schools are expected to reopen fully in January, 2021 after Covid-19 restrictions are lifted. We have several older students ready to go to high school, boarding school, or trade school. Most of these schools require uniforms and substantial tuitions. Costs for these six students will be $4,961 for the year.

Our hope this Christmas season is to raise around $15,000.00 to help finance all three of these needs. Please help us by going to our website at aictyc.org for a secure and tax-deductible donation. Again, thank you for the prayers and support given in past years, and may God bless you for your continued generosity.

The Colorado Mission Committee for Tumaini Youth Center

Tumaini Youth Center in conjunction with the Colorado Mission Committee are exited to announce our new small agricultural project aimed at providing the center with more sustainable food. As the marginalized here in the U.S. experience, many Kenyan’s are experiencing food insecurities caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic. Food prices have skyrocketed, and certain items are unattainable. Our team at Tumaini Youth Center has proposed to add 100-200 chicks and a new milk cow to enhance the children’s daily diets.

The Tumaini Team’s Eliud sent us his assessment of what would be needed to enhance their current agricultural program in order to combat food shortages.

Hello CMC team,

Good to hear from you. Coming up with a coop structure would not be a problem. We will use local materials here to set up a small building. We are also thinking of starting small as we grow the project. We could consider starting with 100 to 200 chicks. One-month old chick is ideal, and it would cost $4.

In regard to cows, we will also set up a small dairy structure to accommodate two to three good quality milk cows. The board is ready to come up with this structure. A good productive breed would cost $1000. After consolidating sales of the cows that we have now, we hope to be able to raise funds that can help us to secure one good milk cow and probably remain with some change to help with purchase of feed. We are all excited about these two small projects. Thank you for your prayers and consideration.

Yours in Christ’s service,

Eliud

Our friends at the youth center are experiencing the same disruption’s and hardships that we all face due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Though nobody here is sick yet—Thank God. We are experiencing many side effects of the Pandemic. Due to the complications of Covid and a harsh locust season, food prices have increased drastically. Medical and sanitizing products are also difficult to obtain In Kenya.

Tumaini Youth Center July 2020

At present, our Children are not in public schools, so we are doing our best to keep them socially distanced and on track with their studies. We are very thankful for the prayers from our supporter’s, please keep them coming. We truly are all in this together. These times are hard for everyone, but with your support we will persevere. May God bless you all and keep you safe.

As we can see from our recent photos, Tumaini Youth Centers Banana forest is thriving alongside the children living at the center.

This banana agricultural project was planned in 2017 and planted in early 2018. In 2020 it is producing a delicious and nutritious food source for the youth center. Most of the children are on a two-week break from school in early January. Because of the break there is opportunity for the children to work in their-established gardens and crops. Busy hands are happy hands!

AICTYC gardens grow Corn, Tomatoes, Beans, and Cabbage for their own consumption. They also grow feed crops for the Cows, Goats and Chickens on site. Extra’s are not wasted but sold for income or shared with the local community churches.