Our Work
East Africa Children's Hope grew from an idea among friends to a charity with the ability to help thousands of people in a life-changing way.
Our mission is to support vulnerable and orphaned children in East Africa by providing access to primary, secondary and post-secondary education, with a particular emphasis on supporting charitable organizations led by East Africans.
EACH is a registered 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public charity.
Our Work
East Africa Children's Hope grew from an idea among friends to a charity with the ability to help thousands of people in a life-changing way.
Our mission is to support vulnerable and orphaned children in East Africa by providing access to primary, secondary and post-secondary education, with a particular emphasis on supporting charitable organizations led by East Africans.
EACH is a registered 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public charity.
Upendo School
& Children's Home
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UPENDO SCHOOL’S HISTORY
Upendo School and Children’s Home (also known as Upendo Children’s Rehabilitation Centre) is an NGO Certified orphanage and school located in the rural Murang’a East district in Kenya’s Central Province.
Upendo, founded by Eunice Komotho in 1997, began as an organization that provided local needy children with food, clothing, medication, education as well as counseling. In 2002, Upendo expanded its scope and began an orphanage for seven young girls. These seven young children ranged in age from eight months to three years old and were cared for by a house mother, assistant and a night guard. With the help of the local community, the Upendo Children’s Home was built and consisted of a dormitory and a kitchen.
Since 2002, six classrooms have been constructed in addition to volunteer quarters and a water tank. Upendo educates more than 200 primary students each year. In addition, 39 of the children at Upendo have graduated primary school! Currently, three of the girls will be in secondary school, and 10 of the Upendo children who graduated from secondary school are attending college or trade school, and a total of X of our students have graduated from college!
The Future of Upendo
Upendo plans to continue and educate the more than 50 orphaned girls through sponsorships to secondary school and post-secondary school. These sponsorships will allow the girls to continue their education while learning a sense of independence that will carry them through the rest of their lives. Their secondary education will help them escape the cycle of poverty they currently face in rural Murang’a.
