SINGLE MOMS PROJECT

Good News! Our single moms program now has the 10 that we wanted for our pilot project. We are excited that new girls with babies or who are ready to deliver entered our Eastleigh program last week. We would like to have sponsors for these girls, all of whom have been in hopeless situations until now. Someone for them to write to, someone who prays for them, someone who supports their growth at MITS -- this will help their confidence and desire to change their lives. Please write Charles Coulston at charles.coulston@made-in-the-streets.org if you wish to be a friend and sponsor to one of these girls with a baby.

There are six of them who need a sponsor. Here are pictures and information about two of them so you can see. If you write and ask for one of our girls with babies, we will immediately write you back and send a picture and additional info about how to be a sponsor.

Veronica Wambui grew up in a house with an alcoholic father who beat his children, including the third born Veronica, and then chased her from the house. One night when sh

e was chased she ended up in the house of a man who got her pregnant; she was 14 at the time. She came to Nairobi to be with her aunt, who chased her away when she found out she was pregnant. Later her mother came and found her, but the mother has been diagnosed HIV positive and no longer cares for Veronica. Veronica gave birth a few days after entering our program. At first the baby was called "Yvonne" but now she is Hollye Wanjiru (the Conways are dearly loved by the girls in the Eastleigh program). This picture was taken on her first visit to Kamulu; the girls come out every other weekend to be with our family at Kamulu. Her date of birth is September 2, 1993.

Cecilia Mwenza grew up in Mwingi, a small city East of Nairobi. A sister and brother have died, so she has one brother. She completed the 8th grade and took the KCPE exams. She got pregnant with a boy in her school class, but he had no way to care for her, and would not. She came to Nairobi to live with her mother, who is a barmaid in Huruma (next to Mathare Valley). Her mother came home drunk always, would abuse her and would give her no food, so she was left on her own with the baby. Her little boy is named Eric Mwedaka (birthday April 5, 2009). Cecilia's birthdate is June 3, 1994. She says she wants to be a dressmaker.

These are just two of the girls who need your help, encouragement and love. Sign up today!