Kenya Stories

The Hands and Feet of Jesus

By Brandy Campbell, with Elizabeth Karanja in Kenya — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:00:00 PDT

"Jesus loves you." The words roll easily off of Zipporah's tongue. She speaks them to her friends on the playground and to her neighbors as they bend over steaming pots of rice. Zipporah doesn't just speak about Jesus' love. She lives it. But she wasn't always this way.

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A Safe Place to Turn

By Brandy Campbell, with Elizabeth Karanja in Kenya — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:00:00 PDT

Paul dreams of one day meeting his sponsor, to thank her for the life-changing support she has offered. "Most people do not know how it feels, but getting a gift from your sponsor lifts you, encourages you that someone loves you no matter what you are going through. This makes me realize that God had a purpose in my life. "

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Compassion Responds to Crisis in Kenya

By Brandy Campbell — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:00:00 PST

Nearly a thousand Compassion-assisted children and their families crowd into refugee camps throughout Kenya. Few understand this tribal warfare that is ripping Kenya apart. But they all understand that now there are no blankets and there is no food and water.

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Jesus Is Passing This Way

Elizabeth Karanja in Kenya, with Brandy Campbell — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:00:00 PST

A Kenyan family relies on Jesus through difficult times.

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A Journey Paved With Prayers

Elizabeth Karanja in Kenya — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:00:00 PST

LDP student Esther Amati experiences the blessings and trials that come with education. Her mother strongly believed she would attend a university and through the help of her LDP sponsorship, she is able to fulfill her dreams.

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Dreaming of the Future

Ovetta Sampson, with Elizabeth Karanja in Kenya — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:00:00 PDT

Anthony struggled with a reality gripping millions of families across Africa. When AIDS enters your life can there be anything else but death? Can a family find a reason to continue when reality says the future is futile? In the midst of Anthony's struggle, Compassion's Child Survival Program at the Kiserian Child Development Center would offer this young father the courage to continue. And soon Anthony would find enough faith to believe in a future that reality told him couldn't exist.

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Food Crisis Looms in East Africa

Ovetta Sampson, with Elizabeth Karanja in Kenya and Erasto Malila in Tanzania — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:00:00 PST

Drought conditions in East Africa - notably Kenya and Tanzania - have forced another food shortage crisis to loom in the area. Read how Compassion's focus on long-term development and emphasis on releasing children from poverty is helping defeat the persistent enemy of hunger.

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A Green Famine

By Sidney Muisyo, Compassion Kenya Communications Specialist — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:00:00 PST

Kenya's famine during the past year has affected 3.3 million of the East African nation's citizens. Read about the "Green Famine" phenomenon and how Compassion Kenya's relief efforts have given hope to the communities hardest hit by ongoing drought conditions.

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Journey to Victory

By Sidney Muisyo, Compassion Kenya Communications Specialist — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:00:00 PST

Harrison Mbugua knows that Compassion sponsorship works. At the AIC Thigio Child Development Center (KE-722), young Harrison found a staff that believed in him and encouraged him to believe in himself and, most of all, in a loving heavenly Father. Although he didn't go far in school, he found a way to make his dreams come true: He started a series of successful businesses. On weekends, Harrison is a member of an evangelistic team. He thanks the Lord for his sponsor and Compassion's help.

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Jonathan Agunda - Standing Tall

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:00:00 PDT

Now in his sophomore year at Nairobi University, Leadership Development Program (LDP) student Jonathan Agunda grew up in one of the world's most notoriously impoverished communities. Though only 21, Jonathan is already a living example of how God's love lifts us up and enables us to stand tall.

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Morans Come of Age

By Sidney Muisyo, Compassion Kenya Communications Specialist — Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:00:00 PST

Morans (warriors) are the pride of Kenya's Maasai community. A few Morans from Compassion's Najile Child Development Center (KE-901) have banded together to share what they have learned about Christ with their neighbors.

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Improvements for Kenya's Children

Thu, 01 May 2003 11:00:00 PDT

Kenya's children have greater assurance of a brighter, more hopeful future thanks to a landmark measure passed in December 2001.

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