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What is Bala? The Bala Mercy Orphanage and Children’s Centre exists to love and care for the children, providing food, clothing, an education and medical care as they have no-one else to look after them.The centre was started in 1999 by the current director Rev Domnic Ochoo, whose also the leader of WORD AFLAME FELLOWSHIP CHURCH IN KENYA. The Centre, located near Homa Bay in South-Western Kenya, currently looks after around 500 children from the surrounding area, and Runs four other orphanages in Kuria Regions,Siaya,OLand-Suba and Migori.a number of whom were street children. They are placed with local families – this is the Kenyan orphanage model. The Centre is a source of real, practical help and support for these children, and it provides pastoral care to nurture the children and make up for what their parents can no longer give. Where is Bala? The Centre is 500 kms, from Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, and Homa Bay, the nearest major town, is 40 kms, away, on the shores of Lake Victoria. Seasonal flooding periodically makes the local roads and tracks impassable which brings communications to a halt.The other Orphanage Word Of Hope Orphanage on the western side of Kisumu, the third largest city in kenya, Kuria on the southern part about 230 km from kisumu.Olando south West of Homabay Town, 50 kms from Homa-Bay Town, Word Aflame Orphanage 30 kms outside Migori Town which 190 kms from Kisumu city. And the Kisumu street kids programe and Babycare centre project coming up in Kisumu city. The Organization was started in 1999 with 50 children and so far has increseased to 500 at the Bala Mercy the main Centre, and Over 3000 children in the five Orphanages Combined together. WHERE DO THE CHILDREN COME FROM? Bala main centre,serves a catchment which is defined by how far the children can walk – up to 12 miles. This area is mainly rural and has no major towns, but is densely populated by families living in settlements in the bush. The main activity is subsistence farming.and same in the other areas where are Orphanages. History The founder, Bishop Dominic Ochoo, who started taking children into his home in 2000, is a man of great integrity who commands respect from all who know him. He has a great love for the children, and has a very practical focus on what Bala is trying to achieve now and in the future; and how to ensure the children can fulfil their potential. Bishop Ochoo says: "We intend to help these orphans who otherwise would have little hope for the future. We have the will, but need the funds to help us provide the basic necessities and to develop a long-term solution and to enable the orphanage to become self-sufficient."Bishop Ochoo is well qualified to provide the day to day administration of the orphanage Alongside the other activites such as chuch work, Professional advice will be sought to ensure the best options are provided, be it for building, farming, vocational training, or education aspects. Bala Mercy Children's Centre and Orphanage Project is caring for over 1000 children. These are orphans, abandoned children, street children, disadvantaged and poor children. a Free
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