• HELP ME…. HELP OTHERS LESS FORTUNATE!
  
  
  As of earlier this year, I quit work because I felt my life moving in a different direction.  Feeling very grateful and blessed for all that I have, I want to give back!
  
  You all know how I love to travel and I've been to many places but never in my wildest dream thought I'd travel to Africa! (which was never on my bucket list) Well, never say never as I've been given an opportunity to go on a 3 week missionary/tour/safari to Kenya this August 2019. By the grace of God, I will get to see a few charities that are close to my good friend and parish priest, Father James Kairu's heart. I've decided to pick this one charity “Sigomre Small Home” to help fund raise some much needed money for the physically challenged children at Sigomre Small Home.
  
  I am drawn to Sigomre Small Home and will get to witness first hand what this charity is all about. I want to help them. In order to help those less fortunate than us, I am appealing to you…my friends, to help me help this charity by donating USD20 to my cause. If you wish to donate more, that would be fantastic and gratefully accepted (unfortunately am not able to issue a tax receipt). I have an ambitious goal of USD10,000 to fund raise.  On top of every dollar donated by you, I will match those donations up to USD10,000 myself to make my target of USD20,000 which is in the proposal from Sigomre Small Home shown below. I will happily take whatever total donations collected and distribute them to this charity in need.
  
  I want to sincerely thank you for your generosity and may God bless you for your kindness. If you want to share this with your other friends to help out too, that would be most appreciated. I will keep you posted when I go to Kenya.
  
  During a convocation speech,  actor Denzel Washington once said:
  “don't just aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference!”
  
  Sincerely,
  Elaine

PROPOSAL FOR FUNDING:
FUNDS TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE, NUTRITION AND EDUCATION TO PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED CHILDREN

BENEFICIARIES:    PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED CHILDREN

AMOUNT REQUESTED:    USD20,000 (Kenyan shilling 2,000,000)

IMPLEMENTING INSTITUTION:
SIGOMRE SMALL HOME FOR PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED CHILDREN

INTRODUCTION
Sigomre Small Home is a Catholic Sponsored Institution that takes care of 72 physically challenged children in Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu in Siaya County Ugunja Sub-County, Sigomre Village.

It was started in 1986 to provide accommodation, healthcare and education to abandoned, physically challenged children aged 3 – 25 years old, it is both home-based and residence.

We are a registered organization with the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Services, the National Association of People with Disabilities, and in the progress of registering with the Ministry of Education.

PROBLEM SUMMARY
Sigomre Small Homes as it is called, was started after there were many cases reported about:
Abandonment by parents/relatives to living with disabilities.
There were believes that they were curses in the families and community.
No early management to reduce further disability.
No assistive devices to help in mobility.
Poor nutrition especially to children living with cerebral palsy.
Poor health

JUSTIFICATION
With the above problems, there was need to support these children to access educational facilities.
To help them access to relevant health care.
To reduce the discrimination by their parents and relatives.
To reduce social stigma in their families
To improve their nutrition and provide them with assistive devices to children in need.
To empower their families (parents)

GOAL
Sigomre Small Home's goal is to rescue these physically challenged children who have lost hope in life, to meet their basic needs and develop their skills.
To improve proper nutrition in the affected families
To improve the mobility of those in need.
To create and educate the affected families and communities.
To reduce long distance to the learning facility.

ACTIVITIES
Take physically challenged children to relevant hospitals and clinics and provide assistive devices and monthly screening.
Pay school levies/uniforms to physically handicapped and boarding services.
Empower parents/guardians with soft loans/agricultural inputs.
Continue home visits.
Family and community education
Clothing
Provide food supplement to young children.

OBJECTIVE INDICATORS OUTPUTS
Children access to education facilities
Vocational training centre available
Corrective surgery and screening done every month.
Daily physiotherapy services and availability of assistive devices.
Boarding facility.

PROPOSED BUDGET REQUESTED
PARTICULARS                         QUANTITY          UNIT COST         AMOUNT (KSHS.)
Corrective measures                15 Children          60,000                   990,000
School levies                              40 Children         10,000                    400,000
Assistive devices                       10 Children         25,000                    225,000
Nutrition Management             50 Children         5,000                      225,000
Soft loans                                   20 Children         5,000                      100,000
Workshop                                   20 Children         2,000                        40,000
Home/Community visits         50 Children         1,000                        50,000
Transport & Communication                                                                 10,000
TOTAL                                                                                               2,000,000