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The Shinners Centre is currently in a dire financial situation. Our partners in Holland have not been able to recive any grants for shinners this year. Our bank account has run dry and this means shinners is facing closure. We are not able to feed the children this month or pay workers for their services last month, yet most of them are teenage mothers and orphans from the slums. Usually, our partners would send money into our account every month end but they communicated letting us know the current situation. Times are hard and you can imagine what it is like for the poor, orphaned in the slums. We urgently need funds to remain open in the short term - any donation, however small, will enable us to continue feeding and educating the children for a bit longer. In the longer term we deperately need ongoing sponsorship. This will support us in our goal to become self-sustaining in the foreseeable future. We hope then to avoid a similar situation recurring. |
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The Shinners Centre is a registered, community based organisation which consists of about 15 Kenyan volunteers caring for 60 children in the Obunga slums of Kisumu, including some infected with the HIV virus. The group also supports the carers of these children who are often grandmothers, aunts and other relations who lack finacial resources. |
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By supporting local people in their own environment we aim to reduce their suffering, develop their independence and self-esteem and give them some hope for the future. We aim to ensure that children in the Obunga slums are well-nourished, healthy and educated and that their carers have the opportunity to earn a living. In addition we are striving towards self sustainability both for our organisation and for those we reach out to. |
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