Kenya is a land with some 42 tribes, each with their distinctive characteristics.  The economy is predominantly agricultural, though light industry and tourism make a significant contribution.  There are high levels of literacy but education is restricted to those who can afford the school fees.   Following the disputed elections in January 2008, tribal hostilities and rioting broke out in many parts of the country, and many were forced to flee their homes.  Many are still without a home or job and poverty is rife.   World In Need Kenya started in the northern area of Isiolo and established work amongst the Borana women, a tribe related to peoples in Ethiopia.  However the focus has now moved to the Western Kenya and a major project to create a training centre to service the whole of East Africa is in the process of being established. Foundations  are in place at the Lesslie Newbigin Training Centre  (LNTC) for a new church, library, computer room, accommodation bloc for the student missionaries, kitchen, and dining hall.  The building work will be completed as funds become available.  A tractor repair and maintenance unit will provide practical training and sustainable income for the Centre. The graduates will go out to the regions that have the greatest need to use their knowledge and skills to benefit the local community.   Another project has seen the construction of a primary school for children from the poorest families and its staff recently appointed.  Fundraising is still needed to construct toilets and to provide wooden desks and tables for the children.   WIN’s Director has recently been involved with the reconciliation movement amongst the Kikuyu, Kalenjin and Luo tribes. Micro finance for out of work people is also being made available.  Work in the Kangema slum of Nairobi goes on and many of the children there have been helped to gain an education.  Currently 35 children are receiving on-going support through the child sponsorship programme.

Kenson Mourice WIN/KEN/SOY/076   Kenson is in class 6 at the Nancy George Academy in Soy.  He lives with his maternal grandmother.  Kenson is the child of a single parent and his mother works as a labourer at a local missionary organisation.  He and his mother stay with the grandmother in a grass thatched house on 1 ½ acres where they do a little farming.  Since attending the above school, he has not been consistent due to being unable to pay school fees.  Kenson is a hard working boy if he can have his school fees paid.  His dream is to be a pilot.  Would you be willing to sponsor Kenson?	Carious Sichangi WIN/KEN/SOY/077   Carious is in class six at the Nancy George Academy.  He comes from a single parent family and his mother is Pamella who works as a brick maker on her l/4 acre farm.  At the same time she has a small kiosk on the same farm, selling her bricks.  Together with his mother, brother and aunt, they live in a two-roomed house five kilometres from the school.  Though Carious was admitted to the school earlier this year, he has never paid school fees.  He is a capable boy who badly needs to be sponsored so he can continue to go to school.  Would you consider sponsoring Carious?	Christopher Buronya WIN/KEN/SOY/079   Christopher is enrolled at the Nancy George Academy and is in class five.  He lives with both his father, Nicholas and his mother, Violet.  His mother is a housewife. His father is a casual labourer in a quarry in the town of Eldoret.  They live in a very tiny house about six kilometres from the school and he walks to school each day.  Christopher was admitted to school earlier this year but he has never been able to pay his school fees. He is an industrious boy who wants to study medicine later in life.  Christopher will not be able to continue his schooling unless his school fees are paid.  Will you sponsor him so he can continue going to school?
Kelvin Ekipor WIN/KEN/SOY/080   Kelvin is 11 years of age and is in class five at the Nancy George Academy.  Kelvin is an orphan and he stays with a well-wisher named Rebecca Milei.  His father was a pastor in a nearby town at one time before he died.  Though he began coming to school earlier in the year, he is regularly absent due to poor health and not being able to pay the school fees.  He lives one kilometre from the school.  If the school had boarding facilities, Kelvin would prosper by this environment.  His dream is to become a teacher of mathematics.  If you could sponsor Kelvin, it would help him achieve his dream	Loyce Adisa WIN/KEN/SOY/081   Loyce is in grade five at the Nancy George Academy.  Her parents are both tailors.  They live in a semi-permanent house with one acre of land about five kilometres from the school.  She is the last born of five older children.   She does not go to school regularly because the family cannot afford the school fees.  She is bright and needs to be in school every day.  If you could sponsor Loyce, she would be able to go to school every day and her fees would be paid.  This would mean so much to the whole family.	Vylexier Kurgat WIN/KEN/SOY/082   Vylexier is in grade five at the Nancy George Academy.  She stays with her maternal grandmother in a semi-permanent house about 3.5 kilometres away from the school.  Her grandmother works in her half an acre piece of land growing vegetables for their livelihood.  Vylexier only began at the NGA school earlier this year and she has not paid anything toward her school fees.  She is an excellent child who will do so well if she is supported.  Her father works in a tea factory some 400 kilometres away.  To be able to continue her education at the Academy, she will have to begin paying school fees.  Could you help this young girl with her school fees?