KENYA
Reports of extreme poverty, lack of training opportunities for young people, migration to cities, corruption, terrorism, AIDS and malaria – the news from Africa is similar every year. Nehemiah International Kenya therefore maintains an education and training center near Kisumu where young people and young adults are supported in all areas of life: the Miwani Center. With agriculture and dairy farming, a small bakery, a farm shop and a health center on the premises, the Miwani Center complements and improves the supply structure of the people from the surrounding villages.
Capital: Nairobi
Size: 582,646 sq qkm
Population: ca. 39 Mio.
Location: Kisumu
Team Leader Michael Ndeda
Language: Swahili
Aid Projects of Nehemiah International Kenya
Sponsorships for
School Education
Education in Kenya is expensive – too expensive for many families who, in addition to the high school fees, also have to pay for learning materials, a school uniform and transport to school.
With a sponsorship program the nehemia team supports children and young people in the Miwani Center as well as selected children and young people of the surrounding villages, who thereby receive a good school education and sufficient care. For them this means having a real perspective for the future.
Vocational Training Center
In September 2024, the nehemia team’s vocational training centre welcomed its first trainees. Up to 30 young adults will attend various training programmes in the future.
In addition to professional qualifications, the nehemia centre promotes personal development and strength of character.
The training centre is partly funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Sponsorships for
Vocational Training
The newly launched SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMME FOR TRAINEES also offers young adults from poor backgrounds the chance of training. Training places for thirty young people are being created at the Miwani Centre.
In this way, the vocational training of young people in the rural district of Kisumu can be sustainably promoted. Another positive aspect will be that the young people will stay in the region and use and multiply the skills they have learnt there.
News from Kenya
Nancy – my life after nehemia
“Rebuilding a generation after God’s own heart” is written over the entrance to the Nehemiah Miwani Centre near Kisumu in Kenya. It is also the motto of the Nehemiah Team there. Nancy Cherono is a representative of that new generation, which has grown up in the Miwani...
Catastrophic rain in Kenya
RAIN! In Germany, farmers long for it - in Kenya it has been raining excessively for three and a half months. Due to the persistent rains, nearly 200 people died in the Kisumu region alone and more than 1,400 families lost their shelter. Particularly affected was the...
New Staff at Miwani Center
2017 was a challenging year for the Miwani farm project. A persistent drought and the subsequent fire, which destroyed a large portion of the croplands, threw back the farm development quite a bit. Thankfully, a new pastor could be found: Maureen. Maureen Faith Samba,...
Miwani 2.0 – A new hope for Kenya!
In December Hans Heidelberger met with the direction of "Nehemiah International Kenya" and Greg Livdahl & Dr. Ernie Franz from "Nehemiah International USA" in Kisumu / Kenya. It became clear that the "Miwani Project" in its existing form, due to some mistakes from...
A Sweet Cinnamon Delight In Rural Miwani
Who would have thought that the people of rural Miwani would struggle to choose between buying a loaf of bread and indulging in a cinnamon roll? Don’t get it wrong, there’s no joy in watching the rural folks debate between the basic loaf and the tantalizing sweet...
Hands-On in Kenya
Together with Michael Dorsch and Hans Heidelberger, a team of thirteen people travelled to Kenya for two weeks in August. On the farm of our Kenyan Nehemiah Team, the Miwani Center, they helped hands-on: one whole week of painting, fitting, sawing, welding, hammering...