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

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.

Miwani Center

The Miwani Center is an education and training center in which young people and young adults are supported in all areas of life. Through 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.

Events

Camps and training courses for children and young people take place time and again on the premises of the Miwani Center.

News from Kenya

SCHOOL FEES AND POVERTY – BARRIERS TO EDUCATION IN KENYA

SCHOOL FEES AND POVERTY – BARRIERS TO EDUCATION IN KENYA

Giving a child the best in life is every parent's dream but achieving this comes with amongst other things quality education. Obviously, a good school is the necessary tool for cementing a strong foundation for any child. Unfortunately, because of the numerous...

Nancy – my life after nehemia

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!

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

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...