Kenya Help is blessed to have 2 local representatives in Kenya. Dorcas & Stella are our ears and eyes on the ground in Kenya. They monitor our current projects and scholarship recipients, investigate new possibilities and help plan local details of future mission awareness trips.

Dorcas & Stella

Marriage Enrichment

Kenya Help was invited by a group of local churches to run Marriage Enrichment events in Kenya. Two members of Kenya Help are trained facilitators with CMEA (Couples for Marriage Enrichment Australia). Linda & Rob travelled to Kenya to run the first of these events, a 3 day series of seminars and workshops in August 2010 (26th - 28th). As the planning for this first event progressed, it grew to include over 75 couples - pastors from over 40 churches from Uganda and Kenya.

 

Many of the participating couples cannot afford the cost of attending these seminars which includes travelling costs, accommodation and food. Kenya Help helps to sponsor these events and we would value any donations towards this project. Note: Kenya Help members travelling to Kenya pay their own way.There was also a 2nd event the following week for a different group from the other side of Nairobi: an evening event for 7 couples.

We are excited about this new project and it's potential for impacting and improving many lives in Kenya.

Marriage Enrichment events are attended by couples who value their marriage and who want their relationship to be strong and enduring. They want to learn skills and have experiences that help them increase their marital intimacy and mutual understanding. They are committed to the present and future growth of their marriage. Small group process, including private and public couple dialogue, aids couples in learning that “we are not alone” in dealing with the typical issues in marriage. Learning new skills, sharing from experience, and affirming each other within a small group of caring couples provides powerful support for building positive bonds in marriage.

During the 2012 Mission Awareness Trip it was encouraging to meet a man at a church on the other side of Nairobi who greeted us by saying that he had attended the Marriage Enrichment event in 2010. He told us that it had changed his life and that he had since committed his life to God and was now a part of this church. (He had moved to that side of Nairobi).

Elyon High School is located in a slum area of Nairobi known as Dagoretti Corner. It was established to provide high school education for students from the local area that cannot normally afford to attend high school. Each student pays what they can afford with the balance being covered by sponsors of the Dagoretti Corner Self Help Group, an organisation established by Pastor William Eyika from the Dagoretti Corner Baptist Church.

Photo Books

We produce a photo book of each of our trips to Kenya. These books are one way we can share our experiences and passion with many people. You can click on the image below to preview the first of these books. You can also help support Kenya Help by purchasing your own copy online.

Kenya Help now has a presence on Facebook.
The Facebook page mainly focuses on our Mission Awareness Trip to Kenya in January 2012.