Tool Drive and Fundraiser - Houston, TX

A local nonprofit group, Kisumu Project, Inc., in conjunction with Solace International of Alaska and Young Generations Center (YGC) of Kenya, is sponsoring a Tool Drive and Fundraiser for a vocational school for orphans in Western Kenya.

Mbita Vocational School will be a secondary school for young people who would otherwise not receive employment skills or education in Kenya. This school will provide a free education and a "start-up career" for all students enrolled. Students will have the opportunity to be trained in automechanics, welding, carpentry, and masonry.

Kisumu Project, Inc. is looking for donors who are willing to sponsor the purchase of tools and safety equipment for students. In addition, quality used tools, safety equipment, bicycles, and funds are being raised to supply Mbita Vocational School with what it needs to teach its students.

All equipment, tools, bicycles, and donations are to be dropped off at

James Lewis Automotive
11050 Jones Road
Houston, TX
281-890-5660

Monetary donations can be made via credit card or account transfer using Pay Pal. Checks may be mailed to Kisumu Project, Inc, 1303 Wright Street, El Campo, Texas, 77437. Please clearly mark the checks for "Vocational School tools." Cash and check donations may also be left at

Epiphany Lutheran Church
8101 Senate
Houston, TX (in Jersey Village)
713-896-1773.

Please drop off cash/check donations in an envelope that is clearly marked "Kisumu Project, Inc, Tools Fundraiser." For information, you can email us at kisumuprojectinc@gmail.com or call 979-543-8422 or 713-896-0209.

Please contact: kisumuprojectinc@gmail.com for further assistance.

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"If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth." - 1 John 3:17-18

Epiphany Lutheran Church and School

Epiphany Lutheran Church and School has partnered with Kisumu Project, Inc. to assist and develop spiritual communities in and around the Kisumu, Kenya, area. At present, Epiphany Lutheran Church and School have collected $3000 in donations for Esibila Primary School.

http://www.epiphany-lcms.org/

Migosi Family Focus Group

Migosi Family Focus Group (MFFG) is an organization that offers street children in Kisumu, Kenya, shelter, food, health care, education, and employment. MFFG also offers assistance for the reunification and reintegration of street children back into their family when it is a viable option.

Individual counseling and group discussions enable the street children in this program to express their feelings and hopes to help them gain new perspectives and develop a meaning in life. You may learn more about the Migosi Family Focus Group at http://migosifamilyfocusgroup.blogspot.com/ or http://beta.razoo.com/groups/migosi_family_focus_group.

Kisumu Project, Inc. is looking for individual donors or organizations who are willing to support the contracting of a Kisumu area doctor who can provide check-ups, medications, and care for the street children who are in the process of being rehabilitated by the Migosi Family Focus Group. Additionally, Kisumu Project, Inc. hopes to provide a support network that will allow Migosi Family Focus Group to continue their feeding program for street children. You may contact Kisumu Project, Inc. at kisumuprojectinc@gmail.com.

YGC and Solace International

Solace International is a grassroots non-profit aid organization that works with communities in developing countries to help create educational and economic opportunities for children and adults. One such organization is Young Generation Center (YGC) in the Manyatta slum of Kisumu, Kenya. YGC is home to 90 orphans.

http://solaceinternational.org/sp_kenya.html

Recently, Solace International helped YGC in the construction of a school in Manyatta. At present, Solace International is assisting in the construction of a YGC Vocational School in Mbita, Kenya.

Through combined efforts, Kisumu Project, Inc. and Solace International are implementing a "Tools Drive and Fundraiser" to ship both used and new tools to Mbita to be used in YGC's Vocational School for orphans. The tools donated to this project will be used to teach orphans vocational skills in automotive mechanics, masonry, carpentry, and metal working.

Kisumu Project, Inc. is looking for donors in Texas and the surrounding area who can donate both new and used tools for this event. You may contact Kisumu Project, Inc. at 979-543-8422 or 713-896-0209. You may also contact us through email at kisumuprojectinc@gmail.com.

What is Kisumu Project, Inc?

If you simply Google Kisumu Project, you will pull up quite a few hits under both "Kisumu" and "project." Although you will find a number of "projects" in Kisumu, you must look for "Kisumu Project, Inc." to have our specific projects and organization. Kisumu Project, Inc. is a nonprofit group that aspires to help the people of Kisumu, Kenya, deal with the atrocities associated with poverty and disease.

Kisumu Project, Inc. was conceived in November 2004 as the brain child of Kenneth Osore. Kenneth was born and raised near Kisumu. When returning home to the Kisumu area in 2004, Kenneth was horrified by the economic situation that had developed. Although he knew the area and people well, he was shocked by the ravage of disease and poverty.

Kenneth's fervor and desire to make the world a better place led him to form Kisumu Project, Inc., a nonprofit organization (501c3). Kisumu Project, Inc. achieved status as an official nonprofit organization in December 2004.

Beginning in January 2005, Kisumu Project, Inc, with the help of numerous friends and family members started shipping needed medical supplies, equipment, food, and other needed supplies to Kenya. Since 2005, a shipment is quarterly sent to Kenya thanks to donations provided by the generous people who share Kisumu Project, Inc.'s desire to help the needy.

Kisumu Project, Inc. - Kenya, is a nonprofit organization that works with organizations in the United States and Kenya to bring improved education, health care, spiritual guidance, and related services to Western Kenya.

American & Kenyan schools, organizations, churches, and individuals work to:

- Refurbish Schools through upgrades (i.e. restrooms & water wells), repairs, and shipments of books and supplies,

- Assist needy clinics, dispensaries, and hospitals through shipments of medical equipment and supplies,

- Provide Christian Communications through Radio Tower Installations with community distributed fix-tuned radios and Solar Powered I-Pods with the New Testament installed,

- Construct water wells for communities and schools without a clean water source,

- Provide care for orphans and children of poverty through the building of a free vocational boarding school for children. It is the intention of this school/project to provide students not only with an academic education, but a foundation in micro-enterprises so that each graduate has the opportunity to make a strong impact upon the development of Kenya as an economic stronghold.

Kisumu Project – Kenya volunteers raise funds to not only rebuild schools and communities in Western Kenya, but to raise cultural awareness about the global crises occurring throughout Africa. Volunteers visit schools and organizations to present on topics such as water and sanitation development, plight of the orphans of Africa, cultures of Kenya, Kenya through the Eyes of a Child, to name a few.

You can learn more about Kisumu Project, Inc. and its projects by visiting: http://www.kisumuprojectinc.org.

You may contact Kisumu Project, Inc. volunteers at kisumuprojectinc@gmail.com.