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Lewa Project
IBMP has funded rainwater harvesting tanks and a water purification
system for the Lewa Children's Home near Eldoret, Kenya. Lewa serves 87
children ranging from infants to teenagers. The clean water systems not
only ensure safe, sustainable water for the children, but the water
also nourishes the vegetable and dairy farm surrounding the children’s
home, so that children can eat healthy, farm-fresh food straight from
the field. More information about the Lewa Children's Home and Baraka
Farm can be found at www.lewachildrenshome.info.
IBMP visited the children's home in March 2007 and met with executive
director Phyllis Keino, who has devoted the past 30 years to aiding orphans
in Kenya. She identified clean water and health care as her top
priorities for the children and for the surrounding community.
 View our
photo album of the Lewa Children's Home.
As a result, IBMP is helping to construct a community health clinic in
this desperately underserved area of rural Kenya. In addition to child
and infant care, the clinic will also serve the health care needs of
thousands of families in nearby villages, which have been ravaged by
HIV/AIDS. The clinic will also serve as an education, nutrition, and
vocational training center for the region.
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