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Mumias Township Primary School (BOYS)
Older children attending the Noah's Ark day care centre are taught at nearby Mumias Township primary school. The Nasio Trust continues to provide meals, medication and other support to these children until they have finished school.
CHILDREN SEEKING A SPONSOR
Date of birth: 1998
Family history: Father died of AIDS related disease. Caleb lives with his mother who runs a small kiosk growing and selling vegetables for a living. He has two sisters, Lucy Wanga and Edith Wesa, and two brothers, Edwin Shiundu and Juma Shiundu. All five children attend the centre.
If you would like to sponsor Caleb, please click here.
Date of birth: 1998
Family history: Father died of AIDS related disease. Mother grows and sells vegetables for a living.
If you would like to sponsor Ibrahim, please click here.
Date of birth: Unknown
Family history: Unknown
If you would like to sponsor Asmin, please click here.
Date of birth: 1999
Family history: Stephen lives with his grandmother, who works as a domestic help.
If you would like to sponsor Stephen, please click here.
Date of birth: 2000
Family history: Father died of lung cancer, mother died of AIDS related disease. Emmanuel lives with his grandmother who is too old and frail to work. He has a brother, James Onyango, who also attends the centre.
If you would like to sponsor Emmanuel, please click here.
Date of birth: 1998
Family history: Hassan lives with his maternal grandmother, Zainab Namukum. His father died in 2004. His mother is still alive but married elsewhere and does not provide for her own children. The upbringing is entirely in the hands of the grandmother. The grandmother cultivates one acre of land and also works for other people to earn a living. Her house is too small to accommodate her and her three grandchildren. Hassam has two sisters, Mwanamisi and Asha Okutoyi, who also attend the centre.
If you would like to sponsor Hassam, please click here.
Date of birth: 1999
Family history: Father died of AIDS related disease, mother too ill to work. Ibrahim has two sisters and one brother.
If you would like to sponsor Ibrahim, please click here.
 
Date of birth: 24 December 1998
Family history: Peter is an orphan. No information is known about Peter's parents. He lives with his paternal aunt, Godliver Omondi who is physically handicapped and uses a wheelchair. She works as a receptionist at the Mumias Municipal Council, their living conditions are favourable and their economic situation is stable. Peter came to the centre in 2005, he is happy and cheerful. When Peter grows up he wants to be a doctor.
If you would like to sponsor Peter, please click here.
Date of birth: 2002
Family history: Father died of lung cancer, mother died of AIDS related disease. James lives with his grandmother who is too old and frail to work. He has a brother, Emmanuel Ochienga, who also attends the centre
If you would like to sponsor James, please click here.
Date of birth: 1995
Family history: Peter lives with his aunt who works as a domestic help.
If you would like to sponsor Peter, please click here.
Date of birth: 1997
Family history: Father died of AIDS related disease. Edwin lives with his mother who runs a small kiosk growing and selling vegetables for a living. He has two sisters, Lucy Wanga and Edith Wesa, and two brothers, Caleb Maloba and Juma Shiundu. All five children attend the centre.
If you would like to sponsor Edwin, please click here.
Date of birth: 1998
Family history: Father died of AIDS related disease. Juma lives with his mother who runs a small kiosk growing and selling vegetables for a living. He has two sisters, Lucy Wanga and Edith Wesa, and two brothers, Caleb Maloba and Edwin Shiundu. All five children attend the centre.
If you would like to sponsor Juma, please click here.
 
Date of birth: September 1998
Family history: Hamza lives with his paternal grandmother who sells maize and has a semi-permanent house and low economic status. Hamza and Sumeya Machani Issa (who also attends the centre) have the same father but different mothers. Their father died in 2001 of an AIDS related illness, and Hamza’s mother is also dead but the year is not known. Hamza was found happy and healthy looking and came to the centre in 2005. Hamza wants to be a teacher when he grows up.
Hamza is supported by a UK sponsor.
 
Date of birth: 10 April 1996
Family history: Fadhili lives with his paternal uncle who earns his living with one dairy animal meaning their living standards are not up to date. This was portrayed from how the child was found in tattered and dirty clothes with his food being served on utensils. Fadhili’s mother died in 2004 and his father died in 2003, both from AIDS related illnesses. Fadhili has a twin brother, Yassin Magero, and the two have been separated each living with different uncles. The uncles have a rift between them as each one wants guardianship of both the twins and each uncle speaks ill of the other. Fadhili wants to be a doctor when he’s older.
Fadhili is supported by a UK sponsor.
Date of birth: 1998
Family history: Rajab lives with his mother. The whereabouts of his father is unknown.
Rajab is supported by a UK sponsor.
 
Date of birth: 10 April 1996
Family history: Yassin lives in a sizeable semi-permanent house with his uncle and is comfortable and happy. They work on one acre of land and sell milk for a living. His mother died in 2004 and his father died in 2003. Yassin has a twin brother, Fadhili Kumaruti, and the two have been separated each living with different uncles. The uncles have a rift between them as each one wants guardianship of both the twins and each uncle speaks ill of the other. Yassin has a ringworm infection that doesn’t respond to treatment, the plan is for Yassin to be dewormed and then the infection treated. Yassin wants to be a teacher when he grows up.
Yassin is supported by a UK sponsor.
 
Date of birth: January 1995
Family history: Victor's father died in 1996 and his mother in 1999. Victor lives with his best friends, Hamza Osundwa and Malik Were, and their father and step-mother. Victor came to the centre in 2003 in tatters and desperate.
Victor is supported by a UK sponsor.
Date of birth: 2002
Family history: Daniel lives with his Grandma and on a plot bought by his Grandma's son. The Grandma has no land and so survives by working for other people. She lives with four grandchildren and has no proper source of income for looking after them. We have no details on Daniel's parents. His younger cousin, Shadrack Neteide, and older sister, Electine Khambaya, also attend the centre.
Daniel is supported by a UK sponsor.
Date of birth: Unknown
Family history: Moses lives with Irene Mudenyo's daughter JoAn. She is economically stable and has a very supportive family. They live in a big house within a good environment. Moses was abandoned in Irene's sugar can field by an unknown parent and was found by Irene looking weary, hungry and bitten by insects. Moses is referred to as the child founder of Noah's Ark day care centre in 2003. No family history in known. When Moses is older he wants to be a pilot.
Moses is supported by a UK sponsor.
 
Date of birth: 6 January 1994
Family history: Hamza's mother died in 2002. He and his brother Malik Were live with their father and step-mother in one very small room. Their best friend, orphan Victor Maloba Oulo, also lives with them. Hamza was emaciated and undernourished when he first came to the centre in 2003. Hamza wants to be a teacher when he grows up.
Hamza is supported by a UK sponsor.
 
Date of birth: 18 June 2000
Family history: Kevin lives with his mother who works as a hairdresser. They live in a small semi-permanent rented house. No information is known about Kevin's father. Kevin came to the centre in 2005 and when he grows up he wants to be a pilot.
Kevin is supported by a UK sponsor.
 
Date of birth: 10 April 1996
Family history: Malik's mother died in 2002. He and his brother Hamza Osundwa live with their father and step-mother in one very small room. Their best friend, orphan Victor Maloba Oulo, also lives with them. When Malik grows up he wants to be a policeman.
Malik is supported by a UK sponsor.
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