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Mumias Township Primary School (GIRLS)
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: 2002
Family history: Father died of lung cancer, mother remarried and abandoned children. Diana has two sisters and three brothers, including Collins Ambani, and all six children live with their grandmother who is too old and frail to work.
If you would like to sponsor Diana, please click here.
Date of birth: 2001
Family history: Zuleia's mother works as a domestic help, the whereabouts of her father is unknown.
If you would like to sponsor Zuleia, please click here.
 
Date of birth: 20 July 1999
Family history: Sumeya lives with her paternal grandmother who sells maize and has a semi-permanent house and low economic status. Sumeya and Hamza Issa (who also attends the centre) have the same father but different mothers. Their father died in 2001. Sumeya's mother is alive but HIV positive and very sickly. When she is able, her mother works as a domestic help. When Sumeya is older she wants to be a teacher.
If you would like to sponsor Sumeya, please click here.
Date of birth: 1999
Family history: Jasinta's mother works as a domestic help, the whereabouts of her father is unknown. Jasinta has three sisters and one brother.
If you would like to sponsor Jasinta, please click here.
 
Date of birth: 9 November 1999
Family history: Amidah's father died of an AIDS related illness. She lives with her mother in a well furnished semi-permanent house. Her mother sells maize for a living. Amidah also lives with her step sister Shammy (they have the same father who died in May 2001) who also attends the centre. Amidah came to the centre in 2003 and is happy, clean and healthy looking. When Amidah is older she wants to be a nurse.
If you would like to sponsor Amidah, please click here.
SPONSORED CHILDREN
Date of birth: 1999
Family history: Both parents are dead; Vivian is under the care of The Nasio Trust.
Vivian is supported by a UK sponsor.
Date of birth: 3 June 1997
Family history: Zakia lives in a well-manned homestead with her Grandmother and Grandfather. Her Grandfather is a businessman (runs a Posho Mill) and her Grandmother is a subsistent farmer therefore provision of essential physiological necessities is not a problem. However Zakia’s father died in 2002 and mother in 1999, Zakia has two other siblings who she also lives with. She came to the centre in 2005 and was and still is happy and lively. When she grows up she wants to be a doctor.
Zakia is supported by a UK sponsor.
 
Date of birth: March 1997
Family history: Electine lives with her Grandma and on a plot bought by her 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 Electine's parents. Her younger cousin, Shadrack Neteide, and younger brother, Daniel Manyasa, also attend the centre. When Electine is older she wants to be a doctor.
Electine is supported by a UK sponsor.
Date of birth: 2001
Family history: Amida's mother works as a domestic help, the whereabouts of her father is unknown. Amida has one brother, Rajab Kweyu, who also attends the centre.
Amida is supported by a UK sponsor.
Date of birth: 1996
Family history: Asha lives with her maternal grandmother, Zainab Namukum. Her father died in 2004. Her 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. Asha has a brother; Hassan Okutoyi and a sister; Mwanamisi Okutoyi.
Asha is supported by a UK sponsor.
 
Date of birth: 5 July 2000
Family history: Mwanamisi lives with her maternal grandmother, Zainab Namukum. Her father died in 2004. Her 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. Mwanamisi has a brother; Hassan Okutoyi and a sister; Asha Okutoyi. When Mwanamisi is older she wants to be a teacher.
Mwanamisi is supported by a UK sponsor.
 
Date of birth: 23 May 2000
Family history: Family history: Father died of AIDS related disease. Lucy lives with her mother who who runs a small kiosk growing and selling vegetables for a living. She has one sister, Edith Wesa, and three brothers, Edwin Shiundu, Juma Shiundu and Caleb Maloba. All five children attend the centre. When Lucy is older, she wants to be a teacher.
Lucy is supported by a UK sponsor.
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