Classroom Expansion

Estimated Start Date: Immediate Estimated Duration: 3 months Purpose: Education Cost: $54,000 Brief: To supply additional educational materials and classroom furniture to accommodate the recent increase in students at the Mully Children’s Family.   In 2008, MCF was directly involved in emergency intervention programs in Internally Displaced Person’s (IDP) Camps following post-election violence in Kenya.  During that time, MCF rescued and admitted several orphans and high-performing students whose families had been displaced after they completed their Grade 8 National Examinations.  This increase in students required the formation of a second Form 1 (Grade 9) Class stream at the MCF Ndalani home; and hence a need for extra classroom materials and furniture.   Funds will purchase text books and stationary and will cover the cost of raw materials for the construction of chairs, tables and 200 desks, which will be designed and built by students in MCF’s Vocational Training and Construction Departments.  Impact: Education is a key component in the rehabilitation of children under MCF’s care and a common determinant of future success in their lives.    This project will allow MCF to accommodate more vulnerable children in need and provide them with a quality education that will support their rehabilitation and reintegration back into society; and will also provide an opportunity for MCF’s Vocational students to gain marketable skills training through the construction of classroom furniture. $20 = textbooks for 1 student $50 = stationary for 5 students for 1 year $75 = desk & chairs for 2 students Support the Classroom Expansion Project. Return to top

Clinic Fridges - COMPLETE

Estimated Start Date: Immediate Estimated Duration: One-time purchase Purpose: Health Care Cost: $5,000 Brief: Purchase two refrigerator/freezer units for the Mully Children’s Family’s Health Centres at each of the Yatta and Ndalani homes to properly store medications and vaccines. One key component of MCF’s rehabilitation services for destitute children is to provide curative and preventive health care as well as comprehensive medical care for HIV infected children.  Most children are rescued with complicated ailments including tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, malnutrition related diseases, skin diseases, asthma, etc.  The medical rehabilitation of rescued children is expensive but remains a first step on their road to healing.   MCF’s clinics are currently serving an increased number of patients, particularly children and babies, and many of them end up being sent to distant hospitals to receive vaccinations because MCF does not have the cold storage facilities to stock them. Impact: The provision of these fridges in MCF’s clinics will enable MCF’s medical personnel to maintain the cold chain and adequate vaccine inventory to respond to demand.  The availability of these vaccines, and assurance of their preservation will help us better care for the physical needs of our children, particularly those with HIV/AIDS. Return to top.

Ambulance

Estimated Start Date: Immediate Estimated Duration: One-time purchase Purpose: Health Care Cost: $73,000 Brief: Provide an Ambulance for the Mully Children’s Family’s that will be used to transport MCF children and community members who are ill, injured, deceased or in labour to MCF’s Ndalani clinic, other medical facilities, specialized medical professionals, or the morgue.  MCF has legal guardianship of over 1,000 children who live in the Ndalani and Yatta homes and depend on MCF for medical care.  Many of these children have suffered years of neglect, poverty and physical abuse, and they enter the home in need of medical treatment for various physical conditions including malnutrition, malaria, pregnancy, and HIV/AIDS. These children along with members of the surrounding community depend on MCF as their primary health care provider; however, MCF’s clinic in the Ndalani home only has one physician, with limited facilities.  We need a method of transporting some of these patients to hospitals or other medical professionals to receive more specialized treatment.  Currently, the deceased are transported in the back of a pick-up truck. Impact: The provision of an Ambulance will help MCF better care for the physical needs of our children through the provision of timely, quality and dignified health care.  Children that require immediate medical attention at a hospital, including young girls delivering babies, will be transported there quickly and safely. $50 is equivalent to providing ambulance service for one MCF child. Support the Ambulance Project. Return to top.

Science Lab Equipment

Estimated Start Date: Immediate Estimated Duration: One-time purchase Purpose: Education Cost: $45,000 Brief: Equip two science laboratories at the Mully Children’s Family with the required equipment needed for the instruction and study of biology, chemistry and physics. This project will purchase the equipment needed to equip the Yatta & Ndalani science labs used for the Secondary School level students, including beakers, test tubes, burners, etc.  A well-equipped Science Laboratory is a mandatory facility requirement by the Kenya government in every institution of learning and currently MCF has limited supply of the recommended equipment and apparatus’, hampering our student’s ability to learn and perform well. Impact: Education is a key component in the rehabilitation of children under MCF’s care and a common determinant of future success in their lives.  Students at institutions with well-equipped Laboratories are more likely to achieve excellent performance in the sciences.  Equipping MCF’s Science Laboratories with relevant, quality reference and learning equipment will enable the students at MCF to achieve exemplary grades in science-related courses; and this achievement will help them compete equally with students from privileged institutions that have access to this equipment when applying for admission to tertiary institutions and universities.  These opportunities for learning, achievement and success will help fulfill our mandate of preparing the children of MCF with the education and skills necessary for successful reintegration back into society. $40 is equivalent to providing science class for one MCF student. Support the Science Lab Equipment Project. Return to top.

Bunk Bed Project

Estimated Start Date: Immediate Estimated Duration: TBD Purpose: Shelter Cost: $70,000 Brief: To provide additional beds and bedding to accommodate the recent increase in children in the Mully Children’s Family’s Ndalani and Yatta homes and replace bedding worn out by current beneficiaries. In 2008, MCF was directly involved in emergency intervention programs in Internally Displaced Person’s Camps following the post-election violence in Kenya and rescued and admitted several orphans and high-performing students whose families had been displaced. Funds will purchase 400 mattresses, 800 blankets, 800 cotton sheets (400 pairs), 100 rubber bed sheets and materials for the construction of 200 bunk beds, which will be designed and built by students in MCF’s Vocational Training and Construction Department. Impact: The extra beds and bedding will help MCF continue to provide safe and comfortable shelter for all the children under our care after the increase in admissions to the home in late 2008 and early 2009; and will also offer an opportunity for MCF’s Vocational students to gain marketable skills training through the construction of the bedroom furniture. $125 = 1 bunk bed                  $40 = bed sheets & rubber sheets for 4 children $40 = 1 mattress        $50 = 2 blankets                       Support the Bed Bunk Project. Return to top

Graduate Accommodation

Estimated Start Date: Immediate Estimated Duration: TBD Purpose: Shelter Cost: $51,000 Brief: To provide temporary housing at Mully Children’s Family’s Ndalani home to accommodate visiting graduate beneficiaries as well as visiting senior staff from other MCF branches.   With the continued growth of MCF and increased graduation and transition of MCF beneficiaries into the wider society, there is a need to provide visitors accommodation separate from the main children’s dormitories.  The facility will also provide temporary accommodation for visiting senior staff members from other MCF programs and offices.   This project will include building construction, roofing, windows & doors, drainage and plumbing, painting and electricity wiring and installations, all of which will be completed by students in MCF’s Vocational Training and Construction Department. Impact: This accommodation will allow graduate beneficiaries to return home to MCF to visit their foster parents and their brothers and sisters; to stay connected to the family; to receive guidance during their reintegration into society; and to provide psycho-social support to other rescued children still undergoing rehabilitation. Ongoing engagement of graduate MCF beneficiaries in the home will help us continue to give them the physical and emotional support they need to achieve full character behavioural transformation and reintegrate back into society.  It will also strengthen their exposure to caring and supportive adult influences, while at the same time giving them the opportunity be caring and supportive influences to their younger brothers and sisters in the home. This project is also an opportunity for MCF’s Vocational students to gain marketable skills training through the construction of classroom furniture, which will also help them reintegrate into society upon graduation. Support the Graduate Accommodation Project. Return to top.

Yatta Sanitation Project

Estimated Start Date: Immediate Estimated Duration: TBD Purpose: Health Care Cost: $279,000 Brief: To improve sanitation at the Mully Children’s Family’s Yatta home with the construction of a sewage and septic system.  MCF’s Yatta home is currently using pit latrines, and due to the increased number of beneficiaries at the centre, the pit latrines fill up quite often, threatening proper sanitation. This project seeks to fund two septic tanks, piping and sewage drainage that will support the already constructed permanent indoor toilet and shower facilities in Yatta’s residential and school buildings and allow access for their use. Impact: The provision of a functional sewage and septic system at MCF’s Yatta home will improve sanitation for the children through the use of clean indoor toilet and shower facilities and will protect them from waterborne and fecally-transmitted diseases and parasites. A $500 donation is equivalent to protecting one MCF child with proper sanitation. Support the Yatta Sanitation Project.  Return to top.