Put a smile on an orphaned child's face. Make them feel wanted and loved. Let them know that they are not alone in this lonely planet.
Give Hope to these little ones. Let the child know that, despite their past life experiences, there is still room for them to life their lives to the fullest because you and me care and love them.
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Help give a face lift to the facilities and amenities, including the children s dwelling places, schools and even dinning areas
 
You are a teacher, teach these little ones on the way to go and they will never depart from it.
Education is the Key in the modern society. Help us eradicate illiteracy among the less fortunate in our society. Donate learning materials, school equipment, and other amenities and facilities facilitate learning in these so very often ill equipped institutions.
School feeding programs in some of our drought affected areas and orphanages in our country. You too can participate in this program by donating foodstuffs, finances and clothing.
Water! Water everywhere but not a drop to drink! During your mission tour, it would be worthwhile to avail this precious commodity to the needy villagers.
 
Share the word of God with these little angels and touch their lives. God bless you!
 
We only interact with those homes, orphanages and other service providers in this area, who have been approved and fully licensed by the Government of Kenya
 
Participate in community work aimed at improving their lives. Undertake repairs, paint the facilities, build or sponsor expansion of the facilities and God will bless you abundantly.
 
Help initiate sustainable projects for both these institutions and the surrounding communities so as to upgrade their living standards and break the vicious circle of poverty. In this way you will affect the lives of these people positively
 
Join the Mobile Rural Clinics as they venture out to remote areas of the Kenyan wilderness via 4x4 vehicles or sometimes camel. The clinics in these areas serve over 70,000 people a year by traveling to remote Masai & Samburu villages.
 
Kenya's population is hugely affected by HIV/AIDS, poverty, & unemployment. There are countless possibilities to impact the lives of those affected by HIV/AIDS-related problems - in the Nairobi slums, surrounding orphanages, schools, & hospital
| Day 1: Arrive in Nairobi
Arrive in Nairobi Met and welcomed by Taste of Africa Tours and Safaris rep at the Airport. Registration at the office and then be briefed on your mission tour program. Later transfer to your Nairobi IBS Christian Guest House for dinner and overnight
Day 2: Nairobi - Kijabe Mission
Following breakfast at IBS Christian Guest House, depart for Kijabe, perhaps the world's largest mission station. This afternoon make an inspirational visit to the Rift Valley Academy, a school for over 500 children of missionaries stationed throughout the African continent. The academy seeks, within the African context, to disciple, nurture, and educates students towards Christian maturity for the Glory of God. They represent some 80 different mission organizations in Africa. Later you will attend a briefing session with the Father in charge. This will help you identify the areas you can participate to better the lives or the services at the center. The overnight will be spent with missionary hosts on full board.
Day 3: Kijabe
Full day spent at the mission center interacting with the hosts at the level identified by individual members of the mission group. There will be time today to spend with Kijabe missionaries and visit the following:-
 Moffat Bible College. Moffat's vision is to be a leading ministry training center that impacts communities through the application of Biblical truth. It is obvious that most of the problems Africans are facing today; AIDS? Yes. Corruption? Yes. Insecurity? Yes. Poverty? Yes. Communism? Yes. Oppression? Yes! And all the rest, Christ has the solution to all of them.
Visit Kijabe Medical. The Center serves a huge population and its visitors are always from the needy in the society. With this kind of patronage the Hospital aims to keep its prices as affordable as possible through good stewardship, and by relying on the donated work of missionaries, on donated resources, and on financial gifts. While the yearly operating budget covers most day-to-day operations, gifts are essential for any capital developments.
Bethany Crippled Children's Center. Some of the medical issues handled here includes:-
Burn Contractures. Cerebral Palsy, Cleft Lip and Palates, Club Feet, Hydrocephalus, Hypostasis, Muscular Dystrophies, Polio, Scoliosis, Spinal Bifida, Syndactyly
To begin with, Bethany Relief and Rehabilitation center International requires health care providers for the future. If you are a physician, occupational therapist or physical therapist, please consider whether God could use your skills in this amazing opportunity. Meals and overnight will again be with missionary hosts on full board.
Day 4: Kijabe - Eldoret - Kitale
Depart to Kitale via Eldoret at approximately 0700 hrs
In Eldoret we visit the Eldoret rescue center.
Spend sometime with the children encouraging them and attending to their various needs. Later in the afternoon we bid them bye and drive to Kitale where we will visit several Children's homes and orphanages. On arrival in Kitale check in at the Kitale Golf club and after a welcome drink, we will be briefed on the schedules for the next day. Later prepare for dinner and the overnight at the Golf Club.
Day 5: Kitale
Full day spent in Kitale visiting the following Children homes and orphanages: - Grace Children Home/Bosnia Children home/ Ephraim Children Orphanage. These homes provide care, nurtures, and gives special guidance and direction for children and youth from disrupted families. The Home is dedicated to provide for the physical, spiritual, social, emotional and educational needs of those young people placed in the care of the home. The goal is to provide an environment in which these youths have an opportunity to learn to live life to their fullest potential.
Interact with the children and their care givers in these homes and present your assistance to them. Later return to the Golf Club for dinner and overnight.
Day 6: Kitale - Kisumu
Breakfast at the Club and later check out of the Club in readiness for your departure to Kisumu. Kisumu is the third metropolitan City in Kenya and is located 110 Kms southwest of Kitale town. Check in at Kiboko bay Luxury Resort. Lunch at the Resort and afterwards depart for a Kisumu City tour to familiarize yourselves with your hometown for the next four days. Later return to the Resort for dinner and the overnight.
Day 7: Kisumu City - Unyolo Village
Breakfast at the Resort and drive to Unyolo village to arrive to a rousing welcome by the Unyolo Villagers, with Traditional and Cultural Dances among other entertainment. Enjoy a hearty Lunch with the Villagers as you interact with them on one on one. After Lunch, attend a session with the patron of Unyolo Center Dr. Onyango. He will brief you on the following activities undertaken by the Unyolo Center:-
1) EDUCATION PROGRAM
2) HEALTH / NUTRITION PROGRAM
3) SCHOLARSHIPS
4) WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE (FOOD PRODUCTIONS)
5) FAIR TRADE (HANDICRAFTS)
6) ECO-TOURISM / IMMERSIONS
After the briefing, then you can chart out ways of helping the center. The briefing will point out the needs of the center and the challenges they face and which are not captured here. Time allowing you will have an opportunity to visit hosts homesteads. The visits will provide with the best way to familiarize yourselves with the environment and also to acclimatize. Overnight at the Unyolo Center/drive back to Kisumu City(Kiboko Bay Resort) only 65 Kms away.
Day 8: Kisumu/Unyolo Village
Full day spent at the center, either working on any project of your choice, painting the buildings, teaching the children, helping prepare their meals, playing with children, canceling them, maybe medical attention if there are doctors, in other words each one can participate according to their areas of specialty. Dinner and the overnight at the Center/drive back to Kisumu(Kiboko Bay Resort)
Day 9: Kisumu/Unyolo Village
Full day spent with villagers learning of the projects that they are involved in. You are invited to help and advice (for those versed in such matters) on how they can improve on their various activities. Encourage the participants by your personal involvement in their projects. The community partners with the center in small scale agricultural enterprises, which doubles as important learning points for the members. Visit the cleaning water project for the community and see where you can chip in to assist the community. Later return to the center for refreshing before dinner and overnight at the center/drive back to Kisumu(Kiboko Bay Resort).
Day 10: Kisumu Kericho
After breakfast, spend time with our hosts as we exchange photos and goodbyes. Later at approximately 0800 hrs depart to Kericho via Kogelo. A visit to Kogelo is significant as it is the ancestral village (home) of His Excellency Honorable President of the United States Of America Barrack Obama. Afterwards we proceed to Kericho arriving in the early afternoon. Check in at the Kericho Tea Hotel and afterwards Lunch. Enjoy a short break and then we pay a visit to Kericho Children's home. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 11: Kericho Masai Mara
After breakfast, we visit a tea farm to learn first hand how tea is harvested from the well tended bushes and then proceed to the factory to learn how it is processed and eventually packaged for the export as well as the local market. Afterwards, we depart from Kericho and continue traveling through the Great Rift Valley to the Masai Mara National Reserve. The Mara is the last place in Kenya where great concentrations of game that existed in the last century can still be seen. It is a land of breathtaking vistas, a panorama of rolling grassland hills and groves of acacia woodland. Permanent residents of the Mara include black rhino, elephant, buffalo, topi, giraffe, and of course, the big cats: lion, cheetah and leopard. In addition, huge herds of zebra and wildebeest lead an endlessly nomadic life, crisscrossing from the Serengeti Plains of Tanzania to the Masai Mara of Kenya. Overnight at a lodge/tented camp in the Masai Mara on full board
Day 12: Masai Mara
The full day is free for you to relax in the wildlife lodge. You may choose to go on both the early morning pre-breakfast game viewing drive and another one later in the day. Overnight at the lodge/tented camp.
Day 13: Masai Mara - Lake Nakuru National Park
After breakfast depart for Lake Nakuru National Park, experiencing breathtaking views of the world's greatest land rift, to arrive in time for lunch. Enjoy an afternoon game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park. The park provides a sanctuary for the rhino. Lake Nakuru has always been considered an ornithological Paradise. The contrast and apparent dislocation between the shallow soda lake with its primeval birds and the animated woods all around it give Lake Nakuru National Park a very distinctive appeal. Dinner and overnight at Merica Hotel in Nakuru town.
Day 14: Lake Nakuru - Nairobi
Breakfast at the hotel and afterwards, check out in readiness for your departure to Nairobi at approximately 0800 hrs. Arrive in time for Lunch on your own account and the rest of the afternoon is free for shopping and visiting interesting sites in Nairobi. Optionally, undertake to visit the Amani Center and interact with the women at the Center as you learn of their self-help efforts and activities at the Center. Amani is a rescue center for single mothers, divorced women and those rescued from wife batterers and broken families. Dinner on your own arrangements with the Overnight at the IBS Christian Guest House on bed & breakfast.
Day 15: Nairobi
After breakfast, visit Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology in nearby Karen and interact with students from English-speaking countries of Africa. Visit the Kazuri Bead Factory and have lunch at your own cost in Karen. Stop at Giraffe Manor, where orphaned giraffes are cared-for. The remainder of the afternoon is free for final packing and sightseeing. Dinner at Carnivore Restaurant where game meat from tamed wildlife will be served and later you will be transferred to the airport for your outbound international flight.
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Date: Nov 25, 2009
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