The trip taught me a lot more than I was expecting. It taught me to dance and sing without caring what other people think. It taught me how far confidence and hope can take you in life. It taught me to love and laugh so loudly that other people have no choice but to take part in it.
Read MoreThis summer, I left behind my day-to-day world as a suburban mother of four— a world of dance classes and laundry piles—to fly across the ocean, desert, and mountains and visit the world of Neema Project, a program for resilient young women in rural Kenya.
Read MoreFor the first time ever, we hosted a community run raising funds for mental health support for at-risk children and youth at the local school! We were blown away by the local and international support. Our team hosted an incredible event with over 300 school children participating. The counseling services that will now provide for hundreds at-risk children and youth! Thank YOU for making this happen.
Read MoreJackline works specifically in trauma-informed counseling because she sees that trauma pushes people to the edge. She works to help people find joy again as they heal.
Read MoreIn many rural Kenyan communities, Christian faith is familiar — but for young women, the opportunity to explore Scripture personally is often out of reach. With limited access to Bibles and education, their understanding of God is shaped more by secondhand messages than by thoughtful engagement, leaving them vulnerable to confusion or imbalance.
Read MoreLydiah was raised by her mother after her father passed away while her mother was still pregnant. Life was hard. They struggled for basic needs like food, clothes, and education. She did manage to go to school until grade 12, but was unable to go to college because she lacked the fees.
Read MoreJentrix used to do casual jobs, such as washing peoples clothes, but with her job at Neema she is now able to support her children, her two parents, and her brother financially.
Read MoreNow at Neema, Martin has an income that allows him to support his wife, six children, and his two brothers. On top of that, he gets to help the young women at Neema. Martin ensures that the compound and his Neema family are safe. He helps provide the students, their children, and the staff with a level of security and comfort that allows them to learn and find a renewed sense of hope.
Read MoreNearly half the young women who join Neema are already mothers themselves. Still teenagers, these young moms face deep emotional wounds. With their infants come months of hardship: dropping out of school, finding casual labor, enduring shame and stigma from loved ones, the heartbreak of being abandoned by the child’s father—on top of the exhaustion that comes with all newborns and the challenges of living on less than $2/day in rural Kenya. But hope is not lost. These young mothers have found a place of transformation.
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