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New Life for the Abandoned Babies of Kenya
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They are precious in His sight
"Then he said to them, 'Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For he who is least among you all—he is the greatest.'" Luke 9:48
The plight of Kenya's HIV-affected and infected infants cannot be measured. The country is ravaged by AIDS — statistics show that 200,000 Kenyans die of HIV/AIDS every year. In the wake of this cruel disease, an overwhelming number of innocent babies are victims. They are either orphaned by their ill mothers or are born with the virus and then abandoned — simply tossed into the street, the garbage, or latrines.
In 2007 Alone:- 74 babies admitted
- 14 babies born to HIV Positive mothers
- 25 children released to caring parents pending adoption
- 48 children on average housed at any one time
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 The New Life Home in Nairobi, Kenya stands as a beacon of hope in the midst of this painful disaster. The Home's mission is to care for abandoned and orphaned babies, and to lovingly nurture them into normal, healthy children. The Home provides compassionate physical care and strives to meet the spiritual and emotional needs of the infants as well.
Pip, whose photos you see here, was found in a paper bag on a rubbish heap in a slum of Nairobi. The women who found her wrapped her in three shawls, but she was still so cold that she did not register any temperature.
A doctor estimated that she had been born prematurely, at about 28 weeks and was now about four days old. She weighed 2 lbs., 3 oz.
Workers rushed her into an incubator, put her on oxygen, and began an IV of antibiotics and lung developing drugs. Two days later Pip developed jaundice; workers added phototherapy until it subsided. Pip was fed through a nose tube and given a blood transfusion for anemia.
Workers held her as much as possible to let Pip feel loved and to give her the will to live. By December 31, her weight had increased by a third. On January 9, she smiled!
By mid February, Pip weighed 5.5 lbs. With the attention from the staff of New Life Home, she continues on a path toward full recovery and health.
There are two ways you can help:
1. Make a monthly commitment to help with the ongoing needs of this critical ministry. You will receive regular reports and stories of the lives you are saving.
Make a Monthly Commitment to the New Life Home Project
2. Make a one time donation. You gift will help with immediate needs.
Make a One-Time gift to the New Life Home Project
Please help up today as we continue with this vital, life-sustaining, hope-giving project. Your gift means LIFE to these little souls.
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