The Nyumbani project was founded to protect and help AIDS/HIV infected and affected orphans and elders who have been left behind by the “lost generation” resulting from the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Father
D’Agostino and Sister Mary Owens developed plans for the self-sustaining village concept to serve as a model for future initiatives. The first Nyumbani Village was established on 1,000 acres in Kitui District, a three-hour-drive from Nairobi, opened in 2006. With three schools, a medical clinic, worship center, and other community buildings, the Village has been designed to house 1,000 orphans and 100 elderly grandparents in 100 homes. Each home is allocated a half-acre of land and access to water in order to encourage self-reliance.
COPTE has provided the Nyumbani Village with a schoolhouse and adjoining library, which also ensures that the children can make the right kind of academic progress.
Nice initiative, has the project still on? Yvan, Nairobi
Nice initiative, is the project still on? Yvan, Nairobi