Kawangware orphanage gets modern kitchen from Ghanaian ladies

Ghanaian Ladies Association of Kenya chairperson Mrs Victoria Baidu-Forson during the opening of a Sh0.5 million kitchen at The Children’s Garden Home in Kawangware. PHOTO | HUGHOLIN KIMARO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • The Children’s Garden Home in Kawangware off Naivasha road that gives refuge to 150 orphans, many of them rescued from the streets was momentarily seized by the black star, Ghana’s national symbol and the West African nation’s symbolic official attire christened kente that the ladies proudly donned.
  • The culmination of the festive occasion punctuated by Ghanaian and Kenyan songs and jig was the official opening of a modern kitchen built and equipped with funds donated by the Ghanaian community in Kenya. GLAK chairperson Mrs Victoria Baidu-Forson said it cost Sh523, 000 to put up and equip the kitchen.
  • The Chairman of the Ghanaian community in Kenya that numbers 250 Mr Francis Djirackor thanked the men who behind the scenes supported their spouses in ensuring the project was a success.

A Nairobi children’s orphanage had a taste of Ghanaian hospitality when the Ghanaian Ladies Association of Kenya (GLAK) paid a visit and distributed clothes, plates, foodstuffs and other gifts donated by the Ghanaian community in Kenya.

The Children’s Garden Home in Kawangware off Naivasha road that gives refuge to 150 orphans, many of them rescued from the streets was momentarily seized by the black star, Ghana’s national symbol and the West African nation’s symbolic official attire christened kente that the ladies proudly donned.

The culmination of the festive occasion punctuated by Ghanaian and Kenyan songs and jig was the official opening of a modern kitchen built and equipped with funds donated by the Ghanaian community in Kenya. GLAK chairperson Mrs Victoria Baidu-Forson said it cost Sh523, 000 to put up and equip the kitchen.

Said Mrs Baidu-Forson: “This kitchen is but a token of our association’s need to make a positive impact on the lives of the people around whom we live here in Kenya. Children’s Garden Home is one of the two orphanages we have adopted since we decided to go beyond welfare and socialization for our members in 2010”.

Mrs Baidu-Forson said it was the pleasure of GLAK members who number 15 to make the lives of the orphans more comfortable.

“We were touched during a previous visit by the conditions under which food was previously being prepared and we are happy to have pulled this project through in less than a year,” she said.

The Chairman of the Ghanaian community in Kenya that numbers 250 Mr Francis Djirackor thanked the men who behind the scenes supported their spouses in ensuring the project was a success.

He urged other foreigners living in Kenya to engage in philanthropic activities for the needy.

The founder and Director of the orphanage Mr Moses Ndung’u described the facility as God send.

“We have had problems preparing food for our children and this kitchen has come at the right time. We appeal for more assistance from other well-wishers to help us take better care of these children” he said.