My Nonprofit Reviews

I have visited Kilgoris, Kenya with The Kilgoris Project, and I have seen firsthand the impact on the community. TKP partners with folks in Kilgoris, bringing ideas, funding, and support, while the community makes the decisions of what works best for them. There are efforts to make the venture sustainable, so that, in time, the community will take over for itself. The Kilgoris Project impacts the community in 3 ways: education, health, and opportunity. Preschools and primary schools have been built, with a view to retaining good teachers through paying on time and benefits. Clean water is stored at the facilities for drinking and handwashing, and two meals a day are served there. Wells are also part of the vision each time a school is built, as well as buildings, to supplement the rainwater stored there. Children and parents are taught good hygiene like handwashing, boiling water for cooking, and tooth brushing, just to name a few. In addition, the children are measured for malnourishment (none in the year of 2015!), given eye exams, and get vitamins and vaccines. Through partnerships with other organizations, the adults are educated on ways to further their opportunities. Women's co-ops have been just one way in which this takes place. Basket weaving, jewelry making, and selling extra food grown helps ensure that these parents can keep their children in school. The opportunity I had to meet the people of this Kenyan village through TKP has opened my heart and my mind to my brothers and sisters across the world.

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