33 ORPHANS NEED HELP heavy rains destroyed structures URGENT

**The HEAVY RAINS in KENYA have COLLAPSED parts of the old STRUCTURES the KIDS were RELYING ON for basic needs & warmth, so REBUILDING the BATHROOM (health/safety matter) and DORMITORY (secure, safe sleeping where girls, boys & overseeing family have a separate room) is URGENT NOW. Also urgent is a jacket for each child at $5 each. THIS IS THE CRISIS we now face, created by the unusual rain season (chilly for kids after sun sets)

PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN, PLEASE PRAY IF YOU CANT GIVE.

35 YOUNG CHILDREN, 33 of them ABANDONED ORPHANS, Ages 3 to 14, DESPERATELY NEED OUR HELP to survive & thrive in Africa.

**See update section for photos & progress.

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My name is Debra Kline from Pensacola, FL (find link to my bio** below) and I'm using my own income, seeking donations and organizing a project to provide a healthy chance in life for 33 orphans to thrive in a healthy, Christian group home.

We are building an orphanage-school for 33 orphans in Migori, Kenya, that eventually will become self-sustaining for generations, providing for children who had no hope and no prospects.

2024/2025, this next year, IS THE MOST IMPORTANT to stabilize them physically, emotionally and legally. After that we can relax a little.

May 19, 2024:

From fall to spring, we bought a piece of land which had old structures on it, and started building the necessary new structures. Then, recently, the unusually heavy rainy season destroyed the old bathroom and one wall of the old mud-walled church they sleep in.

We are currently repairing that wall, so the kids will be warm enough again soon, at night.

A new 6' ×9' bathroom is required. The hole has been dug out so far; now we must complete the cement slab to go over the hole and set poles in it to hold a roof. Then, it will be completed with a metal roof & brick walls, since they already have bricks to use, which is cost effective. The entire bathroom costs about $700, with $350 still needed. This is much simpler than a bathroom in the USA; it will have 2 stalls consisting of a hole into cement in each and one stall for a sun warmed camp style (bag) shower. There's no running water in Migoro Kenya.

After the bathroom is functional, we will finish the dormitory (house), which has been started with poles and has a roof and a gutter, which fills our 900 liter water tank, providing drinking water. Clean water is a major problem in most places in Africa. A few years from now we hope to have a solar powered well, but there's much more to do before that, such as registering, buying bunk beds & blankets, building a kitchen, hiring a teacher, and various other supplies. Solar panels and a battery will be added for power (they live without lights currently).

The children need jackets at $5 each. We need to re-deed the land we recently paid off (at $85) & to register the orphanage school (cost of registration unknown so far).

Personally, I'd like to see each child & caregiver (40 souls) have an inexpensive pillow, one day.

Once the basics are in place, they'll plant crops twice a year, raise chics, attend school, and sell their excess.

If your church wants to add the orphanage to a missionary trip, this is very welcomed.

*NOTE: INDEPENDANT WELFARE/ACCESSMENT VISITS are CONDUCTED QUARTERLY for the safety, assurance, verification & comfort of the benefactors.*

HOW THIS CAME ABOUT:

My Kenyan minister friend, Bonface, found these young orphans in Nairobi, vulnerable, suffering, living alone in a shack made of corrugated single ply metal with holes rusted in its roof & sides. No electric or running water, no anything. Their caretaker left them at least 2 years ago and they'd been living on the little food that people who knew of them, brought, but these people are destitude themselves. They had little to no clean water, no safe shoes, nothing but some blankets - not enough to stay warm in the long colder season & no way to stay dry in the rainy season, sleeping on a dirt floor. A nightmare.

I can't imagine being a child with no adult love or security and no care, most of these after losing both parents & who-knows-what abuse since; it's traumatic.

I have photos to share but the kids look lost to me. In time, I'll be able to post photos of healing, smiling, safe children. That's why I'm doing this.

When I thought of my own beloved foster son at 3 yrs old or 5, 8, 10 living like that, without nurture, nutrition or security, feeling unwanted, forsaken, sleeping cold & wet with no hope, after losing his parents, in a country with no social services, no education, nothing; I prayed about it and resolved that I would help these children to have a better, safer life, especially knowing it meant their salvation & that of many others to come.

God has "many purposes to accomplish in many lives" through this project.

My partner on the ground in this project, Bonface Pengo, a 33 yr old married believer with 3 yr old twins, had the same result in his prayer life & both he & his wife, Sharon, had the same desire in their hearts.

In his ministry travels, Bonface felt guided to open a door 2+ years ago and found these young orphans. 27 of the children are 3 to 9 yrs old. He started helping them by visiting, buying & hauling water & providing a weekly meal of mainly, rice. The children started asking if they could go home with him, but his rental was tiny & over filled with his own family of 4, plus a fatherless boy & his mom they took in who had no other options. So, he took two of the youngest (3 yr old) boys home to his wife, Sharon, for safety - but leaving the others alone & vulnerable was hard to do each week. Anyone could grab them and they still had no regular meals & no protection from the elements. He anguished over their state and his desire to help them but was not able to do more. His wife, Sharon, fasted & prayed for them for 10 days before we made a plan.

When Bonface told me of the situation, it disturbed me deeply. Over many months of other experience with him, I realized he was spiritually, mentally & physically willing & able to take on this huge responsibility with integrity. So, we began discussing how to best give these children a future.

Most of this plan was my idea initially because I knew they needed a permanent solution with a plan to become self sufficient long term & Bonface didn't have the means to plan an orphanage.

[Bonface dove in wholeheartedly & has made the direct arrangements, from hauling water, food, materials, transporting kids, hiring help when necessary - and he's done the physical work. He found the affordable land site, and then sharply downgraded his family's lifestyle to move in with the orphans in August 2024. He & his wife love these kids]

THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH:

PLAN: To build a Christian home for orphans that is loving, safe, educational, stable & self-sustaining; for their survival & potentially for generations of orphans to come.

PURPOSE:

To alleviate the suffering of young children and give them a safe, secure home with a couple who both WANT to raise them (Thank God!) with 3 other widowed women to help.

To give them BIBLICAL & SCHOLASTIC education as well as EXPERIENCE in farming, animal care & breeding, and possibly, textiles or selling. To show them GOD'S LOVE & provision so they can heal, learn & carry it all to future generations.

REASON: JAMES 1:27

"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."

Bonface, his wife and myself are all committed Christian believers desiring to honor God. Bonface's father was a preacher and a farmer; he was raised in it.

METHOD: To contribute to & seek donations to buy land, build housing, dig a well, etc. To initiate a system of sustenance (crops, chickens, clean water, textiles/goods) and a source of income (selling water, excess produce, chickens, textiles/goods). To provide basic education in reading, writing, math, English language and the Bible as well as training in farming (Bonface has much experience as well as a college education in agriculture), breeding chickens, and textiles.

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ALREADY FUNDED as of 7/2023:

(By donars & by the organizer)

Approximately:

1 partial acre of land with temporary shelter, $2800

Lawyer for safe sale of land, $80

Gutters, water tank & platform, $500

Motorbike, used, $450 (transportation source fr outlying country)

Phone, used $50. Laptop, used $165

Mattresses $160

Shoes, notebooks, pens, shirts/clothing $200

Gas stovetop & fuel, $150; 20 plastic chairs, $100

9 months medical care for the sick (malaria, pneumonia & autoimmune condition for 1 child); $400

One crop; seeds, fertilizer & pesticide: $275

Diapers, etc., $10/week, ongoing

ALSO FUNDED, ONGOING, BY BONFACE:

$85+/month for food (rice) for 40, transportation/gas (to buy supplies & get to work), minimal phone service.

Bonface, the minister, who is employed 60+ hours/week uses his monthly pay of $155 to provides these things as part of our plan.

He never misses a day (unless in hospital). It's not enough to feed 40 people correctly but it's what we have until they have a well, can grow crops & raise chickens, coming soon.

* In September '23, Bonface was moved to Migori to serve as floor manager with a small raise. In March he was promoted to "managing director" of the loan division, a very busy position requiring about 12 hours a day of typing reports and managing customers and all employees. He types reports at home in the evenings also, or would be in danger, traveling in the dark. Currently he has a monthly net paycheck of $155 (very good in Kenya). A full time job is a rarity there for anyone.

Everyone involved has "skin in the game" to the maximum that they're capable of, especially the man on the ground & his wife,

who have sacrificed their income, comfort, efforts, weekends, labor and brought their toddlers into it all. Bonface's wife even took a temporary job to help out, at $7/week.

I have vetted this family for donar comfort, ordering every document possible, sent 2 different independant verifiers to meet Bonface & the kids, one who returns in June '24 for the day.

As a result of all this & time with the Lord, I'm contributing more than I ever thought I could. I estimate 3 to 5 years until they are self-sufficient.

PLEASE PRAY about helping. We need you. This will not be ongoing for life, it's a temporary need that will yield long term results in the KINGDOM.

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This is what NEEDS TO BE FUNDED to build a self-sustaining orphanage (approximate; we may rearrange order according to urgency)

5/2024

Current phase, NOW URGENT:

$350 to complete bathroom (cement, poles, roof)

$800 to complete dormitory ($200 more for cement floor)

$175 for ($5 each) jackets for 35 children

$85 to change name on land deed

Also important soon:

Registration, up to $350

Seed, fertilizer, pesticide: $275

Medical fund $200 (malaria, typically)

Next Phase B: for power, lights, cooking:

Solar panels & battery: $1200.

Kitchen approx $800 to include seating for 40+

Phase C: $700-1000. for:

Fence materials: (to protect children, crops & livestock/chickens from animals & thieves)

Phase D: to be housed in the old church:

Farming equipment/tools $150 up

Chics, 1 rooster, (feed, medicine/inoculations), coop: $350

Cow: $150

Bibles, books, educational aids, more chairs: $450

Clothing, shoes as needed, such as for cold weather, toiletries, soaps, $350

TOTAL remaining goal for 5 phases: $11,133

Final Phase: Industrial textile sewing machine

Yet to be priced

Sending one child to public school is $150 year

Hiring a certified teacher will be about $150/mo

PLEASE HELP

STATS:

25 orphaned children 3-9

6 orphaned children 9-14

2 toddlers, the ministers twins

5 adults (the minister, his wife & 3 widows as caregivers, teachers & workers)

Total 33 children, 5 adults (so far; we will add a certified teacher eventually)

Please help if you can. If you are ABLE to give a lot, prayerfully consider helping a lot, as you purpose in your own heart to give.

Let's leave something important for kids who will pass it on.

If you can donate any amount at all, these donations will make an impact that I can't make myself, as I'm paying off the land/house for 8 months. EVERYTHING HELPS, if you can give $10/week for 6 months or a year, it's very helpful.

Even if you can't give financially, PLEASE PRAY for THESE KIDS & THANK GOD for PROVISION.

If your church wants to adopt an orphanage, that would be wonderful.

"Go Fund Me" deducts a deserved 2.9% & .30 per donation but it's a SAFE venue.

If preferred for NO FEE, send donation directly to me, let me know and I'll add the amount anonymously to the campaign:

Debra Kline

2986 Meredith Drive

Pensacola, FL 32504

Email: (it's my) firstnamelastname88 at gmail

Cash App ID: $dak55558

Paypal ID: DebraAnnKline at gmail

Phone: Email me or use FB Messenger to arrange a phone call

I work on this project at odd hours and will text/email to schedule a call with you, as it can take me 48 hours to make or return calls during daytime hours.

My (unrelated) business website is www.KlineDevelopmental.com

which includes a brief bio**

[This is a one-time ministry and humanitarian effort that is NOT connected to Kline Developmental Svcs, a small staffing agency serving the developmentally disabled, which my husband and I have operated for 20 years. But our annual state reviews for financial accountability, service quality and records are always at or near 100%, and our company reputation has always been very good.

We are listed publicly with the state of Florida.

100% of every donation goes DIRECTLY to the project described above & is used for nothing else. I'll do my best to let you know what it went toward, if you don't designate & I'll post photos/send updates.

We carefully plan out each & every project's expenses, then I forward funds, AS NEEDED per project, if I have them, to

Bonface who sticks to each plan and sends me receipts from suppliers & photos.

You can reach him by phone or FB Messenger; please contact me for his full name & ph#. My phone# is at: www.KlineDevelopmental.com

I am NOT a non-profit, so donations are NOT tax deductible. Becoming a NP costs about $2000 and takes at least 6 months, so I decided this is too much of an urgent & temporary need for that.

If you need a tax deduction for a larger donation, I'll arrange it through a church. Let me know.

NOTE: Periodically I have outside agents from Nairobi, some who have been recommended to me by US Pastors, to visit the children and report their state and progress.

I also receive receipts & often photos for every amount spent over $25.

I asked for a video of the older girl, 12 yr old Diana, who speaks English, telling the story of how they came to be found as they were. It's posted here under the first "Update".

Bonface, the minister who will head up the orphanage, hasn't missed a beat in following through on every decision & purchase we've decided on together & in sending all I request. He is the hero who is moving his own young family into more primitive housing & a sharply downgraded lifestyle just to care for these children. They've gone from 3 meals to 2 meals a day since that's all his income will allow with feeding the children. And from having electric power, a kitchen & bathroom to none. Yet.

Bonface's wife was an orphan who suffered so she is VERY happy to do this for them. They are glad to make this sacrifice because they truly care about these children.

Bonface's father was a minister who farmed also, so Bonface & his wife have the right background for this. They would one day like to start a church and have more children.

Thank you for caring for children halfway around the world. We can't fix all the world's problems but we can fix this situation for these abandoned orphans, maybe more. Let's leave a mark on the earth for youths who may never do anything for us in return.

In the precious name of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

All genuine comments & questions welcomed. My ph# for text or email is [phone redacted]