YHBI was initiated back in the year 2013 under the leadership of late Rev. Kennedy Opondo. The desire to offer helping hand to the Vulnerable Women, Orphans and impoverished children from needy families and homes was a key factor for the start of the program.
The organization was first started as Child Care center offering services to relieve vulnerable and HIV/AIDS affected women of the duty of baby seating to look for paying jobs to cater for the family daily needs.
The program attracted over twenty women whose desire were to have child day care service provider who could give their children the best care service away from home. Most of these women are affected by HIV/AIDS and can be categorized as either divorcees, single mothers or widows need empowerment and offering Daycare services gives them more time to look for casual jobs to help them meet most basic daily needs.
In the year 2015 about five young mothers who dropped out of school brought their children for care, and close examination revealed that their children were either product of rape or botched forced marriage. Later in the year another girl in primary school from very needy single family was rescued from committing suicide after the man who used to support her with sanitary towel impregnated her. At their tender youthful age, their dreams to be future professionals, leaders, investors and community builders were shuttered and their lives torn to pieces.
The passion and compassion for these vulnerable women, children, girls and youths was born, and with growing number of very needy children that was pilling up, HOPE BUILDERS ACADEMY was given birth to through the requests and urgent need of community women who could not afford fees in other Academies or government public schools and were wondering about how the future of their children could be.
YHBI have adopted support groups for both Women, Youths, Girls and children admitted into the school and many others supported in various public primary schools. School feeding program is of necessity to help eradicate classroom hunger, both Women and GIRL CHILD RIGHT’S and sexual and reproductive health embraced, and YOUTH’S empowerment programs were prioritized.
The
following have been prioritized:
1. Education for children and youths.
2. School Feeding programs for Orphans and Vulnerable children affected by
HIV/ADS
3. Sexual and reproductive health rights and
support.
4. Life skills and psychosocial support to
HIV/AIDS affected Women, Girls, Youths and Children
5. Financial and economic empowerment to Women
and youths.
6. Women and Youths Empowerment units/Groups.
7. Women RIGHTS advocacy
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