Lee Sisters is focused on helping children from impoverished families receive care and education.

PROJECT WINNIE

Help us Build an Orphanage in Western Kenya

Sanna, meeting the children at Kayanet Education Center

What: Our goal is to create a safe home for orphans and street children who currently experience instability in the very core of their lives. They lack loving homes and families and are the most vulnerable in society, as they have no safety net, and have nobody helping them receive proper nutrition, shelter and care. These children come from various backgrounds and life stories - some are orphaned because of illness (malaria, HIV, childbirth, etc). Others have left their families at a very young age, and have traveled to the streets of Eldoret, in hopes of escaping extreme poverty.

Details: We are collaborating with local Kenyan officials to help us identify kids who have nowhere else to go. Ruth Koech, the Minister of Health for Nandi County in Western Kenya is working as our 'on the ground' eyes and ears, meeting the street kids and orphans and identifying their ages, levels of education (usually the kids we're focused on have no education) and any other pressing concerns (i.e. health issues and addiction - as many street kids pick up the habit of sniffing glue).

Our goal is to raise $20,000 to build children's home, which can accommodate up to 30 students, and will create a scholarship fund for less fortunate students who are not able to attend school without financial assistance. Donate now, or contact us to discuss collaboration!

100% of your contribution goes directly to Project Winnie. Lee Sisters is a 501(c)(3) charity organization.

BUILDING COSTS

MAP OF REGION

Brick................................................................................$1,500
Cement..........................................................................$1,900
Sand................................................................................$1,400
Nails....................................................................................$130
Lumber...........................................................................$1,900
Wood Preservative, putty.............................................$150
Windows..........................................................................$900
Doors................................................................................$250
Iron Sheets......................................................................$940
Paint...................................................................................$750
Misc (door lock, dye, ventilation, switch box, wire, poles, plastic politine, murrum, etc......................$3,400
Labor & transport .....................................................$3,000
Ceiling Board ................................................................$500

*Sub-Total: $16,720
*We plan an additional 15% for unexpected expenses and variation in material costs. We also want to include an additional $2,000 for mattresses, beds and school supplies, bringing the total project cost to $20,000.

Copy of Meeting orphans at a local primary school

18 of the 53 students are orphans - most orphans in these photos are between the ages of 3 and 9 years.

Copy of The School Staff

From left to right: a teacher (lady in red), Dr. Julius Sang, Sanna, Viola (a friend of the school), the lady in white is the Principal of the School, Duncan Kibet holding his son Kiegen (Duncan is Viola's husband and former elite marathon runner), and finally the lady on the far right is another teacher.

Copy of Supplies Are Needed

Many students don't own backpacks, and the ones who do have tattered and torn bags that are 3rd or 4th hand. Passed from one child to the next.

Copy of Short on Supplies

The students share text books to save on cost. Each child has a notebook. They share erasers and use pencils down to the tiniest nub. Lee Sisters hopes to change that!

Copy of The School Yard

This is the area where children play. They have no playground equipment, no soccer balls, no toys. The children are happy though and don't seem to mind! They run and play games happily, not aware of what they're missing. This is also the area where we plan to build the orphanage.

Copy of Sanna & Winnie

Winnie had a depth to her eyes... her eyes are wise beyond her years. She looked at Sanna with a curiosity and hesitation. Winnie is an orphan and she touched Sanna's heart. This project is named after little Winnie.