House of Hope orphanage is located about 2.5km from Lodwar town centre, and is a total care facility providing food, housing, clothing, education, medical care and spiritual development to orphan children.
Currently House of Hope is home to 30 orphan children, but they have the capacity to double that, if they have access to clean water.
The orphanage is led by a team of 9 staff, dedicated to improving the lives of the children they look after.
Currently the orphanage gets its water from a government source which is both insufficient and unreliable. We hope that through drilling a borehole and installing a submersible pump at the orphanage, we can help towards the growth and development of the facility and the children who call it home.
There is also an Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp across the road from the orphanage. The goal of the House of Hope team is to not only serve the children and staff at the orphanage, but to try and give the 800+ neighbors controlled access to a reliable source of clean drinking water.
Having their own independent, reliable source of water will unlock so much potential,including the ability to irrigate a planned desert agriculture program. Water is a key factor in improving the overall quality of life for the Turkana people and will help them take steps toward sustainability.