The Mama Fatuma Goodwill Children’s home has been providing a safe, healthy, and loving environment for Kenya’s orphans and destitute children for more thirty years.  During this time Mama Fatuma has earned a reputation for excellence in Kenya and the whole of East Africa.  Since its humble beginnings Mama Fatuma has cared for hundreds of orphaned children with no where else to turn.  Mama Fatuma is located in the heart of eastern Nairobi near the border of Eastleigh and the Mathare slum.  The children in the home’s care come from a variety of backgrounds; many are abandoned, abused, or orphaned by HIV/AIDS and other causes.  Mama Fatuma also cares for a number of refugee children referred by the Kenya Children’s Department.  Mama Fatuma ardently subscribes to and follows the principles established in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, The African Charter on the Welfare of Children, and the Kenya Children’s Act of 2001.  Mama Fatuma is also a charter member of the Kenya Foster Care Network (KEFCAN), founded in 2008 for the promotion of best practices in the child welfare sector.

Mama Fatuma is supported almost entirely by the community.  Unfortunately these donations often come erratically and the home struggles to pay school fees for children who have not been sponsored. With your help, Mama Fatuma will be able to continue to provide Nairobi’s neglected children with food, shelter, education, medical care and support.  

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