NEW LIFE LEARNING CENTRES (INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS)AND FEEDING  PROGRAMMES
 Ruiru,Tana River, Lamu

New Life Home Trust, together with its affiliate  ministry BARNABAS MINISTRIES Africa, is  committed to seeking long term education and  feeding solutions through its schools and  centres.  In order to meet this critical need, New  Life Home Trust is constructing schools and  drilling boreholes for the provision of clean  water. The schools provide food and early  childhood and primary education to needy  community children ranging in age from three to  ten years old.    Though many of the schools are currently “under  trees,” permanent structures will gradually be  constructed.  Boreholes are in the process of  being drilled on site, depending on availability of  funds.  This is geared toward enabling these

 communities to have a source of clean water, through the school programmes, and, as a  result, avert the dangers of having to rely on water from the crocodile-infested Tana  River.  The New Life Centre at Ruiru also offers craft-related skills in   dressmaking/tailoring for future self-employment. The tailoring students pay a minimal fee  to participate in a 12-month course.

 Crisis Desk & Rescue Room:  The New Life Day Centre for Girls has a 24-hour Crisis  Desk manned by a trained volunteer team to receive abused children who, along with  adults, can receive counselling. The Day Centre for Girls also provides respite and  rescue care. 

 Child’s Rights – Advocacy:  New Life Home Trust – Lamu also focuses on community  involvement through annual Child’s Rights & Awareness seminars and workshops.   Women’s groups also meet to discuss the children’s problems and needs and to seek to  find solutions for the hurting children of Lamu.  In the years since its inception, New Lifein  Lamu town has seen a reserved community begin to speak up and address the issues that  are hurting their children and families. NLHT-Lamu will continue to fight for the rights of  the child, providing a voice for the voiceless.

 In 1989 a Child Education Sponsorship Programme was initiated to give needy  children in both urban and rural areas, including those affected or infected by AIDS, an  opportunity to receive a primary education.
  
 Since it began, over 2,000 children have been assisted.  We would like to enable more  children, in our target areas, to benefit from this programme giving them a greater  opportunity in the future to find work to support themselves and their families.   As we  work toward empowering the people to meet their own needs with the resources available  to them, we must also continue to provide short-term relief and assistance through the  Feeding Programme.