This is a guest post by Judah.
Disability has for a long time been a silent quagmire whose untold misery continues to be a new community cancer .As a result, the victims of physical and mental disability end up being hidden for fear of exposure. For fear of their problems and disabilities being seen by the larger community who more often than not, end up discriminating them. Knowingly and unknowingly.
Parents with disabled children in Korogocho understand this. They then came up with The Light And Hope Home, with the aim of being a caregivers who bring light, hope and absolute love to these children. In the long run, this will help to create mutual understanding and acceptance for these children with society.
Today Light And Hope Home for the disabled has become a part time home for over 147 children with disabilities ranging from physical handicap to mental handicap and visual impairment. They come here daily to be taken care of. This step helps to discourage parents from abandoning their disabled children. The home operates on day care service where children and disabled adults are dropped by their guardians in the morning and picked in the evening to allow the guardians to go to work.
This home is an 100% charitable organisation. The parents pay nothing for the care and food.
As sad as it may sound and be this home has no access to the funds for the disabled. They do not have a permanent sponsor. They only rely on well wishers for their day to day expenses, together with the food which God has been faithful enough to continually supply them with from day one.
God shall supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19)
Facts.
One of the founders of the home’s Son suffers from celebral palsy. He is a member of Timesis County
Timesis went to visit the home last weekend on Saturday 10th October 2015. Here is a sneak peak of what happened.