Likoni AIDS orphanage

Likoni AIDS orphanage whose basis of formation being to care and protect orphans both affected and infected by HIV/AIDS epidemic, abandoned, neglected and the less privileged children in the society. It was founded in the year 2000 by Rev. Ombeva Anzani after bearing witness to vulnerable children languishing in the corridors of the sprawling slum of Timbwani. It was by then that the vision of being rays of hope for African children came to birth.
Likoni AIDS Orphanage is a charitable organization that care and protect vulnerable children through provision of essential programs that ensures comfortability, flexibility, successful transition and a brighter future for them.
Below are the mentioned programs;
i. The basic needs support sponsorship program, this includes feeding, clothing, accommodation and security.
ii. The educational sponsorship program that ensures that the children stay in school and get quality education.
iii. The medical care plan program that caters for children’s health issues.
iv. Guiding & counseling program
v. The Technical Vocational Education Training program that equip the children with life skills like tailoring, bead work, T-shirt printing and many more.
vi. The volunteering program that allow volunteers to visit and stay at the orphanage in aid of both manpower and financial support.

We provide all these programs through the support from well –wishers and volunteers who visit the orphanage and offer to help the children. For that reason, we gladly welcome volunteers to our volunteering program basically for children’s support. Currently the home has a capacity of 30 children, 17 boys and 13 girls 21 pupils of the above said 30 children are in primary school 6 in secondary school and 3 in polytechnic. In our outreach program, we cater for 55 children whom we support partially while staying with guardians in different parts of our country. Out of the 85 Children 5 are HIV positive with 3 having been integrated back to the community while 2 are living in the orphanage.