Providence Childrens Home

The Providence Children's Home (PCH) was started for the purpose of supporting and caring for children whose parents have died of HIV/AIDS. This devastating disease has decimated an entire generation of Kenyans and left over 2 million of their children without parents. The organization was started in the late 1990's by the late Joram Githumbi, himself a Kenyan, who felt a burning passion for the children of Kenya. Through his leadership, an existing boarding school was located with 15 acres of land, its own water well, public electricity, access on a main highway, and plenty of room for expansion. Though Joram died shortly before the acquisition of this property, his vision inspired the successful purchase and the school (renamed Joram Gitau Memorial Academy, JGMA, in his honor) opened in January, 2004. Later that year, an empty house on the property was converted into a home that could house 20 children and a home mother. In January, 2005, under the careful eye of the new home mother, Kagendo, this house became the new home to 20 girls from surrounding areas of Kenya. The orphanage is now home to 47 girls from seven different tribes, some of which do not normally speak to each other. Yet the girls at PCH have become true sisters to each other under Kagendo's love and care.