Umoja Orphanage Kenya
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You don’t have to be on the ground in Kenya to make a difference. By helping us raise funds, you play a vital role in transforming the lives of orphaned and vulnerable children and uplifting the surrounding community. Every dollar raised goes toward essential programs, infrastructure, and initiatives that create a brighter future for those who need it most.
Guest Speaking
From dreams to reality - The founder's story of transformation
As an inspiring speaker who has touched audiences for nearly 13 years, the founder fo Umoja Orphanage Kenya shares her compelling story of determination, resilience, and boundless passion for changing children's lives. Her presentations offer a window into the challenges, triumphs, and daily miracles that unfold at Umoja, while demonstrating how one person's dedication can create ripples of positive change across continents.
Participate in an Event
Be the Change - Make an Impact
Join us at one of our Umoja fundraising events, inspiring guest speaking sessions, or by purchasing online raffle tickets (when available) to support our life-changing mission. These events are more than just opportunities to give—they're a chance to come together as a community, share stories, and create hope for vulnerable children. Take action today and become a vital part of transforming lives and building brighter futures.
Join us at one of our Umoja fundraising events, inspiring guest speaking sessions, or by purchasing online raffle tickets (when available) to support our life-changing mission. These events are more than just opportunities to give—they're a chance to come together as a community, share stories, and create hope for vulnerable children. Take action today and become a vital part of transforming lives and building brighter futures.
Donate Funds
Your Donations Make a Lasting Impact
Your donation has the power to transform lives. With a proven track record of creating sustainable change, every contribution directly supports the children in our care and helps us build a brighter future by improving our project. From providing education and healthcare to ensuring a safe and loving environment, your generosity fuels our mission.
Help Raise Funds - Involve Community
Join Hands - Change Lives with your Creativity
Becoming part of our fundraising family is as flexible and creative as you make it. Organise a fundraising event and bring your community together to make a difference! Hosting an event is a powerful way to raise funds and awareness for our cause. By uniting friends, family, and neighbours, you can create a ripple effect of support that directly impacts the lives of the children in our care.
Becoming part of our fundraising family is as flexible and creative as you make it. Organise a fundraising event and bring your community together to make a difference! Hosting an event is a powerful way to raise funds and awareness for our cause. By uniting friends, family, and neighbours, you can create a ripple effect of support that directly impacts the lives of the children in our care.
Sponsor a Child
Transforming Lives - One child at a Time
Sponsoring a child at Umoja Orphanage Kenya means providing our
children with the safety and security they deserve. For just $100 per month or $1,200 annually (paid in advance), your support ensures they grow up in a stable, loving environment where their needs are met, and their future is nurtured. Your sponsorship offers not just care and essentials, but peace of mind knowing they are protected & supported.
Sponsoring a child at Umoja Orphanage Kenya means providing our
children with the safety and security they deserve. For just $100 per month or $1,200 annually (paid in advance), your support ensures they grow up in a stable, loving environment where their needs are met, and their future is nurtured. Your sponsorship offers not just care and essentials, but peace of mind knowing they are protected & supported.
Sponsor a Staff Member
Be the Foundation of Consistent Care for our Children
Our devoted team of caregivers, manager, social worker, bus driver, security guards, and farm workers are the lifeblood of our children’s daily lives. They provide unwavering love, steadfast guidance, compassionate counseling, and nurturing care—the essential foundation every child needs to flourish. Their commitment goes beyond duty; it’s a powerful force shaping brighter futures and giving each child the stability and support they deserve.
Legacy Gifts
Create a Lasting Impact for Generations to Come
Legacy gifts offer a unique and meaningful way to leave a lasting mark on the future of Umoja Orphanage Kenya. By including us in your will or estate planning, you ensure that your support continues to nurture and protect vulnerable children long after you’re gone. These gifts provide a powerful, enduring impact, enabling us to expand our programs, enhance our services, and sustain our mission for years to come.
Volunteering in Kenya
Changing lives : Yours and our children
Do something truly extraordinary by volunteering at Umoja Orphanage Kenya. Immerse yourself in a life-changing experience as you work alongside our dedicated team to support vulnerable children and their community. Your time and effort leave a lasting impact.
Do something truly extraordinary by volunteering at Umoja Orphanage Kenya. Immerse yourself in a life-changing experience as you work alongside our dedicated team to support vulnerable children and their community. Your time and effort leave a lasting impact.
The Power of your Voice
Amplify Our Impact through friends, family and the media
You can be a catalyst for change by sharing the mission and vision of Umoja Orphanage Kenya with your network. The more people who learn about our work, the greater the impact we can have.
Dedicated Gifts
Your Skills and Spare Items Can Make a World of Difference
You don’t have to give financially to make a meaningful impact. A dedicated gift can go a long way in supporting our mission. Are you a talented sewer? Create clothing for our children. Have spare, working mobile phones gathering dust?
Corporate Sponsorship
Partner with Us to Make a Transformative Difference
Corporate sponsorship provides a powerful opportunity for businesses to make a meaningful impact while enhancing their brand’s social responsibility. By partnering with Umoja Orphanage Kenya, your company helps provide critical support for vulnerable children, and in return, your brand gains visibility and recognition as a champion for change.
Workplace Giving
Empower Your Employees to Make a Difference
Workplace giving allows your company and employees to create a direct, positive impact on the lives of vulnerable children at Umoja Orphanage Kenya. By offering employees the option to donate through payroll deductions or matching gifts, you can foster a culture of giving and social responsibility within your organization.
Partnerships
Together, We Can Achieve the Extraordinary
Strategic partnerships provide invaluable support in advancing the mission of Umoja Orphanage Kenya. By collaborating with like-minded organisations, businesses, and individuals, we can expand our resources, amplify our efforts, and create sustainable change. Partnerships offer opportunities for shared expertise, joint fundraising initiatives, and community outreach.
Marketing
Use Your Brand’s Power to Support Our Mission
Marketing partnerships can play a crucial role in amplifying the reach and impact of Umoja Orphanage Kenya. By integrating our mission into your marketing campaigns, whether through social media promotion, co-branded initiatives, or cause-related marketing, your company can help raise awareness and encourage others to get involved.
Safari with Us
An Unforgettable Adventure and Support a Life-Changing Cause
When you choose to safari with Surprise Tours & Safaris, (part of Umoja Orphanage Kenya), you're not just booking a trip—you're helping to fund the future of children at Umoja Orphanage Kenya.
100% of all net profits from our safaris are donated directly back to the orphanage, ensuring that your adventure contributes to their well-being, education, and safety.
100% of all net profits from our safaris are donated directly back to the orphanage, ensuring that your adventure contributes to their well-being, education, and safety.
Projects Sponsorship
Directly Impact a Specific Need and Help Us Reach Our Goal
Donating to a specific project allows you to make a tangible impact on the most pressing needs at Umoja Orphanage Kenya. Whether it's funding the construction of a new building, or providing resources for health and wellness initiatives, your contribution goes directly toward achieving a clear, defined goal. Project sponsorship ensures that your donation is used effectively, to where it's needed most at that time.
Examples of Support
Real Impact from Your Generosity
The generous support we've received from our community has been transformative. From in-kind donations such as clothing, mobile phones, and school supplies to corporate sponsorships that have funded critical infrastructure, every act of kindness has played a key role in sustaining our mission. Volunteers have offered their time and skills, making a direct impact on the children’s lives, infrastructure and creating stronger connections within the local community.
Child Impact
Impact Stories
Zulpha came to us at an unknown age, abandoned, living on the streets with her mother, surviving on scraps from restaurants. Often left alone through the night, she was too weak to crawl or stand due to severe malnutrition. Restaurant staff, moved by her desperate situation, alerted authorities, leading her to our care. Our dedicated housemothers nurtured her fragile body, massaging her limbs, feeding her in small, steady amounts, and teaching her to crawl and walk.
As her health improved, she blossomed into a bright, confident girl, excelling in school and leaving behind the trauma of her past. In late 2019, we found an Aunt who had no idea what had happened to her. Secure and able to provide for her, she welcomed Zulpha to her home in early 2020. Zulpha became the first child we successfully reunited with family—a milestone in our mission to reconnect every child with their roots.
As her health improved, she blossomed into a bright, confident girl, excelling in school and leaving behind the trauma of her past. In late 2019, we found an Aunt who had no idea what had happened to her. Secure and able to provide for her, she welcomed Zulpha to her home in early 2020. Zulpha became the first child we successfully reunited with family—a milestone in our mission to reconnect every child with their roots.
Hamisi arrived in May 2024, weighing only 5kg at five years old—his tiny body reflecting the severe neglect, starvation, and lack of care he was subject to. Unable to talk, crawl, or even hold himself up, he struggled to breathe due to a chronic nasal condition. His elderly grandparents, devastated by his condition, alerted the authorities, and we rushed him to the hospital, fearing he wouldn’t survive. After stabilising, after some months, he underwent surgery in August to help him breathe.
Against all odds, Hamisi has fought through every challenge, becoming the light of Umoja, adored by his housemothers and new siblings. Though he continues to battle health issues and has been diagnosed with mild cerebral palsy, his progress is remarkable. His grandparents, along with the hospital staff who first treated him, can hardly believe the transformation. Hamisi’s journey is a powerful testament to the life-saving love and care he receives every day.
Against all odds, Hamisi has fought through every challenge, becoming the light of Umoja, adored by his housemothers and new siblings. Though he continues to battle health issues and has been diagnosed with mild cerebral palsy, his progress is remarkable. His grandparents, along with the hospital staff who first treated him, can hardly believe the transformation. Hamisi’s journey is a powerful testament to the life-saving love and care he receives every day.
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Australian Registered Charity Number CH 2110
Australian Business Number 90165041649
RAWCS Project Number 51/2011-12
Kenya Registered NGO - Umoja Children’s Village – Ukunda
Registraion Number : OP 218/051/12-0442/8509