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Helping Kenya’s orphans By KYLIE WILSON
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David Tharratt with Moses, one of the children from the Kenyan orphanage.
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DAVID Tharratt is helping change the lives of young orphans in Kenya. Together with members of his family living at Oxley, and fellow community minded locals - predominantly from Wangaratta’s Wesleyan Methodist Church - he has been involved with helping the Tumani Miles of Smiles orphanage and school since 2008. The centre was established in 2004 by Kenyan woman Rose Bugusu, the youngest of a poverty stricken family of six children who wanted to improve things for her community. The orphanage began with just 12 children, and now looks after a population of 66 children, while the school began with a small population of 80-100 children and now educates over 300. David and his companions have made many trips to help part of the orphanage building, as well as the school. On their last visit they were hard at work making desks for the school, not only for the children but for the staff. “There’s never a shortage of things to do,” he said, saying if they’re not making bricks for construction, then they could be teaching a class. “It’s always good to see them.” When not in Kenya, David and his family and friends sponsor a number of children at the school and orphanage, as well as fundraising for sponsorship of other children and the centre. continued page |
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