| Friend in Leadership: Tabitha Othieno
Partner since: September 2005
Statement of Purpose: Based in Bungoma, Siritanyi is committed to providing a safe home for orphans and enhancing capacity-building and development of technical and practical skills/competencies for the world.
Needs/Beneficiaries: Siritanyi provides a home for local orphans and also operates a theatre group that engages young people in order to properly educate them about HIV/AIDS.
Income-Generating Activities:
- Bee-keeping
- Dairy farming
- Poultry
Impacts: Siritanyi provides a free posho milling service to the community, and the dairy cow program produces big benefits, providing enough milk for the community and the orphans housed there.
Testimonial: We are making sure that orphans have a place to go. It is not right for them to be all alone. – Tabitha Othieno
Photos:
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