Having set up as a separate entity to African Community Initiative Support, the new KCIS is incorporating the children's home (Mercy Gate Champion Children's Home), which will for the time being, be known as the KCIS Children's Home, although it will have a "proper" name in the future.
This decision has been made for the following reasons:
- Only one person within ACIS was doing anything for the children's home
- Mercy Gate, from whom the home took its name, did little or nothing for the home.
The new organisation, based in Kisii, is led by Vincent from the home and David from ACIS, and will be seeking NGO status in Kenya and charitable status in the UK, in due course.
ACIS, in its various forms within Kenya will still continue its activities, as far as we know.
As has been seen in previous posts, David and Vincent are also in business together as Kenanda-Steggall Exports, a soapstone exporting firm, which will be supporting KCIS financially, thereby lessening the reliance on donations - we hope.
As to the name of the children's home, we will be asking the children for ideas as well as the volunteers and trustees.
So, watch this space ...
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