Ndabibi Project, Kenya

See the progress you helped make happen in your sponsored community

When the project started, many families were struggling to grow enough food and earn income. Nearly all schools lacked well-trained teachers and facilities and families had to walk long distances to collect water.

Thanks to your support, your sponsored child and other children in the Ndabibi community have improved access to clean water, healthcare and nutritious food and their families have more opportunities to earn income.

Together we've achieved so much

96 percent of children were enrolled in primary school in 2017

This is up from 25 percent in 2009.

The project supported construction of 13 classroom blocks, toilet blocks and a school dormitory and provided schools with 15 rainwater tanks and hand-washing facilities.
More than 500 children from the most vulnerable families have completed secondary school thanks to assistance with school fees. Many of these children have gone on to study at university and technical colleges.
97 children with a disability received wheelchairs which made it easier for them to attend school and participate in family and community life. Teachers were also trained how to support children with a disability with their learning.

The percentage of children under five who are malnourished fell to 13 percent in 2017

This has been reduced from 42 percent in 2009.

Community Health Workers trained by the project are monitoring children's health and educating families on health, hygiene and nutrition issues. They have contributed to a major increase in the percentage of children who are fully immunised – which now stands at 95 percent.
Families have much better access to healthcare following the construction of three health centres and the renovation of two existing health centres.
The project partnered with the Ministry of Water and Irrigation to dig a borehole and erect 15 rainwater tanks, each with 50,000-litre capacity. Water from the borehole is piped to water kiosks where families pay a small monthly fee to collect clean water from taps.

Over 80 percent of families now eat three meals a day

2,000 farmers have learned how to improve crop production and build irrigation dams.

200 farmers have been supported to start fish farming to provide their families with a nutritious food source and a new income source. Surplus fish are sold in the local market, providing families with cash to cover household and farming expenses.

"My great thank you goes to all World Vision sponsors ... Through this great partnership we have seen child abuse cases decrease and now children and their families can enjoy life in all its fullness."

- Joseph, aged 47, child welfare officer

Training empowers farming families

Joan is a sponsored child currently studying in grade six. Joan’s is among many families who’ve developed a reliable income source with the help of generous sponsors like you.

Joan’s father Sammy started fish farming following training facilitated by the project. He also joined a local savings group. Sammy and other group members contribute a small amount of money each month to a joint fund which they can access in the form of low cost loans to buy farm supplies or start or build on small business activities.

Sammy took out a loan from the savings group to buy sheep to breed and he has been able to sell their offspring and use the profits to buy egg-laying hens and cover his children’s education costs.

“Up to now I sold the rest of the sheep and I bought a calf, which I presently rear and my family is doing well,” Sammy explained.

Sammy took out a loan from the savings group to buy sheep to breed and he has been able to sell their offspring and use the profits to buy egg-laying hens and cover his children’s education costs.

“Up to now I sold the rest of the sheep and I bought a calf, which I presently rear and my family is doing well,” Sammy explained.

"We were living with some struggles, but when World Vision came and started training us in different matters we became somehow educated and our life became uplifted."

- Sammy, farmer