This August I travelled to Etora to teach a two-week session of courses to some students studying for the ministry. The Etora New Church which hosts the Theological School sessions also hosts the General Church Sacred Care Orphanage, with its 65 orphans.   Kay Alden had asked me to take photos of the children and […]

Helping Children in Crisis Quarterly Report Fall 2013, Kay R. Alden, Chair HCIC HCIC is a committee of volunteers that operates under the General Church Office of Outreach.  Our committees was formed to create a standard of practice for distributing charitable funds and establish an avenue for financial support to children in situations of need. Our mission […]

In truth there is not a lot of research about the effectiveness of sponsorship. In the following article Bruce Wydick and company attempt to gather that research and found some very positive outcomes for sponsored children versus their non sponsored peers. From “Chicago Journals” (April 2013) an article titled “Does International Child Sponsorship Work? A […]

Why Sponsor An Child? Theresa McQueen tells us why she decided to sponsor a child in the General Church Sacred Care orphanage in Etora, Kenya. “When I heard about the plight and the courage of the children who sought out refuge with Rev. Samson it broke my heart. Aren’t all children as beloved to the […]

I am happy to announce that beds have been purchased for the children! When Reverend Samson heard that we had the funding for the beds, he wrote back saying: “Humbly thank you so much for the dedicative work. The orphans and the GC board members broke into tears of joy before finishing reading the print […]

I just wanted to update everyone with what we have been up to at HCIC. We put on two awesome events in June, the (hopefully!) annual HCIC Charity Dinner and a benefit concert, both in Bryn Athyn, PA. It was great to see everyone there and feel the support, and we look forward to woking […]

The AIDS epidemic in Africa has drastically increased number of orphans in East Africa. In the past extended families would care for orphans, but as a result of several sociological causes, one being the increase in orphaned children, this is no longer an option for many families. According to local reports, the Kenyan society has […]

Thank you so much to everyone who helped us raise enough money to purchase mattresses, blankets, and mosquito nets for the kids! Now that the election season in Kenya has subsided into a legal dispute and no winner has yet to be finalized, life in Kenya has tentatively been going back to normal. This means […]

The court said its agents would check whether the number of votes was higher than the number of registered voters. Defeated candidate Raila Odinga says the result was manipulated to give Uhuru Kenyatta victory – a charge election officials deny. Mr Kenyatta passed the 50% mark for outright victory by about 4,100 votes. The BBC’s […]