While at Neema, young women (and their children) are provided with essential medical care that would otherwise not be accessible. Transportation to healthcare centers ensures that students and children can visit doctors, undergo imaging and testing, and receive physical therapy when needed.
Read More"I came here with a lot going on in my life feeling so stressed but I am leaving here healed and better at heart.” - Esther, a guardian to one of our first-year students
Read MoreWhen the first-year girls joined Neema, they looked lonely and isolated, and most of them were self-centered and wore a face of worry and sadness. But since then, they’ve started looking bright, and a few are even beginning to wear smiles on their faces.
Read MoreJust a few weeks ago, Florence was crowned Miss Neema 2022 at our annual Fashion Show. And today, she’s preparing to take her highest national dressmaking certification exam before graduating. "I now believe that truly God cannot forget his children. I cannot believe that he has made me who I am today,” Florence says. But life did not always look so bright.
Read MoreJackie Birungi, one of Neema’s counselors, is living out her great passion of “putting a smile on somebody’s face” in a profession where genuine smiles are hard earned but a definite sign of hope for the future.
Read MoreNow that she’s back in school, Sarah’s father says that she has hope. Because he didn’t have the money to pay for school fees, Sarah was supposed to just stay home. But after they heard about Neema and she started, it has transformed her in terms of education and good health, and he’s grateful for that. His desire is for Sarah to have hope and a bright future.
Sarah says she is grateful to God for bringing her to Neema because she knows after she is done with school she will have to give a helping hand to the father who does everything single handedly.
Read MoreDuring one-on-one counseling, a first year student asked me to teach her how to love because she doesn't know how to receive or give love. She had never been hugged in her life, and she was not [open] to being hugged in the first sessions of individual counseling. I asked her if she could allow me to demonstrate it through listening and giving her a hug twice a day in the morning and in the evening. By the end of the week, she looked brighter and had learned to hug with ease.
Read MoreI have learned to love unconditionally, and this has helped me extend it to the young women at Neema and the people I encounter without passing judgment…. We do trauma counseling at Neema to help our students to spiritually, physically, emotionally, and psychologically address their personal experiences and come to terms with and recover from traumatic events by becoming survivors and knowing their true identity and worth.
Read MoreThis year, we gave time to each guardian to say something to their girl as she graduated. It was the most emotional time for me that day: To hear fathers and mothers tell their daughters that they are proud of them and that they love them. Especially that part. You see, in this culture here in Kitale, it is not common for a parent to tell their child that they love them. Love is shown in other ways but not usually expressed in touch or words.
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