HEROES OF THE NATION
Be A HERO partners with Heroes of the Nation to provide support through our Child Sponsorship Program for the orphans living at their children’s home, and funds for their building projects.
Heroes of the Nation’s Children’s Home is located in the outskirts of Nyahururu in the Losogwa area of the Laikipia District, Kenya. This area is approximately 120 km from Nairobi in the southwest region of Kenya.
The Nyahururu Orphanage struggled until 2002 when, at the behest of Harold Eberle, Andrew Sievright of Heroes of the Nation went to Africa to meet Weston and Violet. Andrew had been a director of a 110-staffed YWAM base in Texas, and had traveled to Africa at the invitation of Harold Eberle to consider working with Weston and Violet. So began a heartfelt partnership to develop and operate orphanages and schools throughout Africa. In one year, with the combination of Andrew’s vision and the Gitonga’s ministry administration skills, the Nyahururu orphanage grew from 22 children to a home for 200 children. They now care for 370 children.
From the start of Heroes of the Nation’s participation in the Nyahururu Orphanage program in 2002 thru the end of 2003, HOTN has invested over $190,000 USD towards the purchase of land(s) and facilities, repairs & maintenance, and the operations of the orphanage. Since 2004, Be A HERO has invested an additional approximately $500,000.00 in new capital projects, and operating expenses through project donations and our child sponsorship program.
More orphanages are being planned as the vision expands to meet the urgent need to care for children who have been abandoned by the loss of their parents to AIDS. Heroes of the Nation owns properties for future growth in Nyahururu, Kenya - Mombassa, Kenya - Kigali, Rwanda. Government officials in Zanzibar and Rwanda have promised to help Heroes of the Nation with land grants for future orphanages in those countries.
For more information on current Be A HERO projects with Heroes of the Nation, click here. If you would like to sponsor one of the children living at the Heroes of the Nation Children’s Home, click here.
