Kenya & Uganda Today.

Some interesting details and statistics about Kenya.
People
Kenya

Population:
33,829,590 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 42.5% (male 7,252,075/female 7,124,034) 15-64 years: 55.2% (male 9,378,428/female 9,295,471) 65 years and over: 2.3% (male 356,116/female 423,466) (2005 est.)
Median age:
total: 18.19 years male: 18.08 years female: 18.3 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.56% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
40.13 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
14.65 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: according to UNHCR, by the end of 2001 Kenya was host to 220,000 refugees from neighboring countries, including: Somalia 145,000 and Sudan 68,000 (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 61.47 deaths/1,000 live births male: 64.26 deaths/1,000 live births female: 58.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 47.99 years male: 48.87 years female: 47.09 years (2005 est.)
Total fertility rate:
4.96 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
6.7% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
1.2 million (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
150,000 (2003 est.)
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: malaria is a high risk in some locations water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2004)
Nationality:
noun: Kenyan(s) adjective: Kenyan
Ethnic groups:
Kikuyu 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, other African 15%, non-African (Asian, European, and Arab) 1%
Religions:
Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 10%, other 2% note: a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely
Languages:
English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 85.1% male: 90.6% female: 79.7% (2003 est.)


A PROJECT OF AFRICAN ACTION INTERNATIONAL.



NOTES ON COSTS OF GOODS
FOR MERCY CHILDREN'S HOME IN RURAL KENYA.

FOOD STUFFS.

Rice – 50kg = $40.00

Maize flour - 100kg = $40.00

Dried beans - 100kg = $70.00

White wheat flour - carton = $20.00

Mercy Home uses each week:-

1 sack of maize flour weekly, = $160.00 per month.

1 sack dried beans per month, = $ 70.00 “ “

Once a week meat is part of the meal.
Twice a week Beans with onion and Tomatoes.
Available Vegetables each day. (Grown on property).
Most meals are Posho, (maize), and veg.
Once a month one meal with fresh fish.
Twice a week meals with dried fish.

Fruit trees are banana’s fruiting throughout the year.
Mango’s in season.
Avocado’s – not sure.

All children help with chores.
School uniform must be washed on arrival home and hung to dry.
In rainy season they are rubbed dry with towels and ironed with charcoal iron.


CLOTHING.

Foot wear is normally thongs. (called ‘slippers’).
Some school shoes were bought in 2006 by an Australian lady.
Also some school bags, each child then had a bag.
One School uniform per child was bought in Jan. 2005.
This one uniform has been made to last until now. June 2007.
Uniforms are therefore urgently needed. Also additional children are now in the home.

School Clothing Needs – full uniform is as follows.

1 dress or shirt n’ shorts, per child for 40 = $640.00

2 pair socks per 40 children @ $2.00 = $ 80.00

1 pair Shoes for 40 children @ $10.00 = $400.00

1 dark green cardigan @ $10.00 = $400.00

1 undergarment per child = $280.00

SPORTSWEAR.

T-shirt & Shorts per child = $200.00

Sneakers @ $15.00 = $600.00

We want our children from Mercy Home to feel valued in providing for them the correct school uniform. We believe this will affirm them and give self esteem to each child.
The Mercy Nursery School for pre-school children, ( many from the poverty stricken community), see costs above, has a red & white check dress for girls and white shirt and coloured shorts for boys. Some individual children have one thanks to their sponsors sending enough supplemental finance to enable Consolate to acquire it for them.

The next challenge for African Action International is to believe for God’s great provision to enable the completion and equipping of the newly built kitchen next to the new boys Dormitory & Dining room.

To also commence the foundation for the 30 bed girls Dormitory within 10 weeks, and to connect electricity to the property.

We are awaiting a quote for the electricity connection.


Email received on 3/3/08 from Mercy Children's Home:

Hi,
These are children needing sponsors.

The three year old has a sad story, the mother died at night and the boy continued to suck the mothers breast till morning. The father had died when he was born.

They are a family of six children.

I have only taken the photos of three children namely, Vincent Otieno 3. Steve Omoka 5. Mary Atieno 10.

These children were taken by a neighbour who is a very old woman and a drunkard. The other girl Edwina Akinyi is homebased and the mother is alive. From the time she began nursery school to now the mother could not afford to buy her uniform or books and they live near Mercy home.

May God bless you,
Connie.