The Christmas Request

Wezesha By Grace (formally known as Adopt A Village in Africa/Kenya) has the following children who are in need of sponsorship:

Hannah Semarian & Grace Nenkoisa are primary aged Maasai girls who are both hearing impaired. They both attend Tania Special School for children with disabilities. Their school fees and upkeep come to $600 per year each.

Caption: Hannah is on the left and Grace is on the right.

Hannah Semarian is going into Class 3 (3rd grade). She was born into a large family, and they didn’t know what to do with a deaf girl, so they left her at home. Maasai don’t believe in educating children with disabilities.

Grace Nenkoisa is going into Pre-unit (Kindergarten). Her father wanted Wezesha By Grace (WBG) to take her brother to Form 1 (9th grade) and take another brother to hospital. He wanted to leave Grace at home because she was deaf and he thought educating her was a waste of money. WBG believes in educating the girl child and asked to educate Grace.

Raymond Karioki Waweru , 18, was orphaned at the age of 13. His parents went to work one day and never returned. He heard the bus they took to work had an accident but he doesn’t know any more than that. The landlord soon evicted him and not knowing any relatives he was forced to live on the street. He went to the office of children’s services and was placed in various homes and schools until he ended up with Grace at Kimuga Farm. Despite all the pain in his life, Raymond is a joyful and kind person and an excellent student. He is attending Machakos Boys Secondary School and will enter Form 2 (10th grade) in January. Raymond found out a few days before Christmas that the NGO who was supporting him does not sponsor children who are 18 years and older. Raymond will need $1,200 per year for the next 3 years to complete secondary school.

Peter and Sylvia are siblings. Their older siblings Ann and James have completed high school and Ann has completed a college diploma in Social Work. James just completed high school and would like to go to college. A church in the USA had been supporting the orphaned siblings for the past six years. That sponsorship has ended and Peter and Sylvia still need to complete their education. They both live at Kimuga Farm.

Peter Njoroge is going into Form 4 (12th grade) at Ilngaroje Secondary School, a boarding school in the Rift Valley. His school fees and upkeep come to $1300 per year. Peter is looking forward to his last year of high school. He performs well at school and is a very gentle and hardworking young man.

Sylvia Mwihaki Mugure is going into Form 1 (9th grade). She will receive the results for her Class 8 exam next week. She is a very good student and we are expecting her to get called to a nationally ranked school, which will be very expensive. We are anticipating that it will cost $2,500 for her education fees and upkeep per year for the next 4 years. Sylvia is an amazing young woman. She is an avid reader. I brought books to start a library at Kimuga Farm and Sylvia has read almost all the books I brought. She is especially interested in books about African Americans. She read “Roots” in 3 days. It would be heart breaking for her not to be able to continue her education.

When they found out their education was no longer being sponsored they did not get bitter or angry. The four siblings got together with Grace and her prayer partners and prayed a prayer of thanksgiving for the church that had sponsored them for the past six years and then they prayed that where a door had been closed, God would open a window.


Hannah, Grace, Raymond, Peter and Sylvia are exceptional young people, who don’t have the luxury of parents to support them. They truly believe that the Lord will fulfill their dreams through someone whose heart is touched by their story. This Christmas give the gift of a bright future. Give the gift of education, so the world can benefit from these talented and brave children of God.