Projects that require funding...

Area	Project	Required (US$)
Langas	Rebuild church/school	8,742
Langas	Rebuild offices destroyed in post-election riots	2,588
Langas	Rebuild orphanage destroyed in post-election riots	5,086
Langas	Support Centre	112,830

Christian Hope Support Group (CHSG) is a registered Faith based organization Under World Missions Gospel Centre. It is founded in LANGAS SLUM VILLAGE in Pioneer/ Kapsaret/ Uasin Gishu District, North Rift in Republic of Kenya East Africa.

The Primary Purpose of Christian Hope Support Centre is to improve the general welfare of orphans, vulnerable children & Widows. Its main mission is to foster sustainable livelihoods of the under privileged children in Langas slum village/ Pioneer Kapsaret Uasin Gishu District.

Langas slum village has a population of over 100,000 people, 65.5% of whom are women and children. Most of the population is not engaged in meaningful economic activities and hence there is a high dependency ratio. 80% is engaged in informal sector activities while the remainder is employed in the formal sector.

The literacy rate is relatively low compared to other areas of Eldoret Municipality while the school drop out rate is high. With high unemployment and dependency ratios, the majority of the youths are idle. This exposes most youth to illicit behaviour, which is the reason for high insecurity around this area. Other outcome of this behaviour is sexual immorality and prostitution, drug and substance abuse among others.

This increases chances of HIV/AIDS infection and is the reason for the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS among the youth population in Langas slum village compared to other age brackets.

Due to deaths of one or both parents, children in Langas lack the care and support they require in order to concentrate on education. Many of them go for days without food and are poorly clothed. They face family hostilities from step-mothers, when younger orphans are driven out of their mothers’ houses by older orphans hence depriving them of home comfort. Orphans in this situation have often resorted to turn to the streets. In the streets they are exposed to the harsh realities. They end up engaging in thuggery and other social vices. When this happens they drop out of school putting their future are risk.

There is a need therefore to implement a comprehensive support programme for these children before they end up in the streets and aggravate the already complex lives they are living.

Those within the ages 0-5 years should go to early childhood schools, while those aged 6-14 years should be in primary schools. Ages 15-21 years should go to tertiary institutions where they can acquire skills. This cannot be achieved in an environment where children are exposed to lack, abuse and even violence.

An education and training support programme is therefore desirable to ensure that these orphans become capable of participating and initiating income generating activities, thus breaking the strings of poverty from their hold.