When we first met twins Faith and Ann, their three siblings, and their mother, Tabitha, they were living in extremely unsafe and desperate conditions. Tabitha worked tirelessly on a local farm, but her annual earnings were less than half of the secondary school fees for her eldest child. Despite the challenges they faced, Faith and Ann were always smiling, full of energy, and excited to welcome visitors.
In 2017, our volunteers helped build the family a new home, alongside seven other families, in a safe, supportive GEF community. Today, the twins are thriving in secondary school, thanks to the education support provided by Susie, Susan, and Susan—each of whom played a key role in building their new home. Faith and Ann both share a love for singing, and they each have big dreams—Faith hopes to become a doctor, while Ann aspires to be a teacher.
Faith and Ann are young, happy and now carefree twins enjoying pre-school. Despite the many challenges they have faced, Faith and Ann never stop smiling and laughing.
When we met them and their family they were living in some of the worst conditions we have seen. Their mum, Tabitha, worked on a coffee farm and was often taken advantage of because of her poverty.
In 2017, our volunteers built Faith, Ann and their family a new home in Kabaru, Kenya. Faith is now sponsored by Susie Sagalovitsch and Ann by Susan Hendry, Fiona Fraser and Susan Brown collectively. All 4 of these ladies were involved in building the family’s home. We are so grateful to them for giving these hopeful young girls an even brighter future. Now that they are at school their dreams have grown. Faith wants to be a teacher and likes playing with dolls while Ann wants to be a doctor and likes making new friends – which she is very good at. The girls are also very good at singing together and have become treasured members of the GEF family, our very own James is now ‘Uncle James’
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