Christ Care Ministries International
Extending God's Love
Situational analysisThere are very many orphans AND widows within the Christ Care locality. The number increases every year due to HIV/AIDS, tobacco smoking diseases and other death causes. Christ Care Centre has to try and assist as much as possible. Due to increasing number of HIV related deaths of married couples, the number of street kids in the nearby town of Migori is increasing and Christ Care Centre has to stand as a place of hope for these street children. We need to provide them with food and clothing and even start a food and clothing center for street children in the heart of the town. Immorality and sexual abuse is very high within the local people. This is in part contributed to, by the traditions and culture of the local people. The ministry has the mandate to reach the community with strong moral foundations based on Biblical principles to save them from HIV/AIDS and other sexually related sicknesses. Most of the youths within Christ Care locality grow, sell and use drugs, especially bhang/marijuana. Many people from the locality are in jail due to this drug. Those arrested using/selling these drugs are jailed for not less than seven years. Doctors say, "If you smoke only one roll of marijuana which costs Kshs 20, and then stop smoking, it will take seven years to completely come out of your system." Most local people neither know God nor have a personal relationship with God. The local churches are doing very little to reach the locals, so we have to join forces with the churches to reach these hungry souls. The community does not have clean water. They use dirty water for drinking and for their domestic uses. The community needs clean water borehole to help stop the spread of waterborne diseases. The community does not have a school. Children walk several kilometers to reach the nearby school. The community thus needs a nursery, primary and secondary school. There is also need for a polytechnic/college/tertiary college and university. 80% of the locals are very illiterate and therefore there is need for adult education. The community needs to have a nearby medical facility. The nearest government medical facility is several kilometers away and this has led to;
The hospitals in the nearby town are also very crowded and expensive. The locals have land, but they need an education on how to make good use of their land. The ministry needs to educate local farmers how best to use their farms, especially on what type of crops to grow and how to grow them. Most farmers grow and smoke tobacco. They need to be educated on the dangers of growing tobacco, smoking it and drying it. There are many cash crops that they can be advised on to grow other than tobacco, which is harmful to their health. Internal Assesment Christ Care Centre is around 13 kilometers out of Migori town, within Uriri division, south Kanyamkago Location and Bware Sub-location. The locals of Christ Care community are as follows;
The estimated population of the Christ Care locality is over 40, 000 people (Men, Women and Children). The area is 7 Km2. The locals are very happy about the project and they are very supportive in most cases. The setting, social and population group affects us to an extent that we have to put in mind all the tribes when employing or admitting children at risk to the center, otherwise the whole project can be branded a tribal affair and this can close the door to our evangelism team. |