Fatuma
Fatuma is from a Muslim family in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. She was born in 1997 and cannot remember her father because he left the family when she was very young. However, she does…
Benjamin & Martha
Benjamin was born in 1993 near the famous Lake Victoria. He is a member of the Kenyan tribe Kisii, who are known for their fishing skills. Benjamin and his sister…
Annet
In June of 1992, Annet was born in Uganda, a country bordering Kenya. Her mother was Ugandan, but her father was a member of the Maasai tribe— an East African nomadic tribe. Her family already…
Edith & Alice
Unfortunately, their father was a victim of HIV and died before
Alice was only nine years old. Alice and Edith have always been close. Though Alice is a year older than Edith, they have always…
Fredrick
On January 20, 1994, in a small Kenyan village near the border of Uganda in the Mt. Elgon region, Fredrick was born. By the age of seven, he had watched his father slowly and painfully die of AIDS…
Evaline
Evaline was born October 7, 1994 in Kisii, a small town in western Kenya near Lake Victoria. At the tender age of seven, she watched helplessly as her mother’s body deteriorated from the disease of…
Mariam
In 2001, Mariam faced a tragedy. After battling the creeping disease, her mother died of AIDS. The very next year, she faced another death, that of her father. She and her sister found themselves alone on…
Catherine
Catherine lived in a Luyha village outside of Kitale, a northwestern town in Kenya near Mt. Elgon. She came home from school one day to find her mother lying on the floor, shivering and too weak to…
Milka
Milka is one of five children in her family, including her sister Susan (also at Gethsemane). Both of her parents died of AIDS when she was very young, leaving her and her siblings on the street. She …
Susan
Susan was born in Nairobi Kenya on August 8, 1992. She grew up in a poor but loving family. Then, when she was six years old, the unthinkable happened. Her father was murdered by his brothers who…
David
In the city of Nairobi, Kenya in February of 1996, David was born. He was born in the slums, fatherless due to the AIDS disease and the fifth child in his family. Soon after his birth, his poverty stricken…