By Sandra Blessings
A section of widows from Homa Bay County have a reason to smile after a Christian-based organization responded to their call for better housing.
The organization, which is based in Kasipul constituency of Homa Bay county is rewriting the story of needy and vulnerable persons in the area, Kabondo Kasipul, Ndhiwa, Karachuonyo, and both Suba North and South sub-counties through a new housing program.
Apart from Homa Bay County, the organization named God Will Provide has extended its tentacles to Siaya County where they have constructed 11 houses, Kakamega County where they have built 8 houses and Kisumu County where they also constructed six houses.
“We have 5,020 houses for widows so far. And we anticipate to constrict additional ones this year and next year,’ said Mr. Newtone Ogada, the Director of the organization.
He says the organization was moved by the deplorable state of most houses and found it necessary to intervene.
Mr. Ogada says the delipidated houses exposed the widows and their children to health and security risks.’
“As a Christian organization, we seek to give hope and a new dimension of life to the widows and the vulnerable in the region,” he says
Mr. Ogada says most of the widows in the area were exposed to harsh conditions because of the poor conditions of their houses.
“ We plan to construct additional houses to tackle the housing problem in the area. Most of these widows have deplorable houses,” he says.
Mr. Ogada says the organization was supporting 210 orphans who are housed at the organization providing free education and other basic needs.
He says the orphans who are both in primary and secondary schools board in the institution, while they pay school fees for those in colleges.
“We provide health care, education, clothes, and full board facilities to the orphans. The orphans are from every part of Homa Bay county and the neighboring ones like Kisii,” he says.
Mr. Ogada says the organization has also constructed a primary and secondary school where the children undertake their studies.
He says the organization also has put 319 families on the NHIF medical scheme and this has helped address emerging health concerns in the area.
Mr. Ogada says through the medical scheme the economic potentials of the families have been realized and emerging health concerns have been tackled.
