Supporting the people of Rusinga Island, Kenya.
Rusinga Island comprises many small villages supported primarily by fishing and subsistence farming. With one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS infections in the world, a growing number of widows and orphans struggle to feed themselves and their families. Public school fees are beyond their means to afford. Desperate for food, people cut down trees to sell charcoal, leaving the soil incapable of producing crops. As this cycle continues, communities are losing their vigor, their joy of life, their hope.
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Supporting local efforts to build lasting change.
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Breaking the cycle of poverty.
In 2013, a handful of local volunteers gathered to break the spiral of poverty destroying their community. With little more than determination, they formed CAITHS, aimed at improving education, sanitation, and health on Rusinga Island. CAITHS began a broad program of improvements: cleaning villages, planting trees, educating girls about health and hygiene, providing after-school programs for orphaned children. Identifying education as a major need in their community, CAITHS opened a free primary school for orphaned and vulnerable children. The Kathy & Mike McNulty Academy (KMMA) provides students with education as well as free meals, uniforms, footwear, medical care, and clean water systems. KMMA, and all CAITHS programs, are possible only because of the generous support of donors and the incredible efforts of the CAITHS organization.
