BRIEF BACKGROUND

Living Word Gospel Care Foundation (LWOGCAF) is a Registered Community Based Organization Reg. Number CBO/ 2050 founded by a team of women and men Born Again concerned Christians in the community as a response to the increasing vulnerabilities in the community especially among the Orphans and needy Children, Women, Widows and the Youth. These members were inspired by a Biblical verse taken from the book of James 1:27 “what God the father considers to be pure and genuine religion is this: to take care of orphans and Widows in their suffering and to keep oneself from being corrupted by the world”. This organization started on 10th DEC, 2018 by a group of committed Born Again Christians who conducted a Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) in the surrounding sub -counties. Among the findings were: Most Orphans and needy children, most Women and Widows were suffering more due to lack of basic needs and neglect. Most of their problems and community challenges needed physical, spiritual, psychological and social intervention like identifying and caring for the most vulnerable orphans and children, sensitization on gender based violence, sensitization on food security and nutrition, sensitization on education, environment conservation, good governance, creating income generating projects to reduce on household poverty etc. Those findings were the basis of forming Living Word Gospel Care Foundation so as to reach out to the target community with benefits arising from our programs/activities and also identifying measures of working closely with all categories of people in the community including local leaders and partners. Living Word Gospel Care Foundation (LWOGCAF) then got committed to helping the most vulnerable orphans and needy children, marginalized Women, widows and widowers attain self-esteem, hope and self-reliance by provision of Food, Clothing, Medical Care, Education and adult literacy, Technical skills and spiritual word of God to all. LWOGCAF will also empower the targeted groups with skills in income-generating activities mainly through sustainable and comercial agriculture like kitchen gardening, fish farming and organic farming, horticulture and livestock to increase incomes generation and food security.