Staff from the Kenya and Africa Airtel offices have donated Sh1 million and foodstuffs for the festive season at the Mogra Rescue Centre in Kiambu County.
The employees engaged with the children at the centre on Thursday where they played games and gave out Christmas gifts to the little ones.
In a statement, Airtel Kenya CEO, Adil El Youssefi said: “As staff of Airtel it gives us great pleasure to share the joy of the festive season with these children so as to ensure that they also celebrate like everyone else. Over the years, we have given to the home as we aim to support such initiatives that seek to alleviate the troubles that plague many children especially the abandoned and orphaned. We hope that this visit will brighten their lives and give them hope for the future.”
Located along Muthaiga North, Kiambu Road, Mogra Rescue Centre supports vulnerable children by giving them a loving home and by providing free education to the children in the Mathare slum.
Founded in 2009, the home houses kids from the ages of 0-19 years and since its inception, Mogra has made a comfortable home for over 250 children 63 of whom are infants of ages ranging from 2weeks to one year old.
The Mogra Rescue Centre has also played a key role in curbing stigmatisation associated with those infected and affected by the HIV virus in the slum.
While offering to take care of the children that have been abandoned or orphaned due to the virus, the home seeks to educate the community to embrace those affected and not to shun them.
Mogra Rescue Centre founder, Hannah Wairimu, set up Mogra Star Academy in Mathare slums, in 1998.
The institution offers free education in Mathare slums to more than 900 children in both primary and secondary level.
So far, the Mogra Star Academy has had over 5,000 candidates in both primary and secondary.