East Coast Kenya · Indian Ocean · Est. 2005
BG has been in Ruiru since the 1980s. Today 125+ students live and study on one campus with social workers present daily.
2005
About this location
Four programs. One campus. The most innovation BG has put into any single location.
In 2004, Kenya’s child protection services reported 15,000 children in need along the Malindi coast — largely orphaned by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. BG responded within twelve months, building a school and residential shelter simultaneously.
Today the Malindi campus runs four programs at once. The Lighthouse Village — 14 homes where working couples take in BG children as full family members — is the most innovative program BG has ever built, now being studied by NGOs across Kenya.
The school was renovated in 2017 and now serves 300+ students. The shelter cares for approximately 30 residential children. The outreach program visits vulnerable families every two weeks.
A sponsorship at BG Malindi costs €40/month — school fees, three daily meals, healthcare, accommodation, and social worker support.
Programs at this location
What BG Malindi does every day.
Education · 300+ students
Charity school — free for every enrolled child
All fees, textbooks, uniforms, and materials covered. 300+ students enrolled. School renovated 2017.
Lighthouse Village
14 foster family homes — nationally studied model
14 homes where working couples take in BG children as full family members. BG provides house, food, school fees. Family provides permanence.
Residential shelter
Safe residential care for ~30 children on campus
Around 30 children in the residential shelter. Three meals daily, healthcare, schooling, consistent adult care.
Outreach
Fortnightly home visits to vulnerable coastal families
Food packages, medical care, school fee support, and practical guidance. Born in Malindi — now across all BG locations.
History
How this location came to be.
BG surveys affected families and begins planning a shelter and school simultaneously.
Land purchased, school and shelter constructed within twelve months. Outreach program born at the same time.
Improved classrooms, sanitation, and learning facilities.
Working couples take in BG children as family members. First 12 homes built with Pharus Foundation. Now 14. Being studied by NGOs across Kenya.
What this location needs
What your support pays for.
Every item is a verified current need at BG Malindi. Sponsor one child and you cover all areas.
Current needs — BG Malindi
School fees for 300+ students
Tuition, books, and materials for the full charity school.
Lighthouse running costs
Household expenses for 14 foster family homes.
Healthcare
Medical care including HIV/AIDS treatment support.
Three daily meals
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner for every child in BG care.
Outreach program
Food packages, medical care, and school fees for coastal families.
Sponsor a child at BG Malindi
BG Malindi is home to Kenya’s most innovative foster care model and one of the coast’s only fully funded charity schools.
€40/month sponsors one primary school child in full. Fees, meals, healthcare, and care. ANBI tax-deductible for Dutch donors.
