Western Kenya · Near Kisii · Est. 2008
First
2008
100+ children in family-scale residential care
750+ students — built by BG, donated to the community
BG built the school in 2013 and gave it to the community. Today it serves 750+ students, most from the surrounding area. The government provides electricity. Local parents co-fund the lunch programme. BG’s role is now primarily supportive rather than operational — which is exactly as it should be.
Fortnightly visits — keeping families together
Adapted education for children with intellectual disabilities
The first adapted classroom for children with intellectual disabilities in western Kenya — opened because BG’s outreach team visited a family home and found a child who had never been in a structured learning environment. The classroom now serves multiple children from across the region. The government has expressed interest in replicating it.
Three distinct programmes — and one that exists nowhere else in western Kenya.
Monthly sponsorship — one high school student
School fees, three daily meals, healthcare, accommodation in a family-style home, and daily social worker support. Everything a child at BG Nyamira needs. Dutch donors: approximately €27 net after ANBI income tax deduction.
Three meals a day — breakfast, lunch, and dinner
For many children at BG Nyamira, the BG meal is the most reliable food of their day. For the children at the community school, the co-funded lunch programme is often the only hot meal they receive. Nutrition is a non-negotiable baseline — not a conditional benefit.
Children at the community school — the majority not in BG care
The first of its kind in western Kenya — needs sustained support
How this location came to be.
Every milestone here was a response to a specific failure of the previous approach — not a plan, but a series of decisions to do better.
Emergency shelter opened in Miruka in coordination with the Red Cross.
Permanent family-style homes built. Max 10 children per home. Dedicated caregivers.
Constructed and donated to the local community. Includes the first adapted special needs classroom in western Kenya.
School growing. BG Netherlands and local parents co-fund lunches. Government provides electricity.
Sponsor a child at BG Nyamira
A child at BG Nyamira arrived because no other provision could reach them. €40/month is what it costs to change that — completely.
A child at BG Nyamira arrived because no other provision could reach them. €40/month is what it costs to change that — completely.
