BG Malindi · Launched 2017 · 14 homes
The Lighthouse Village — where working couples raise BG children as their own.
14 family homes on the BG Malindi campus. Working couples who take in BG children as full family members — not residents, not wards, children who belong to a family. The model that other Kenyan child welfare organisations now visit to study and replicate.
2017+
Studied
Pharus
Rotating staff. Dormitories. No family identity.
Permanent house parents. Family homes. Real belonging.
Malindi is also where the Lighthouse Village was developed: 14 family homes where working couples take in BG children as full family members. That model is now being studied by other Kenyan NGOs as a national template for child welfare.
What the Lighthouse Village looks like in practice.
Family homes on campus
Grown from 12 homes in 2017 to 14 by 2025. Each one occupied by a working couple and up to 10 BG children.
Maximum children per home
The 10-child maximum is a deliberate constraint — large enough to be a family, small enough for every child to receive individual attention and care.
Social workers on campus
Not occasional. Not crisis-only. Qualified social workers are on the Malindi campus every day — accessible to every home and every child.
Model being studied across Kenya
Other Kenyan child welfare organisations visit the Lighthouse Village to study the model. Some have begun designing their own versions of it. BG was told it was too ambitious. It now stands as a template.
Support the Lighthouse Village
€500/month covers the full running costs of one Lighthouse Village family home — food, fees, utilities, and social worker visits for up to 10 children.
