The Mathare Slum - five minute drive to the country club in Kenya.
Just fifteen minutes from Seeds in His Garden is a small area of about five square miles called Mathare Valley. Marthare is a difficult place to describe to anyone, even Kenyans who have never seen or been where this girl is standing. All of your five senses are driven into overload as you amongst the 500,000 people who are living in this space and realize that death is at every doorstep. However, even this figure, could be far greater as any census taken in these areas has proven to be difficult. Although this seems overwhelming, Kibera is even larger than Mathare. Kibera is considered the largest slum in the world today, just 40 minutes from the home. Many of the children do not go to school, and find only rubbish heaps to play in. The meals for these children often consist of only maize meal or porridge. 
Some do not even experience a daily meal at all. The nutrition is so poor that Kwashikor is quite prevalent amongst those eight years and younger. Along the streams of rubbish and sewage you can feel the tension near the changa'a breweries. These areas are filled with buckets of kerosene and other chemicals to make the local alcoholic brew. This brew has caused hundreds of deaths and thousands to go blind. Amongst those creating this cocktail are young children whose parents participate in not only concocting the brew but engage in drinking it. Alcoholism here is high, and with this illegal brew come crimes such as rape, molestation, murder, and severe beatings to wives and children. HIV and AIDS are at an extreme high in this area for both adults and children.
It is survival of the fittest amongst all the squalor. However there is hope! Deep inside the valley with shanties and along the cavernous two-foot path maze of open sewage, there are those who are trying to teach and help. Seeds in His Garden, has been the home to many of these children who have been removed by social workers for the child’s welfare. Such children come with lots of heart-wrenching stories that only after several years SIHG is able understand the insidious nature of the environment in which they have survived by grace alone.
It is our prayer that as we continue to enter into these often dangerous places where escorts are even fearful, that we are safe, and that we are able to bring a bit of joy and laughter amongst the hurting. Most of all that we will find others that will help us as we try to serve small shack schools with food and bring entertainment and on many days just balloons for a small smile in the day.
Maybe you can see how just a balloon and a little time can be encouraging to those who are helpless where they live. Check out our Projects and Special Interests for how you can also have the opportunity to help us, help them.
We plead with you to continue the support of the home, and not just for those in the home. What makes Seeds in His Garden unique is that we teach leadership skills in the home and social responsibility. 
The children of Seeds in His Garden give of themselves, their personal effects, and their talents and give back to these communities in need. They have cleaned, sang, danced, picked up rubbish, and just listened and shared with the children and become another voice of encouragement.
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