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Important News: Understanding the Impact of Kenya’s Children Act 2022 on Child Rescue and Care

Change is happening in Kenya with regard to the rescue, care and placement of abandoned children – the three components of New Life Homes’ mission. According to the Kenyan Children Act 2022, Children Rescue Centres are to be established in every county across the country. These centres can accommodate children…...

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Celebrating Five Years of Remission: Chloe’s Journey

January 14th, 2025 marks five years of being cancer free for Chloe, a previously rescued baby from New Life Home Trust (NLHT), from retinoblastoma (cancer of the retina). Adopted at age one, Chloe‘s mother noticed a white glow coming from the center of Chloe’s pupil. Having read an article about…...

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Celebrating 30 Years of New Life Home Trust: A Memorable Visit

By Bev & Charlie Stockley Charlie is the administrator for the UK charity and Bev is a trustee, they also spent just under 6 years working at the home in Amani between 2010 and 2015. A Grand Celebration It was a great privilege to be invited to attend the 30th…...

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Adoption Stories – Luke

Hello readers my name is Luke Mwaura Askew. I am a 27 year old Kenyan/ British citizen doing my best to navigate through life whilst enjoying the company of friends and family as I go. All three names were given to me by my beloved adoption parents Ian & Jo…...

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Adoption Stories – Levi

Rescued by New Life Home Trust at just a few days old – Levi shares with us a few of his memories and feelings about being adopted: ” My name is Levi and I am 22 years old. I’m currently living in Scotland and training as a welder with the…...

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A Humbling Visit to the New Life Homes in Kenya 

  David Wright, Chair of the UK board of Trustees, shares an update from his latest visit to Kenya to visit all the four homes and meet with the Kenyan Board.  I first visited Kenya in 2011 as part of a team from our church, volunteering in the Kisumu home.…...

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Caring with Compassion and Commitment

From delivering a minibus to painting bathrooms, UK Trustees Tony and Gerry Denson update us on their latest trip to Kenya where they visited two of the New Life Home Trust homes. “We were grateful that we were able to spend a month out in Kenya (19th October – 14th…...

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Climb for Life

Is Mt Kilimanjaro on your bucket list? Would you want to climb and make a significant impact in the lives of children? In 2024 New Life Home Trust will celebrate its 30th anniversary and to help mark this milestone we are putting on our biggest fundraising event yet – to climb for…...

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Twenty-nine years rescuing abandoned babies

This year sees the charity celebrating 29 years of rescuing and caring for abandoned babies. In that time over 2,400 babies have been rescued and brought to our homes in Kenya, let’s take a look back at how it all began… Our founders Clive and Mary Beckenham always hoped to…...

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Contented Babies and Adventurous Toddlers

Update from UK Trustees visit to our homes in Kenya UK Trustees Tony and Gerry Denson recently flew out to Kenya to visit our four homes. Here they share with us what they got up while they were out there. “We are recently back from our latest trip to New…...

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