NLHT_UK, Author at New Life Home Trust UK

New Life Founders honoured in the Queen’s Birthday honours list

June 7, 2022 Uncategorized

Clive and Mary Beckenham, founders of New Life Home Trust have both been honoured with an MBE in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee honours list. This honour is in recognition of their services to abandoned and vulnerable children with HIV in Kenya. This is an amazing and well-deserved honour to be bestowed on…...

Ready, Steady, Go – Fundraising ideas

March 7, 2022 Uncategorized

Here are some simple ideas to help get you going and give you some inspiration on how you can fundraise for New Life Home Trust: Fitness challenges Help keep yourself fit and healthy by taking part in an event such as the London Marathon or take up the challenge of…...

Fundraising focus for 2022

March 7, 2022 Uncategorized

A new Minibus for our Kisumu Home This year we are asking for your support in fundraising nearly £30,000 for a new minibus for our Amani Cottage home in Kisumu. Amani cottage is in desperate need a new minibus which can meet the transport needs of those children living there who all have…...

Clive and Mary with their team back in 2005

Clive Beckenham, son of the founders of New Life Home Trust, shares his adoption story

January 6, 2022 Life, Stories, Uncategorized

Before there ever was a New Life Home Trust, Clive and Mary Beckenham rescued and adopted Clive Beckenham. This highlighted to them the plight of many other abandoned babies and they wondered if there might be other families prepared to do the same. They found that there were, and thus was…...

Give Christmas thanks this year

December 7, 2021 Donate, Life, Stories

Can you donate £20 to give a member of staff a care package this Christmas? With Christmas approaching we are reminded that this time of year is for giving and being thankful for the people in our lives. This year we want to take this opportunity to say thank you to our staff, again. Last…...

Moving to a new home

November 25, 2021 Life, Monthly update, Stories

In the summer three girls moved from our home in Kisumu, Amani Cottage to Carmel House in Nakuru, over 100 miles southeast of Kisumu. Why were they moved there? Well for those children who aren’t adopted, New Life does their best to place them in a suitable home environment to…...

Urgent Fundraising Appeal

November 15, 2021 Donate, Fundraising, Life

We need your help to purchase hearing aids for one of our boys Born with a hearing impairment he now requires new hearing aids at a total cost of £995. The good news is that £768 has already been donated. Please can you help us raise the remaining £227 needed? Read his…...

UK donations are making a significant impact on the lives of babies in Kenya

June 23, 2021 Donate, Fundraising

Thank you – over the last year our UK supporters have been amazing in continuing to donate to New Life Home Trust UK. Your generosity is greatly appreciated and the impact it will have on the 125 babies and children currently residing in our homes in Kenya is immeasurable. Oxygen Supply…...

Catching up with founders Clive and Mary

June 14, 2021 Behind the scenes, Change, Life

As New Life Home Trust celebrates 27 years we thought it would be timely to check in with the charity’s founders, Clive and Mary – who last year made the bold move to retire and return to the UK. In March 2020, Clive and Mary along with their youngest son…...

A long awaited return to school

March 31, 2021 Donate, Life

In January this year all the schools in Kenya were given the green light to open. After 9 months of home schooling for the 37 school aged children in our care they were very pleased to return, as were the staff! The kids have settled back well into school life and we…...

New Life Founders honoured in the Queen’s Birthday honours list

Ready, Steady, Go – Fundraising ideas

Fundraising focus for 2022

Clive Beckenham, son of the founders of New Life Home Trust, shares his adoption story

Give Christmas thanks this year

Moving to a new home

Urgent Fundraising Appeal

UK donations are making a significant impact on the lives of babies in Kenya

Catching up with founders Clive and Mary

A long awaited return to school

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A long awaited return to school