Stories Archives - New Life Home Trust UK

Adoption Stories – Luke

February 29, 2024 Change, Life, Stories

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…...

Adoption Stories – Levi

January 17, 2024 Life, Stories

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…...

A Humbling Visit to the New Life Homes in Kenya

January 10, 2024 Life, Stories

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.…...

Twenty-nine years rescuing abandoned babies

June 10, 2023 Stories

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…...

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…...

So much has happened across the world since March…

November 6, 2020 Behind the scenes, Donate, Stories

Back in March (2020) Trustees Gerry and her husband Tony Denson were making their first trip of the year to Amani Cottage one of the NLHT homes in Kisumu, it turned out to be a very differnet trip to what they had planned… “We were planning to spend much of…...

How our family grew from 5 to 7 when we welcomed in Chloe and Mama Chloe

July 3, 2020 Life, Stories

Susan Geary and her family kindly invited Chloe and Mama Chloe to stay with them, when Chloe came over to the UK for treatment back in 2018 – Susan shares their story with us… At the beginning of February 2020, I spent a weekend in Nairobi during a work visit…...

New quarantine unit open for business

June 5, 2020 Life, Stories

Update from Dr. Janet Mutinda, National Director NLHT Kenya Good news!!! We recently set up one wing in our Kisumu home as a quarantine unit for current rescued children. We have two babies there who are doing well. We have now set a up further unit at our home in Nairobi and…...

About New Life Home Trust UK

New Life Home Trust UK works to financially support the rescue, care and nurture of abandoned and orphaned babies in Kenya, housing the children until they can be adopted or reunited with family.

We want to ensure complete transparency with all our donors with regard to funding. New Life Home Trust UK CIO sends 85% of donations to Kenya for the designated project. 15% is retained in the UK, this includes 15% of any Gift Aid claim. This is used for administration, governance and fundraising costs

Details of our partnering Kenyan charity can be found here.

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