As some of you may have read on the front page of the major news sites, Kenya is in crisis.   The recent elections of 2007 have divided the country into a battlefield of political and ethnic battles.  So much blood has been spilled in what was once a peaceful country and a pillar of democracy on the continent.    The leaders of both parties are manipulating the people and further dividing the country into ethno-political factions, where both are reaching for power.   While many are fighting for "equality and democracy" hundreds of people, mainly innocent civilians are being killed for their ethnicity.   Early this week, 300 people took refuge in a church in the western part of the country, and protesters surrounded the church and burned it to the ground with the people inside, and dozens were burned alive.  Streets have been closed down, thousands have lost their homes, and in total about 75,000 people have been internally displaced.   Businesses, homes, and churches have been burned to the ground.  There are food shortages, and people are beginning to grow hungry.

As some of you may have read on the front page of the major news sites, Kenya is in crisis.   The recent elections of 2007 have divided the country into a battlefield of political and ethnic battles.  So much blood has been spilled in what was once a peaceful country and a pillar of democracy on the continent.    The leaders of both parties are manipulating the people and further dividing the country into ethno-political factions, where both are reaching for power.   While many are fighting for "equality and democracy" hundreds of people, mainly innocent civilians are being killed for their ethnicity.   Early this week, 300 people took refuge in a church in the western part of the country, and protesters surrounded the church and burned it to the ground with the people inside, and dozens were burned alive.  Streets have been closed down, thousands have lost their homes, and in total about 75,000 people have been internally displaced.   Businesses, homes, and churches have been burned to the ground.  There are food shortages, and people are beginning to grow hungry.

Not only is this affecting the individual livelihood, but internal development organizations are being destroyed. These are the organizations that are changing the country from the ground up, and many of such organizations have been shut down, and have had their resources destroyed.

We feel a responsibility to take action in light of this situation.  We are raising funds to provide relief for those who are suffering as a result of the political and ethnic attacks occurring today.  Our goals are:

- To provide food relief to those who are hungry
- To help rebuild infrastructure.  This includes homes, businesses, and churches
- To bring a message of peace and reconciliation to this area of conflict.

 

Please donate today, and make a contribution towards peace and restoration.  Donating via our partner "Network for Good" is safe, secure, and all donations are Tax Deductible.    Please specify in your donation designation: "KENYA RELIEF".

 

You can donate by CLICKING HERE .

 

Thanks so much for all your support.  Please keep the nation of Kenya in your thoughts and prayers. 

 

For more information on the crisis, please visit the following links:

 

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/kenya_42314.html

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/higher_education/story/857429.html

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bdd9159c-b8d4-11dc-893b-0000779fd2ac.html

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/01/03/mckenzie.lok.kenya.protestor.standoff.cnn?iref=videosearch