ABOUT US
Colchester Cares was founded and reactivated by Alex May
in 2002 with the purpose of building self-sustaining homes
for children who have lost their parents to AIDS, Malaria
and T.B.
Currently
the charity works with widows & orphans in the eldama-ravine
Kenya. At the village they are trying to cope with the ever
increasing problems of AIDS. The village seeks to involve
widows and widowers in looking after children who have lost
their parents.
Some families have taken in as many as 30 orphans, such is
the problem. The result of AIDS leaves many children with
no parents at all; the latest figures show 1.8 million
children in Kenya alone without a mum or dad. AIDS
has effectively wiped out a generation in the nation with
the result that the burden of raising children is falling
on the grandparents.
Vision Statement
To
build homes for children so that they are able to invite
friends back to their own home and give a sense of belonging
to a family.