• Isiolo: PO Box 280, Isiolo, 60300, Kenya
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The Wind of Hope in the Desert

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Uplifting HIV-Affected Children & Families

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About Us

We are a locally led, community-based organisation in Isiolo, Kenya, dedicated to uplifting the lives of HIV-affected children and families living in poverty. Since 1994, we have made a meaningful impact - educating over 5,000 vulnerable children and supporting over 10,000 marginalised families.

Mission

The restoration and rehabilitation of human dignity for those affected by stigma and discrimination.

Vision

A community that is empowered to lead healthy and dignified lives with reduced vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.

Principles

Promoting diversity and positive living that is respectful and nurturing for all.

Values

Reducing dependency and building a self-sustaining local community.

Mission

The restoration and rehabilitation of human dignity for those affected by stigma and discrimination.

Principles

Promoting diversity and positive living that is respectful and nurturing for all.

Vision

A community that is empowered to lead healthy and dignified lives with reduced vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.

Values

Reducing dependency and building a self-sustaining local community.

Tumaini community
Khadija and community
ECD kids
Girls Singing
cooking
woodwork
health outreach
community testing
Crisis response
how we work

Focusing on 4 critical pillars

We take a holistic approach aimed at building self-reliance, fostering community cohesion, reducing tribal tensions, and improving prospects for thousands each year.

Our holistic approach focuses on four critical pillars:

Academic & Vocational Education

Academic & Vocational Education

Early learning, primary school and inclusive boarding for vulnerable and neglected children.
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Community Health

Community Health

Community-led health outreach, strengthening multi-generational support for high-risk populations affected by HIV.

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Peace-building & Crisis Response

Peace-building & Crisis Response

Born out of the HIV/AIDS crisis in 1994, we respond to conflict, famine, drought and flooding in Isiolo, helping communities.
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Art For Life

Art For Life

Arts and Play Therapy supporting children, young people and communities to overcome trauma and build resilience.

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Christiane Amanpour

''Since I first found Pepo La Tumaini in Kenya in 2004, I am [still] amazed by the sheer force for good this small organisation has become. First, it was only Khadija and her one-woman campaign to save the children whose parents were dying from HIV/AIDS. Now it’s grown into a community powerhouse that deserves all our support. Tumaini stands between these children and the street.''
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Organizational Objectives

BEING SAFE & PRODUCTIVE

1. Protect children from sickness and neglect by managing a nursery and primary school which provides healthcare and welfare support.

2. Enable children heading households to stay in school by tailoring means tested bespoke support packages for families.

3. Reinforce stigma-free and affordable healthcare to poor and marginalised communities by managing an effective model of primary health services.

REALISING POTENTIAL

1. Enhance children’s capacity to learn by boosting the Kenya National Curriculum with life skills and creative arts.

2. Empower children to become self-reliant in a dignified way by teaching them trade skills.

3. Ensure the advancement of a healthy community by promoting awareness and sensitization around sexual health and positive well-being.

COMMUNITY BUILDING

1. Maximise PLTJ’s position as an organ for the peace and development of marginalized communities by co-operating with the government.

2. Strengthen the community’s position to integrate into existing systems and become leaders in society by providing access to legal frameworks.

3. Improve community support mechanisms by organising people into self-help groups.
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