About Us

New Hope Education Centre is charitable facility that hosts about 250 children in Huruma Ward of Mathare Sub-County within Nairobi City. Rev. Davies Odwory Musigo and the founder of Huruma Tent of Prayers within Global Methodist Church started the center in 2017 to provide poor and marginalized children with basic education; New Hope Education Centre core business was to give the children second chance in life. This it does through counselling, mentorship, sponsorship to ensure that the children acquire knowledge and skills necessary for them to realize their potential though education. Reverent Odwory is an ordain priest, whose compassion and love for children was moved by limited access to education in Nairobi informal settlement though of giving hope by establishing the centre in church hall 2017. Started with 10 children who were taught in the church hall from Monday to Friday to enable congregants to use it on Saturday and Sunday. To pull more kids a feeding program of giving only porridge was introduced in 2017 when the centre was eventually registered as a community education centre. With the help of well-wishers during the epic of Covid-19 pandemic, the centre acquired a building, which enabled it to have a staffroom, kitchen, four classrooms, and six temporary classrooms, which accommodate 250 children, time and effort to bring this the centre where it is today

BACKGROUND

New Hope Education Centre have been in existence for about a half a decade. Like in every life of an institution, it presented the unique opportunity to look back and reflect on what has been done achieved in moulding the youth, review the present situation and assess the viability of the centre in view of current realities and emerging issues in Kenya and beyond. Thus, the board of directors took the initiative to consult wide and spend weeks in retrospection, undertook a strategic review and assessment. The review process involved an extensive consultation with the stakeholders; looking at critical questions about the need for the Centre’s existence, its role, viability and sustainability. The strategic assessment affirms the need for the canter’s existence with clear objectives about its role in harnessing the potential of children and equipping with knowledge and skills as the leaders of tomorrow. This crucial step ensures that the Centre remains relevant, focused and responsive to the needs of our communities, respective organizations and networks.

HISTORY

New Hope Education Centre started as place where orphans and vulnerable children from poor households within the expansive Mathare slum were rescued to get basic education. Around 2014, Rev Davies with feeling of giving hope and in discussions with one of his congregants Mr. Francis Mallo started by gathering children in church hall which was then divided using hardboard as classrooms. Firsts to be enrolled into this makeshift class were Sunday school children and with intense prayers, the number of children grew.   Witnessing intense desperation among the residents of Mathare Slums, they started a porridge only food program as a pull factor to bring more children who would desperately languish around the slum area to the centre. Eventually New Hope Education Centre was registered in 2017 with Mr, Mallo taking care of the process and has since remain the administrator to date. During that time the centre had 30 Learners kid majority being the children of fellow congregates among them those of Francis Mallo’s and Rev Davies’.  Today children of New Hope Centre are provided with a safe learning environment learning, a more nutritious lunch programme, a school van and a possibility further education beyond basic level. Rev Davies and his team hopes a bigger institution can be built through an integrated approach to mold children through both academic and vocational training to become responsible citizens of the world.