News

Phyllis Keino 2018 HUMANITARIAN AWARD Founder, Lewa Children’s Home Eldoret, Kenya A nurse. A teacher. A community leader. A businesswoman. A role model. A dreamer. But most importantly, Phyllis Keino is a mother. The number of orphaned children in Kenya has always been high, with families at the mercy of economic hardships and diseases, like…

Breaking the cycle of poverty through a community-based approach to the care, education, and empowerment of Kenya’s children.

Mary Grace sells hair accessories to pay for girls’ education in Africa.

RYAN HRELJAC 2016 HERO AWARD 2003 YOUTH AWARD Founder, Ryan’s Well Foundation Northern Uganda At the age of 6, Ryan Hreljac was inspired to raise money for digging wells and providing clean water in developing countries. His first-grade teacher presented a list of needed supplies in Africa, encouraging Hreljac to earn the money by performing…

DR. PHILISTA ONYANGO 2004 HUMANITARIAN AWARD ANPPCAN Kenya In the face of heavy adversity, Philista Onyango, Ph.D., has made a tremendous impact on the safety and welfare of children in her home country of Kenya, and on Africa and the world. In 1981, while teaching at the University of Nairobi, she became aware that many…

LUCY YINDA 2005 HUMANITARIAN AWARD Wema Centre Mombasa, Kenya Thirteen years ago, Lucy Yinda committed her life to the children living in the slums of Mombasa, Kenya. These children suffer from abuse, hunger, malnutrition, and diseases like HIV/AIDS. Moved by their love and innocence, she created the Wema Centre, providing a home and family, medical…

Carol saves children from the perils of sexual slavery and provides shelter, food, clothing, medical care and education.

FUNDaFIELD utilizes the therapeutic power of sports to support rehabilitation and recovery in post-conflict and post-trauma countries.