September 2026
Newly admitted children settling in
Children who have recently joined Bridge of Hope spent the day with the rest of the group, sharing a meal together.
Connecting vulnerable children to care, opportunity and a brighter future.
About The Bridge of Hope Foundation
The Bridge of Hope Foundation is a registered non-profit children's home in Narok, Narok County, Kenya. We exist to give vulnerable children a safe, loving place to grow — and, wherever possible, a path back to their own families.
Every child who lives with us receives three nutritious meals a day, clean clothing, and a warm bed. We pay their school fees so they can stay in class and build a future of their own choosing, and we provide medical cover so that illness never has to mean going without care. Beyond meeting these daily needs, we work to create a home where children feel known, encouraged and hopeful about what lies ahead.
We believe that a child's best place is with family whenever it is safe. That's why our work doesn't stop at our gate. We walk alongside parents and relatives who are working to bring their children home, offering practical support and guidance so that families can be reunited and stay together for good.
None of this is possible without people who choose to stand with us. A monthly gift, whatever its size, helps us plan ahead with confidence — keeping food on the table, fees paid on time, and doctors within reach. When you give, you become part of the bridge that carries a child from hardship to hope.
Our work
Four things a child needs, and one thing that matters more.
Food and clothing
Three meals a day, every day, and clothes that fit and are the child's own. This is the least glamorous line in our budget and the largest. Children who arrive underfed spend their first months here catching up physically before anything else is possible.
45 children fed daily
School fees and learning
We pay fees, buy uniforms and books, and cover the costs that quietly keep poor children out of Kenyan classrooms. Children who arrive having missed a year or more get catch-up tuition so they can rejoin a class at the right level rather than sitting far behind their age group.
42 children in full-time school
Medical cover
Registration with the national health insurance scheme, routine check-ups, dental care and treatment when a child is ill. In Narok County the nearest facility is not always close, so we also cover transport, which is often the real barrier to a child getting seen.
45 children covered
Safe daily care
Somewhere to sleep, trained caregivers, and the same adults present week after week. Consistency is the part that cannot be bought in a single donation and is the reason we ask for regular giving rather than one-off gifts.
6 caregivers on staff
Working with families
We proactively trace, counsel, and empower extended families so that our children can safely return home. We perform regular home assessments and provide micro-grants to guardians to ensure that emergency institutional care transitions back into sustainable family life.
14 children safely reintegrated with family this year
Safeguarding
Photographs of our children appear only with written consent, and never with names.
Children's faces raise more money, and we do not use them as a fundraising tool. A child in our care cannot meaningfully consent to having their photograph, their name and their worst year published to strangers on the internet, and an image will outlast their childhood by decades. Any photograph of children on this website is published only with written consent, with no names or personal stories attached, and we will take it down straight away if a guardian, a child or the Directorate of Children's Services asks us to. Everything else we show you is our staff, our buildings and our accounts, and we ask you to judge us on those.
What we do
- Vetting and reference checks on every member of staff and every volunteer before any contact with children.
- Child protection training for all staff, with a named safeguarding lead the children know by face.
- A way for a child to raise a concern without going through their own caregiver.
- A written child protection policy, reviewed each year and available to anyone who asks.
- Publish a photograph of a child only with written consent, never with a name, and remove it at once on request.
What we do not do
- Publish children's names, medical details or family histories, or any photograph of a child without written consent.
- Offer sponsorship of a named individual child, or pass a child's contact details to a donor.
- Host short-term volunteer trips that place strangers in caregiving roles.
- Allow any visitor unsupervised contact with children, donors and film crews included.
Who we are
The people responsible, by name.
The Bridge of Hope Foundation is a Kenyan organisation, run from Narok by Kenyan staff. Our board holds the director to account for how money is spent and for the safety of the children in our care.
John Ole Kanyinke
Director
John has led the Bridge of Hope Foundation since its inception in early 2024. He previously worked for over nine years as a Senior Child Protection Officer under the Department of Children's Services in Rift Valley, holding a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work from the University of Nairobi.
Sarah Wanjiku
Head of Care
Sarah oversees the day-to-day welfare, medical requirements, and emotional development of the children. She brings seven years of experience in residential childcare management and holds a Higher Diploma in Psychological Counseling.
Emanuel Kiprotich
Chair of the Board
An advocate of the High Court of Kenya specializing in family law, Emanuel has chaired the board for two years. He serves to ensure rigorous legal oversight, complete operational transparency, and strict adherence to Kenya's Children Act.
Our accounts are independently audited by Wilson Lemayian. See where the money went.
Accountability
Where the money went.
Our accounts are independently audited by Wilson Lemayian. The breakdown below comes from those audited figures for the last fiscal year, when our total income was KSh 6,450,000.
Food, clothing and daily care
38%
School fees and learning
24%
Medical cover and treatment
12%
Caregiver salaries
18%
Administration and governance
8%
Documents
Updates
What has actually happened here recently.
September 2026
Some of the children in our care came to us from a refugee camp
Not every child arrives at Bridge of Hope from Narok itself — some come to us after living in a refugee camp.
September 2026
A sister came looking for her siblings
An older sister travelled to see the younger brothers and sisters she had been separated from, and spent the day with them.
A small amount every month is worth more to us than a large amount once.
School fees fall due whether or not a donation arrived that week. Regular giving is what lets us commit to a child's place for a full year and keep caregivers on staff, instead of raising money crisis by crisis.
$15 / £12
Towards the shared cost of food, clothing, schooling and medical cover for the children living at Bridge of Hope.
$30 / £25
A month of food, clothing, school fees and medical cover, pooled across the home so no child goes without.
$50 / £40
Covers a child's month and contributes to the caregiver salaries that make the rest of it work.