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A Brighter Future Through Solar Power
A Brighter Future Through Solar Power
At Jemo House, the laughter and learning of our children are the heartbeat of our home—but all too often, that heartbeat is interrupted. With the Kenyan national grid suffering from frequent, unpredictable power outages, our children are regularly left in the dark, unable to study, or maintain the security and comfort they deserve.
We are launching this fundraiser to break our reliance on an unstable grid and embrace a sustainable, long-term solution: harnessing the free, limitless power of the sun. By installing a dedicated solar power system, we can ensure that the lights stay on at Jemo House every day.. With your help, we can trade the uncertainty of the grid for the reliability of clean, renewable energy—providing our children with a stable foundation where they can thrive, regardless of the outages outside our doors.
Empower A Future With A One-Time Gift
Your one-time gift can make a lasting impact. We're committed to using every dollar wisely, ensuring your donation directly supports our mission to empower women & children.
Join us in making a difference today.
Join Our Family Of Monthly Change-Makers
For as little as the cost of a coffee, you can make the impact of a lifetime
In 2026, we’re on a mission to turn the cost of a daily cup of coffee into the "steady fuel" that changes a life.
Whether it’s providing a safe home and nutrition at Jemo House or breaking the cycle of period poverty through The Pad Project, your monthly gift ensures the children, women, and girls we serve don’t just survive—they thrive.
Your Donation Could Provide
Helps supply a full year of essential hygiene kits for a girl, ensuring they never miss a day of school or a month of nutritious breakfasts and lunches for a child!
Your gift could provide a constant supply of clean water to Jemo House or equips 5 girls with reusable sanitary kits—keeping them in school and moving toward their future.
Funds essential healthcare or provides waterproof wet bags for our hygiene kits—ensuring health at home and confidence at school.
Your support can provide the seed capital for a start-up business and covers the vital shipping costs for underwear included in our pad kits.
Equips our high school students with all mandatory boarding school supplies for a successful term, or provides shipping to deliver hygiene kits.
Funds a student’s complete path to a degree—covering tuition, housing, and meals—or empowers a Pad Project leader to travel to Kenya to oversee the distribution of our life-changing kits and train local teams.
Direct your impact where it matters most to you. You can choose to designate your gift to Jemo House, The Pad Project, Education, our Youth Enterprise Scheme, or our General Fund.
We value your partnership in every area of our work.
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Back To School Essentials
While the Kenyan government subsidizes primary (elementary) education, it is not entirely free. Each student is required to wear a school uniform and backpack with basic writing materials and text books. Crucially, the local school and many families cannot afford necessary textbooks. As a result, every textbook TLC provides is often shared by three students during the school day. Furthermore, the children are required to bring their own toilet tissue, highlighting the school's inability to provide even this basic necessity.
Each day the children walk to and from school along dirt and gravel roads, crossing a small creek along the way. However, after heavy rains, the unpaved roads transform into deep mud. On those challenging days, they must pay to ride in a public transport minibus to reach school.
It costs $100 per month to cover the school fees for all our primary-aged children. Additionally, providing each child with a school uniform, books, backpacks, and stationery like pens and pencils incurs a further $100 per month. This means that getting our younger students into the classroom and equipped for learning comes to $20 each month per child.
Off To Boarding School!
Starting secondary school, the equivalent of high school in Kenya, is a significant milestone for our Grade 9 youngsters, but it comes with a substantial list of required items before their first term begins. Each student needs to bring their own mattress, pillow, and sheets, along with essentials like a mosquito net, flashlight, and toiletries. Beyond that, they're responsible for all their own school books, supplies, and a backpack. A new school uniform, shoes, and shoe polish are also necessary. They even need to supply items like powdered milk, sugar, and toilet tissue. As well as a suitcase for clothing a large trunk needs to be provided for all these mandatory supplies.
The initial cost for each secondary school child's kit is around $400, with an additional $75 needed each term to replenish consumable supplies. This can be a considerable cost, making support crucial for these young people to access and succeed in their education.
The TLC Youth Enterprise Scheme
Why Investing in Youth Matters
Supporting young adults as they transition out of institutional care highlights a critical mission for us. For many, the "age-out" milestone can be a cliff rather than a bridge. Without a family safety net, these young people face daunting challenges:
Breaking the Cycle of Dependency: Providing startup support transforms vulnerable youth into self-reliant entrepreneurs. When we invest in their skills, we move them from a position of reliance to one of contribution.
Creating Stability: Steady income is the foundation of mental health and social integration. It allows a young person to secure housing, plan for their future, and navigate the world with confidence.
Fostering Community Leaders: When young people succeed, they don’t just change their own lives—they become pillars in their own neighborhoods. They serve as inspiration for other youth and prove that with the right support, past circumstances do not dictate future potential.
Eddah
Eddah graduated from Kisii University in December 2025 with a degree in Psychology. She aspires to become a therapist to help others heal from the very trauma she once endured. Her dream is to complete her Counseling Certification, which requires many hours of unpaid, supervised clinical volunteering.
By volunteering at a local mental health facility, Eddah will gain the vital experience and professional connections needed to one day secure a permanent position. However, because this work is unpaid, she needs a sponsor to help cover her transport, certification fees, and basic living costs.
Brian
A gifted self-taught musician, Brian mastered the keyboard, bass guitar, and drums—all without ever owning an instrument of his own. Last year, thanks to our sponsors, Brian finally received his own keyboard. He wasted no time, and began teaching lessons and playing for local churches.
Now, Brian is looking toward the future of the digital economy. He recognized a growing market for social media marketing and videography in Kenya. His next goal is to purchase a professional camera, allowing him to offer a full suite of musical and video services to become entirely financially independent.
We are looking for sponsors to walk alongside our young adults at this critical time. Your support provides more than just financial relief; it provides the peace of mind they need to focus on their futures and become financially independent.
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A donation to Too Little Children directly supports the critical needs of 34 vulnerable children and our 4 dedicated staff members. Your generosity ensures that all essential healthcare costs are covered, providing a foundation for good health. This support includes access to lifesaving HIV/AIDS medication, crucial malaria and typhoid treatment, routine vaccinations, and necessary dental care. $50 can provide vital health insurance and healthcare for a child for a year