Rehema Ministries/dba In Step Foundation, Kenya

Update – 2012, Abednego now 4 years old is in pre-school. He will win your heart with his smile.

Arrived June 2008, Abednego, abandoned at birth, was premature weighing less then 2 pounds. He was born March 16, 2008, but didn’t leave the hospital until June 9, weighing only 3 pounds. With the help of nutritious baby formula and later Plumpy Nut Paste, he is now thriving! He is truly a miracle, surviving without an incubator or anyone (human) to take care of him. He has a strong name because he has survived against all odds. Abednego and Joshua were born eleven days apart and both abandoned, two tiny little boys who have found a home (they looked like twins, Abednego was the one with the big eyes).

Arrived July 2008, Abraham approximately 6 weeks old. He like so many, is one of many babies abandoned at camps for internally displaced people around the country. He was abandoned and although he was small, Abraham was healthy from the beginning. He always has a smile for you.

Update 2012, Alvin crawling under the table. He is a happy little guys.

Arrived March 2011, Alvin was about three months old. He was healthy and absolutely perfect. His mother is considered a child and has no means to support herself and the baby. He has been placed with us and she has visitation rights. They will decide when she is of age if he will be returned to her.

Arrived December 2007, Amos was born at the district hospital, but his mother ran away leaving him behind the day he was born. He stayed in the hospital for two and a half months as they tried to trace his mother. During that time he did not receive proper food and suffered from malnutrition and developed a serious case of rickets. When he arrived we started treatments for rickets with balanced nutrition and baby formula, he began to improve quickly. Amos looks like he might be Somali. He has curly but not really kinky hair and very round eyes.