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Our Mission
We provide education and mentorship to disadvantaged Kenyan youth and young adults, empowering them to build brighter futures and uplift their communities.
Red Rhino Outreach Project houses, nurtures, and educates abandoned children.
The Red Rhino Outreach Project provides a safe place for orphaned children to live, grow, and receive an education. It has become a home for our children, one where they can learn, develop, and know that they are safe, all made possible by the generosity of the Red Rhino Family of donors.
Recent Updates
Polly’s Kitchen
In 2014 Red Rhino started a school fees assistance program to help the very poorest kids in our very poor rural neighborhood make it through primary school.
Joey Shepherd Red Rhino Resource Center
JSRRRC is preparing to send several students from our team, which came in 2nd out of eight schools in a local competition to an international competition in Shanghai, China.
Update from Wilson
Wilson was our first employee. Prior to working for Red Rhino, Wilson was a very poor field hand working for $1 per day on a neighboring piece of property back in the early days of Red Rhino. One day after Wilson had worked for us for nearly a year David asked him this question, “Wilson, if you could live your dreams, what would you want to do in your life?” Wilson’s reply, “To become a surgeon.”
From Orphanage to Outreach
As discussed in other Newsletters, the board has been considering changing the name of the project to the public from the Red Rhino Orphanage Project to the Red Rhino Outreach Project. Well, we have done it! The reasons include:
- It is against the Kenyan government’s national policy to use the word
‘orphanage’ for a home for kids (that is why in Kenya the facility is called the Red Rhino Children’s Home as the name of our NGO there). - The word orphanage has certain connotations especially in Africa and we feel it is best for the kids to not have the stigma.
- While we are completely committed to our Red Rhino children for the long haul, we have phased out taking new kids for a number of years. We have instead focused our resources on helping more kids through our Outreach Program and this will be the area of our growth.
- Outreach represents the long range vision of Red Rhino more distinctly.
- Please note: Legally our 501(c)(3) name will remain Red Rhino Orphanage Project (at least for some time to come) and you will continue to see it on our materials and online while we make the transition.
- Outreach conveniently fits the ‘O’ slot in RROP!