Kisumu, Kenya

Hope for tomorrow’s newest project Mark of Joy –kindergarten is located in Kisumu, near the border of Kenya and Uganda. God put a calling to help poor kids and families in Kenya on Outi Välimaa’s heart through Bishop Mark Kegohi and his wife on Outi’s first trip to Kenya in 2002. That time Bishop Mark prayed: “Let this vision grow and be born healthy.” Seven years later Hope for Tomorrow had the privilege to start working with Redeemed Gospel church in Kisumu. Mark of Joy –kindergarten is their first project together.

An excerpt of Outi’s letter from her trip during the foundation of the kindergarten: “I wondered what God had for us in the city of Kisumu. I had waited for seven years to be able to go back and meet the Bishop and his wife, through whom God gave me a vision for helping women and children on my first trip to Kenya. When we sat in their living room in December 2009, I suddenly remembered a dream from three years ago, where God had said that I was to build schools! When I told about this dream, Bishop Mark said: “This is a confirmation from God, we will do it together!” The very same day we went to see a building on a poor Muslim area, where the kindergarten, supported by Bishop Mark’s congregation and Hope for Tomorrow was to be opened. The first school has been built!”

Mark of Joy –kindergarten is located in a poor Kibosh-neighborhood. A water treatment plant and a kitchen have been planned to be built by the well on the grounds for feeding the kids.