Rohi children’s Home provides a safe environment for orphaned, abandoned and destitute children. Rohi(Yahweh Rohi ‘The Lord is my shepherd’ Psalm 23:1), located just outside of Nakuru, a city of 800,000, is a place of shelter that provides food, clothing and education.
The children experience God’s love and a provision in a tangible way, a stark difference from life on the streets. Rohi provides children with a foundation. A foundation made of love, knowledge, grace and an opportunity to be a part of God’s plan for a brighter future. Rohi is a ministry of Cornerstone Fellowship, Livermore, California.
History of Rohi
- 2000 – Mary Muthua and her family see the need to help the street children and orphans of Nakuru, Kenya and donate 2 1/2 acres for that purpose. The Muthua family, in partnership with Cornerstone Fellowship, form Rohi, which translated means “The Lord is my Shepherd.”
- 2002 – Construction of a school and home for orphaned and destitute children begins. Other Kenyans, as well as other churches, schools, businesses and individuals in the U.S. join in supporting Rohi as it grows.
- 2003 – Forty boys move into Rohi and begin to experience sleeping in beds, eating three meals a day and attending school. A chapel is constructed for church services.
- 2004 – The Rescue Center opens to provide a place of rehabilitation for boys who desire to get off the street and begin a new life. Construction begins on a new Boys’ Dorm at the Primary School. Sustainability projects such as dairy cows and greenhouse farming begin.
- 2005 – Land is purchased for a Girls’ Facility. A large Primary Classblock is constructed. An office was rented downtown to provide a location to do outreach and provide practical help to the children still living on the street.
- 2006 – Girls move to Rohi and begin attending school. There are now over 100 children at Rohi. A Girls’ Dorm is constructed later in the year. Staff Housing is built so teachers do not need to walk many miles to work each day. Property is purchased to build a High School.
- 2007 – Construction of a Dining Hall at the Primary campus is completed for the 200 children now at Rohi. Construction begins for a High School building. The High School will be ready for occupancy by the beginning of 2008.
- 2008 – The RohiHigh School opens its doors in January and welcomes in a class of over 60 Form 1 and Form 2 students. A new computer lab at the Primary School is constructed as well as two new study rooms for the girls. In September, ground is broken for the beginning of a new Primary School Girls Dorm called Malkia.
- 2009 – Primary school girls move into Malkai Dorm. The second primary and rescue graduates join high school. Sunday street outreach afternoon meetings(Street Church) move from the open grounds to a church hall greatly improving discipline and order.
- 2010 – Boys dorm under construction, work on Hilton headstart pre school started, high school reaches form four.
