BETHLEHEM COMMUNITY CENTRE

Be A HERO partners with Bethlehem Community Centre by providing support for their children through our Child Sponsorship Program.

Bethlehem Community Centre is a charitable Christian Organization established in 1990 and registered under the Societies Act of the Laws of Kenya.
The Centre is situated at the heart of Soweto slums, Kibarage village, Njiru location, Embakasi Division of Nairobi province. Soweto lies approximately 15 kilometres South East of the Nairobi City Centre. It has an approximate population of about 160,000 people of whom 95% have an annual income far below the United Nations US$400 poverty level.

Bethlehem Community Centre was established with the original mission of rehabilitating children in especially difficult circumstances especially those parents could not afford to meet their basic needs and those who were orphaned. The difficult circumstances that befell the children were mainly as a result of broken homes, loss of one or all parents or abandonment by parents especially single parents. The social conditions encouraged delinquent behavior since most of the children had nowhere else to turn for support. When conditions became unbearable at home the children ran to the streets where they hoped to find consolation from other destitute children.
However, on the contrary, nine out of ten children end up adopting the delinquent behavior and become more prone to abuse. This only worsens their predicament. Bethlehem Community Centre provides these children with residential care. They also operate a school which is open to the community’s children, and a public community centre and library, all in the heart of the Soweto slum.

Currently Bethlehem Community Centers has 3 locations, in Kayole, Busia and Ruai.

If you would like to support a child living at the Bethlehem Community Centre, click here.