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Blessed Camp
This is a village where leprosy victims live. They were rejected by society due to the stigma of their disease. Due to this rejection also their following (healthy) generations suffer from this stigma. Their children, grand children and great grand children have no access to health care and education. A large part of the elderly and children are mal nourished. The wounds of the leprosy victims are often infected due to very poor hygienic circumstances.

Doingoood foundation collaborates with the local foundation named Action Ministry. The aim is to help the people become self sustainable and independent. Due to the size of the challenges we are facing in Blessed Camp it is necessary to start with the basic needs in order to be able to help the people become independent. First priority is to feed the needy to overcome malnutrition. Education of all the people in Blessed Camp is important due to complete illiteracy and to secure the future of the children. Also taking care of the wounds on a daily basis to reduce pain and improve mobility of the people is a big concern. Further more starting workshops for the adults to teach them skills such as weaving, milling, bee keeping and agriculture.

El Roi Kindergarten & Primary school
This is a school in a very poor area of Mombasa. The 50 children who attend this school come from families who can not afford to send their children to school. The children used to go to class in the morning and in the afternoon they went outside to go begging for food. Until September 2010 the children sat on the concrete floor and all the classes were taught in the same room.

With the sponsoring from Doingoood foundation they have been able to divide the building into 3 class rooms. There are chairs and tables in the classes now. Since October 2010 we have been able to start a lunch program. This is a giant leap forward for the children! Besides the fact that they will be provided with at least one nutricious meal per day, they also stay in school the whole afternoon now. That way it not only contributes to their health but also to their learning achievements.

Association for the Physically Disabled of Kenya (APDK)
APDK is a rehabilitation centre for physically handicapped children. Some of them have club feet or hydrocephalus. Some of them are partly paralyzed or have other kinds of disabilities. Some children stay in APDK for a period of 3-6 months and some of them are under their permanent care.

The children receive physiotherapy and exercises to recover from their operations or to improve their mobility. The centre also plays an active role in working outside in the field. They go to remote areas and try to convice and teach people that their (tucked away) disabled children have good chances of recovery once they get treatment. They examine the children in remote areas and treat them. They teach the parents how to handle the children and how they can contribute to their improvement.

Bombolulu School of Promise
This is a school for children from poor families who can not afford to send their children to school. There are also 5 orphans in the school, who live with the head teacher and her family. There are 11 classes in the school and only 5 teachers.

There are not enough funds to employ extra teachers. The children are provided with a warm lunch in the afternoon. The school is very basic and some of the class rooms are very small but the children are motivated and their achievements are good.