DEKA’s main objective was set to look into the welfare of the members who are scattered all over the world. In 2020 when COVID-19 hit and countries started to close their borders, Kenya was worse hit as its international borders were closed but worse still Nairobi was closed as the first cases were recorded in Kenya in March 2020.
In as much as many of our members were affected wherever they were, we looked back home as our brothers and sisters were suffering from losing jobs or their businesses closing.
We realized that there was a group in our society that had been forgotten. Many of the people who were sponsoring Children’s Homes could not be able to do it anymore as their incomes reduced.
It is against this background that DEKA members came together and raised funds to help one of such homes – “Pillars of Hope Children’s Home” located in Athi River just behind Daystar University. From members’ contributions, we bought foodstuffs ranging from cooking oil to beans and maize together with various toiletries needed in such a home all worth about Ksh 150,000/= which we then delivered to the home.
We thank God that we were able to raise such funds and bring tears of joy to the family running the home of about 30 children at that time ranging from 2 years as the youngest to about 17 years as the oldest.
With the DEKA NGO being set up, we look forward to doing more of this corporate responsibility activities to give back to society back home.
The members who represented DEKA in buying and delivering the foodstuffs were Joyce Mutie and Edwin Mwitaki.
Edwin Mitaki.
DEKA.