Our mission is to provide a loving home for abandoned babies.

Most of them have been the victims of attempted infanticide, many having been ‘thrown away’ outside and left to die.

Latest update

At the J&D Children’s Centre we now have 32 ‘permanent’ children (aged 0 – 14), and a few more who we are caring for temporarily while their crisis situations are resolved. We continue with our main commitment which is to rescue babies abandoned to die at birth, and we have taken in two new babies very recently. However, around a third of our children were ‘dumped’ on us without consultation by the Kenyan Government which is still closing many orphanages and is now refusing to register new ones. Many of these orphans had been abused and were traumatized, but it is wonderful to see how they are now responding very positively to love and care.

The older children are enjoying school and doing well. We now have our own Nursery School teacher, Grace, who is brilliant and the younger children adore her! It is exciting that our spacious dining room and kitchen have recently been completed. It will be great, not just at mealtimes, but for doing homework, relaxing, playing games, entertaining visitors etc.

Do read more of our recent news in our latest Newsletter which you can download from further down this page.

Welcome to the Julius and Dora Children's Centre, North West Kenya

Our mission is to provide a loving home for abandoned babies. Most of them have been the victims of attempted infanticide, many having been ‘thrown away’ outside and left to die. We currently have 32 children. Most of the children have been with us since infancy and are now between the ages of 1 month and fourteen years. They enjoy being a family together. We run our own Nursery and ‘early Primary’ school for the children, after which we find good Primary / Secondary schools for them. Flossie Adoyo (J&D Co-ordinator and ‘Mum’) and our house parents, provide a loving and flourishing environment for the children.

Who We Are
Who We Are
Floice Adoyo is the co-ordinator and ‘driving force’ behind the running of the Children’s Centre, whose parents bequethed the land on which the Centre has been built.
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Our Children
Our Children
The Julius and Dora Children’s Centre rescues and cares for these abandoned babies, providing a loving home for abandoned babies in North Western Kenya.
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How You Can Help
How You Can Help
Donate books, art materials, educational materials, medicine, and other material or financial assistance.
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Hardly any of these children would be alive without the help of the J&D Centre.

There is no other charity or government agency in this Western Province of Kenya which is willing to take on the demanding work of caring long-term for abandoned babies. This is a huge problem as “...the province recorded over 39,000 cases of children abandoned in the last two years... [Many of these are just babies] They are either strangled or abandoned in the bush soon after being born to save the family from perceived curses...” (Mr Isaac Ochanga –Western Provincial Children’s Officer).