Education, nutrition and love — since 2008
A safe place to learn, eat
and grow up loved.
Hands of Love is a community school in Kariobangi, Nairobi, giving 180 children from low-income families a real chance at an education — and a childhood.
180+
Children in school today
70,000+
Meals served in 2025
18 yrs
Serving Kariobangi
Welcome to Hands of Love.
In Kariobangi, many parents face a hard choice every morning. Leave the children at home alone while they go look for work. Or send them to a crowded, unlicensed daycare where no one is really watching.
We built Hands of Love so families wouldn’t have to choose.
Since 2008, we’ve been a school, a kitchen, a clinic and a second family to the children of this community. We teach them. We feed them. We make sure they see a doctor when they’re sick. And we walk alongside their parents as they build a better life.
It costs about a dollar a day to keep one child in our care. That’s the math behind everything we do.
What we do.
Three programs, one promise: no child in our care goes hungry, untaught, or unloved.
The Classroom
A child-centred early-years education aligned with Kenya’s ECDE curriculum, taught by fully accredited teachers who love this work.
Two Meals, Six Days a Week
Breakfast and lunch every school day, plus regular health checks. For many of our children, this is the most reliable food and care they receive.
Standing With Families
We work with parents on school progress, parenting skills, and the hardest moments — floods, evictions, job loss — so home life supports learning.
Stories from our school.
Meet Brian
“He barely spoke when he started. Now he reads to his sister.”
When Brian started at Hands of Love at age four, he barely spoke. His mother had just lost her stall in a market fire and was raising three children alone in a single rented room.
Today, Brian is in Grade 2. He reads to his younger sister at home. He wants to be a pilot.
How you can help.
Every gift goes straight to the children. Every share helps another family find us.
Sponsor a child
$30 a month covers everything one child needs for school — fees, food, healthcare, uniforms, books.
Give a one-time gift
Any amount goes directly to the children. 100% of donations fund the programs at the school.
Spread the word
Share our story. Follow us on Facebook. Tell one person about Hands of Love this week.
From the school.
Letters from Sami, dispatches from the classroom, and the occasional newsletter.
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Learning From the Whole Child: Our Waldorf Journey at Hands of Love
At Hands of Love Educational Centre, we have always believed that education is about more than passing exams. It’s about nurturing children — their hearts, their hands, and their minds. That belief is exactly what drew us to the Waldorf approach, and over the past two and a half years, it has quietly begun to…
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Learning From the Whole Child: Our Waldorf Journey at Hands of Love
At Hands of Love Educational Centre, we have always believed that education is about more than passing exams. It’s about nurturing children — their hearts, their hands, and their minds. That belief is exactly what drew us to the Waldorf approach, and over the past two and a half years, it has quietly begun to…
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When the Rains Came: Our Community Stands Strong
Last Friday’s heavy rains brought more than just flooding to Nairobi. They brought a moment that reminded us how vulnerable our community’s children and families truly are — and how resilient they are too. During the downpour, one of our students fell into a flooded storm water drain. It was a terrifying few moments for…