About Rhema Compassion Organization
A registered organization, built on a decade of showing up.
We work with street children carrying more than most adults ever will — offering counseling, vocational training, family reunification and a voice for children’s rights, rooted in Christian compassion.
Our Vision
To build a compassionate community where human rights are respected and every individual has a chance to lead a life free from poverty, oppression and suffering.
Our Mission
Promoting access to education and health care, improving welfare and alleviating poverty among families, orphans and vulnerable children.
From a shared meal to a registered movement
“RHEMA” means a spoken word — a message with power. It reflects our belief in not only meeting physical needs, but speaking hope, restoring dignity and transforming lives.
- 2013
A question, not a handout
Our founder began meeting street children in Nairobi — sharing meals, listening, asking why they ended up there instead of just giving money.
- 2016
From occasional to weekly
Sunday services with street children and a Tuesday feeding program became fixed commitments, cooked from home and carried into the streets.
- 2018
Street Church Ministry launches
Formal activities began at Central Park, Nairobi: evangelism, counselling, talent shows and clothing drives, backed by a growing circle of churches and volunteers.
- 2021
Officially registered
On 10 September 2021, Rhema Compassion Organisation was formally registered — giving the work structure, accountability and room to scale.
- 2022
Outreach scales up
Weekly street outreach grew to reach roughly 150 children per month.
- 2023
Officially launched
Rhema Compassion Organisation held its official public launch, broadening its mandate to serve all in need across the community.
- 2023
Education sponsorships expand
The number of students supported through school sponsorships grew by 40%.
- 2024
Health partnerships begin
Three mobile medical camps were run across Nairobi through a new health-outreach partnership.
- 2025
Family empowerment pilot
Fifteen caregivers completed skills training and received startup kits to build sustainable household income.
What we’re working toward
Core Objectives
Prevent Family Separation
Working with families and communities to promote positive social norms and behaviors that help prevent violence against children forcing them into the streets.
Basic Needs & Education
Providing basic needs and education access to vulnerable children.
Reduce Street Numbers
Reducing the number of children in the streets by reintegrating them into families or foster homes.
Sustainable Development
Empowering street children by integrating them into sustainable development programs.
Learning Materials
Providing vulnerable children with learning materials such as school uniforms, shoes and books.
Children's Rights
Advancing children's human rights by collaborating with protection teams to keep children safe without discrimination based on sex, religion, race, colour or origin.
A Rehabilitation Centre
Building a dedicated rehabilitation centre for holistic, long-term care.
Community Health Education
Educating communities on basic health care, guidance and counseling skills for orphans and vulnerable children.
Resource Mobilization
Raising, securing and utilising funds for the attainment of the Organization's objectives.
Signs the work is holding
Success So Far
- Reformed street children — most of them boys — have gone on to become self-employed cart operators and porters across Nairobi's CBD, easing a well-known challenge among young men in the city.
- Graduates of our partner rehabilitation centre have been equipped with trade skills that now make them self-employed and self-reliant.
- What began as a street-children ministry has expanded to serve vulnerable families and individuals across the wider community.
- Rhema Compassion Organisation held its official public launch in December 2023.
How we work, not just what we do
Our Values
Holistic care
Meeting physical needs — food, health — alongside emotional, spiritual and educational support leads to lasting change, not temporary relief.
Partnership
We work through NGOs, churches, local leaders and volunteers, because collaboration is what makes local relevance and sustainability possible.
Responsiveness
Programs adapt to emerging needs — pandemics, droughts, economic shocks — rather than following a fixed playbook regardless of context.
Accountability & learning
We monitor, evaluate and report on our work, and treat both successes and shortfalls as material for continuous improvement.
Rooted in Nairobi, growing with our partners
Where We Serve
- Primarily Nairobi — Embakasi and Central Park street zones
- Partner orphanages and rehabilitation centres around Kiambu Road
- Expansion to additional counties planned as resources allow
Looking Ahead
Narrowing our focus, deepening our care
From 2024, we are focusing our direct-service programs on street children between the ages of 3 and 10 — feeding, educating and clothing them — while we work to acquire a dedicated centre for holistic education. That centre will care for children's spiritual, physical, psychological, emotional, social and mental needs under one roof.
The people who actually show up, week after week
Our Team