Turning Point Trust Blog
A Holiday in Karen
Last week the wonderful people of Christ Church Woking blessed us by enabling our staff to go on a retreat in the leafy Nairobi suburbs of Karen, and by sending a team from the church to lead the retreat. The week consisted of much laughter and joy, as well as, or rather, induced by daily [...]
Continue Reading >Working Socially.
My name is Gladys Njaka Machocho, and I am the Social Worker for Mashimoni and Kianda. I am not a fan of writing so this will be brief. BACKGROUND I joined Turning Point Trust on 1st April 2011 (Don’t be fooled). I didn’t join as a Social Worker, initially I joined as an administrator for [...]
Continue Reading >It’s goodbye to Kevin
Kevin, who has been great at teaching Bible stories to the kids at our Mashimoni Centre, resigned this week. We want to wish him well as he starts a new job, and say a big THANK YOU for all his work with TP. Kevin – you will be missed!
Continue Reading >Equipping the Front-line
What do you do when a child’s character changes from bright, bubbly and enthusiastic to quiet, withdrawn and uninterested? How do you approach a family that is that are not treating their kids as they should? How do we speak up for those little ones whose voices go unheard? And how do we guide them [...]
Continue Reading >Introducing Godwill…
The second to last born of 8 siblings Godwill is a man of many names and many talents. Papres, Adado and Storyteller McGoodfood are all noted amongst his nicknames but at Turning Point he simply is known as Coach. Godwill joined Turning Point in 2009 seconded by Ambassadors in Sport to coach the TP after-school [...]
Continue Reading >Pastor David’s Graduation
On May 7th 2011, Pastor David graduated from the Africa Bible College. Turning Point staff and many members of OCC church turned up to support him and celebrate with a very relieved Pastor David and his family.
Continue Reading >Introducing Teacher Margaret
We thought you might like to meet the staff who make the Turning Point work happen so we’ll be posting a blog introducing each one. In no particular order, lets start with Teacher Margaret.
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