(Kap-ta-gat)
KaptagatChildren’s Home
136
Current Children
12
Staff
2010
Joined CFH Network
47
Primary School Children
38
Secondary School Children
40
Post-Secondary School Children
Core Partner
About this Home
Drive North West from Nairobi out towards Eldoret. It’s a long drive but the road is pretty good until you are less than an hour from Kaptagat Children’s Home.
As you enter the gates you are warmly greeted with singing from the children. There is no traffic noise, the grass is green, and the river which borders the home property at the bottom of the hill is moving along as if it has somewhere important to go.
A local church is just beyond the home and on the other side there is a primary school.
Kaptagat also has a large farm a few kilometers down the road. One of our groundsman lives there to manage crops from seed to harvest.
It is difficult to tell the staff’s biological children from the children living at the home. Nearly all of the staff live on the campus of the children’s home.
Each Sunday afternoon there is a soccer game and the competition is intense. You cannot tell if the staff players are making it a more serious game or if they are the ones lightening the mood.
Those staff and children who do not want to play watch from the sidelines as they sit and talk with one another. You do not want to miss this weekly event!
Home Manager
Martha
Martha is a caretaker by calling and a social worker by by profession. She graduated from Mt. Kenya University with a diploma in Social Work and Community Development. Martha also has a certificate in Social Work and Social Administration from Kampala University.
She has worked with Chariots for Hope and Kaptagat Children’s Home since 2014 and was promoted to Manager at Kaptagat in 2025.
She and her husband, Isaac, have been blessed with 2 children.
One Child's Story
Euvin
When I was four years old, my father passed away due to a heart condition. Because my parents were not married, my siblings and I were placed in the care of my paternal grandparents, instead of the care of my mother.
After living with my grandmother for a short while, she passed away, which left my siblings and me in the care of my aunt. My aunt treated us unfairly, which led to my siblings and I being rescued and taken to Kaptagat Children’s Home.
I am very grateful to be a part of the Kaptagat family!
