Yesu Ni Bwana

ORPHAN CARE (Mimi’s Kids)

In 2006, Yesu Ni Bwana, Inc and Edson and Renda Knapp in cooperation with Makwale Baptist Church and the Baptist Convention Tanzania completed and opened a safe home to provide care for some of the many children left orphaned by the AIDS epidemic in Sub Saharan Africa and in particular the Kyela District of Tanzania one of the most devastated districts Tanzania.

In 2016 as the AIDS epidemic subsided the institutional orphanage was closed in favor of placing all our children in loving, Christian, single family homes. Yesu Ni Bwana, Inc still provides for all of the personal, educational and medical needs for each of our children. In recent years we have enrolled all of our children in private boarding schools, government vocational (VETA) schools or in our MTAM Ministry Farm training program. We feel the opportunity for lifetime success for our children is greatly enhanced in this setting.

In recent years our board member, Michelle Henry has assumed responsibility for raising funds to support the educational and personal needs of all 43 of our children. She has lovingly adopted the name “Mimi’s Kids.”