About Brydges Centre
Restoring Dignity, Providing Hope, and Building a Future for Children.
A Holistic Home for Transformation
Brydges Centre is a charitable organization established in 1995. We started off as a children's home and have grown into a group that offers holistic programs entailing child protection and rescue, education, skills building, and a business centre. The organization has lived to witness great transformations in the lives of the children and youth it serves.
Today, we are a home for 130 children or youths. We are located at Oloosidan Location, Isinya Sub-county, Kajiado County, along Nairobi-Namanga Road.
"All children need to belong to someone who will give them faith, love, and affection. They need to have a family that they can rely on when time gets rough. They all have dreams and wishes that they wish would come true, and here at Brydges, we facilitate the development and nurturing of these dreams for each and every child."
A Happy, Hopeful & Prosperous Future
We envision a happy, hopeful and prosperous future for all children and youth.
Dignity, Love & Sustainability
Our mission is to provide destitute, orphaned, and vulnerable children with a house of safety, education, and training to become self-sufficient and skilled in the future.
Mission Statement: To holistically establish the lives of needy children and youth, meeting their daily needs with dignity and love in a sustainable manner.
26+
Years of Service
130
Children Residing Now
500+
Lives Transitioned
Mrs. Rosemary Wafula's Story
The Brydges Centre was founded by Mrs. Rosemary Wafula, a Kenyan married to Mr. Dismas Wafula; together they are blessed with four biological children. Rosemary discovered her calling in the ministry of supporting orphans in 1995. Before then, she worked for a horticultural firm.
Her ministry started in Dandora slums as a weekly feeding program for street children (mostly boys), whereby she could share God’s word and a meal with them. She would later discover that these children were warm-hearted and had genuine reasons for being in the streets. Some boys expressed their willingness to go back to school and shun the carefree street life. Talking to the boys, she learned that they had goals, hopes, and ambitions. They yearned for education, and she was touched enough to enroll them in school. They got a small house for them to call home, and the rest is history.
A Passion for Restoration:
She is very passionate about matters of child protection, and making it happen for them is what inspires her to go the extra mile. Making them feel important and respected by word and deed is critical because most of the children who find a home in Brydges Centre come from extremely deprived backgrounds and/or are abandoned. They come to the home feeling useless, unwanted, and insignificant, caught between self-doubt, self-pity, and self-hatred. It is good news that character and self-image can be repaired and reshaped, thus transforming such a child into a productive and healthy citizen who perceives reality optimistically and with a great deal of hope. This is her calling.
For more than 26 years now, she has established a house of safety for many categories of children in need of care and special protection.
Our Core Values
The foundation upon which we serve every child.
Christian Values
Commitment to Christian values in all we do.
Accountability
Accountability to God, donors, partners and well wishers.
Serving with Love
Meeting daily needs with dignity and genuine care.
Restoring Dignity
Reshaping self-image and restoring personal worth.
Mentorship
A tool for equipping the next generation.