Kelvil Minyoso Egadwa's Story of Impact

by Isaiah Kimani, GO! Kenya Director

Kawangware -Nairobi, Kenya

December 20, 2022

Meet Kelvil Minyoso Egadwa, 48-year-old mother and grandmother. She is a born-again Christian and a minister of the word of God at Kwangware PAG Church. She has been a church leader for more than five years. She has been serving in the women's ministry as the head of the women's department at church.

I made Kelvil aware of the Great Commandment Workshop earlier this year. I know Kelvil through Christian Leaders Institute where we are fellow students. I invited Kelvil to the Parklands Baptist Church workshop in February.

Prior to attending the workshop, Kelvil was serving the women in the church as she has been doing for years. Most of the time, she is encouraging, motivating, advising and sharing the word of God with the women of the church. She has organized and contributed money as a church to support women who were lacking especially newborn mothers and widows. Her main focus was on the Women. Together with Kawangware PAG church, they served the less fortunate children once per year as an annual ministry event. They contributed food and clothes in bulk and then took them to the church headquarters. The items are then distributed to orphans, street children and widows.

"After the workshop, I realized that less fortunate children need to eat daily. We need to contribute frequently, not only once per year." Kelvil explains.

Impacts of the Great Commandment Workshop

After attending the workshop, Kelvil's attitude towards the orphans changed.

"I have seen God calling me to do children's ministry. It's so hurting to see children suffering out there," she further explains.

Delivering aid and supplies to Kawangware Initiative Children's Home

Orphans and vulnerable children who have lost either or both parents live in extreme poverty with their guardians with little access to basic needs. Global Orphan Relief supports these children by conducting Great Commandment Workshops as part of their Church Mobilization Initiative, to educate and encourage people to support the less privileged children. Through this education, children receive different kinds of support like food, clothes, education, psychological support and adoption through the GO! Ambassadors who are deployed from the workshops.

Photo from visit to Kawangware Initiative Children's Home earlier this year.

The workshop was an eye-opener for Kelvil on how to care for the children. She has joined forces with other GO! Ambassadors to ensure orphans and vulnerable children are supported. She has met with different people serving vulnerable children. They have partnered to reach out to different children.

" I have gotten in touch with girls chased out of their homes due to early pregnancy. I applied the knowledge from the Great Commandment Workshop. I encouraged them, motivated them and supported them with material things like food, clothes and money to sustain them,' Kelvil stated.

In August, Kelvil with Kawangware PAG contributed foodstuffs, clothes and other basic needs like soap, cooking oil, and sanitary towels. They reached out to Global Orphan Relief for additional support and visited Kawangware Initiative Children's home. She is delighted to support the 46 children in the children's home.

On Jamhuri day, the 12th of December, Kelvil and other GO! Ambassadors celebrated with street children in Nairobi town. They spent time together, shared a meal and provided other essential commodities like food, clothes, soap and sanitary towels. The kids were happy and felt the parental love they are missing. On the 22nd of December, they will visit Kawangware Initiative Children's home to share Christmas.

"The children in these children's homes need help. Global Orphan Relief is doing great work training people to serve less privileged children. When many people in the country are educated and encouraged to care for the less privileged, there will be a positive impact on children in education, nutrition, and home base care. The children will receive support from all corners,” Kelvil further reports.

Encouragement

Kelvil is passionate about serving orphans and less privileged children. It's her wish that many people start supporting these children, especially the people doing ministries in the church.

According to Kelvil, “God's work is not only preaching; a ministry is not going to the pulpit to hold a microphone. Ministry is serving the less privileged.”

Kelvil is on a mission and not willing to settle for less. She is actively seeking to serve the children and orphans in our community. She is convinced that if we give them the love they need, we will change society for the better. Love is the greatest commandment of God. When we serve the children, we are fulfilling God's commandment.

Church Mobilization is our newest initiative launched in February 2022. We are currently working with local area churches to co-host Great Commandment Workshops where we bring together multiple subject matter experts to discuss the why and how to serve the poor generally, and orphan children specifically.