Turkana

Friends Missio

nin

partnership with Friends United

Meeting

Turkana

County is in the

north-wester

n desert region

of Kenya

Turkana is a harsh desert climate. The

Turkana tribe

are nomad

ic animal herder

s

The people value their beautiful traditional culture, which is so well

adapted to their environment.

Yet life is very hard in Turkana. Water is scarce.Photo: Anthony Morland/IRIN

The Friends mission began in 1970 with a vocational training school on this

compound in Kalokol

Today the mission

does evangelis

m, pastoral ministry,

education, water

projects and

income generation

The mission is entirely run by Turkana Friends themselves. John Moru is the

Director.

Simon Ekaran is the Pastor in Charge

Peter Emana

Lotengan,

Turkana Mission project

manager, is on long-term

“loan” to

Oxfam

The mission has a total of about 27 employees:

pastors, teachers, evangelists and support

staff

John Lomuria is the Vice

Chairman of the

mission Board.

Eden Grace attends Board

meetings whenever possible.

Evangelism and

Pastoral

Ministry

There are

now 16 Friends Churches in

Turkana, with more being

started each year

Some have buildings while others meet in the open. Even a little bit of shade

helps.

Lokoyo Friends Church

Lochuga Friends Church

Lodwar Friends Church

Nakiria

Friends

Church

meets under this tree.

Turkana Friends Mission has care of the Friends Church inside the Kakuma

Refugee Camp, founded by Congolese Friends and now including many

different nationalities.

Some of the children of Kakuma Refugee Camp

Friends Church

John and Grace Moru pitch a tent when they go on evangelistic missions.

They have felt a call to minister among the Toposa

people in South Sudan

Toposa

South Sudan has been devastated by decades of war. John is studying

psychology in order to better minister to these people.

Malnutrition is a

serious problem

among the Toposa, so

John travels

with basic medical supplies

and informatio

n.

Education

Only 3% of the Turkana population

have a secondary

education or above.

15% have primary level.

82% have no education at

all

The missio

n operat

es three

primary

schools and numer

ous nurser

y school

s

Lochuga

Friends School

Lodwar Friends Nursery School

The students line up to receive a healthy lunch

Lokoyo Friends School

Nakiria Friends School

Girls and women are disadvantaged in Turkana

society. The Friends Mission invests in women.

We spons

or girls to

attend high

school and

thereby

avoid early

marriage

Water Project

s

The mission takes its priorities from the

local community.

These Friends in Katapokori said that

their biggest

need was water.

Hand pumps are available for the whole community to

use.

There is no

surface

water in

Turkana. This is how people traditionally access water.

Biosand water filters make the

murky Turkana groundwater safe to drink

This well in Lokoyo is one of

the Friends’ oldest, and is

about to be

rebuilt for the third time.

Unfortu-

nately, some wells fail. This

one in Kalokol only brings

up salty

water.

Income Genera

tion

95% of the

population lives below

the Kenyan

government’s

official poverty

line

After a rare sprinkling of rain, the grass grows tall and brown. No crops can

grow here.

Women make beautiful baskets but struggle to get them to market

Right Sharin

g of World Resources is now

supporting

Turkana

Friends women

Friendly Water for the World offers trainings in

entrepreneurship and business planning for Young Adult Friends

“Ekone” means Friends. Ekone House was an income-generating project for Turkana Mission, with retail space in front and rental apartments behind.

Unfortunately, recent road construction resulted in its demolition.

There are now

plans to build a

conference center

in Lodwar

to generate income

for mission

work

This is St

Theresa’s in

Lodwar – our

conference

center could feel like this: cool, shady and

welcoming

Turkana Mission’s prayer concerns: - reliable transportation- peace in South Sudan in order to develop a more sustained presence- conference center development- consistent donor support for the operating needs of the mission and for the 28 girls who are sponsored

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