Location

Keiyo is part of Elgieyo-Marakwet District, one of the 14 districts forming the Rift Valley Province in western Kenya. The district is bordered by West Pokot on the north, Trans Nzoia on the northwest Uasin Gishu to the west and Baringo to the east. The total area of the district is 1832 square miles, which constitutes about 0.4 % of the total area of Kenya, (228,220 sq. mi. or about the size of Texas. Kenya is located on the eastern coast of Africa, south of Sudan and east of Uganda.

 

To Help Educate Indigenous Pastors

The local churches cannot even pay salaries to their current pastors let alone educate more. The rapid growth of churches and large numbers who are coming to Christ create a demand for more pastors and leaders. Some of the pastors serve ten or more churches. It costs $1500.00 per year to educate one pastor at a Theological school in Kenya. Our goal is to help provide financial assistance to students.

 

To Help Equip Local Pastors to Reach the Unreached in Their Community

Keiyo Soy Ministries is responding to a serious need to equip the indigenous pastors who serve over one hundred churches located in the dry, barren areas of Keiyo Region. These pastors serve with the already established indigenous churches of the Africa Inland Church. Their efforts to reach the unreached are hindered by severe economic limitations and lack of materials. We plan to provide Christian materials and seminars to assist in training local pastors.

 

To Provide A System For Clean Drinking Water

Many along the Valley are drinking from and bathing in the same water as their animals. The use of unclean water from the river leads to many illnesses. Since much of this region has not had sufficient rain three or four years, many who travel long distances with cattle find only dry river beds. We plan to provide clean drinking water through a gravity based drainage system from a water source high in the mountains above Keiyo Valley.

 

To Help Provide An Emergency Vehicle

Medical Facilities are non existent in most of the dry, barren areas in Keiyo valley. Sickness and disease take advantage of the already vulnerable people. The sick either walk or are carried by friends or relatives many miles for medical care and the majority of them do not reach their destination in time. No one of the pastors serving all the existing churches has a vehicle. Funds are needed to buy an emergency vehicle to transport the sick to the nearest medical facility. A long term goal is to assist in establishing more health care clinics.