Utugi children home is situated in Ngurubani town, Mwea East District, Kirinyaga County, behind the National irrigation Board (NIB) Mwea offices, about 1.5 km off Makutano-Embu Road. It is managed by the Anglican Diocese of Kirinyaga under the social welfare board. The programme started in 1999 as a street children feeding programme in Kerugoya town and then extended to other towns within the jurisdiction of the then diocese of Kirinyaga which covered Kirinyaga, Isiolo and Marsabit.
THE CENTRE HAS THE FOLLOWING ARMS
Home
Utugi children’s home continues to give care and protection to the vulnerable children to help them realize their potential and grow in themselves in confidence and skills.
The Centre also helps in instilling Christian values in children to help them in their life journey by providing shelter, food, and education to the male child from under privileged families, enabling them to face life founded on Christian principles through rehabilitation, character formation, spiritual guidance ,counseling and integration process.

JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS AT UTUGI EDUCATION CENTRE
Vocational training

UTUGI’S VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Infrastructure and facilities:
By the grace of God, the following infrastructure is in existence:
- Dormitory with 1st floor capacity of 96 beds.
- Staff houses and one guest house
- 12 classrooms with washrooms
- Dining hall with modern kitchen
- A van (pickup)
- Vocational Training classroom
- This makes Utugi a place to come for seminars, retreats, workshops and weddings.
Population
We have 63 boys in the home; they are distributed as follows;
- Primary school 28
- Secondary school 24
- Form iv leavers 4
- College/University 7
Achievements
- The year 2020, we managed to take 15 boys to secondary schools.
- Two boys are under the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (Kuccps) in the universities
- One of our boys graduated as a clinical officer
- One boy in the secondary school is under government sponsorship through the Children’s department
- Harvested 19 bags of maize each 100kgs
Maintenance of the home/Relevance
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To generate income for sustainability, we sell Improved Kienyenji chicks one month old.
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We also sell Broilers for meat.
POULTRY BUSINESS AT UTUGI CHILDREN’S CENTRE
- Maize farming to subsidize the food supply and consumption.
KAMA group visiting to encourage and motivate the Children of Utugi.


UTUGI CHILDREN'S HOME GALLERY







