The Bethlehem
Community Centre (BCC) was established
in 1990.
It is situated in the Embakasi Division of
Nairobi, in the Soweto informal settlement
of Kayole. Soweto is mainly inhabited by people displaced from other slum areas
of Nairobi. In common with most Nairobi informal settlements, Soweto has no water,
electricity or sanitation. The main focus of the Centre is looking after destitute
children, many of whom are orphans of HIV/AIDS or conflict. Soweto has a high
Congolese refugee population. All workers at the Centre are volunteers. The Centre
runs a primary school with about 450 children. About 80 of the children, who are
orphaned, live permanently in the Center's two boarding houses. An additional 100
children are fed under a school-feeding program.
