Dear Friends,

The birth of my granddaughter Isabella was a beautiful gift for my whole family – she brings joy and happiness into the lives of all who meet her.

But where I grew up, in Nairobi, Kenya, there are a lot of amazing children with so much to offer, who - through neglect, poverty or abuse – have no family of their own to look after them.

That’s why I set up the Isabella Fund for the Kenya Children’s Home.

The Home is a caring and nurturing community of orphans, teachers and nurses that provides for some of Africa’s most vulnerable children, placing infants into safe, welcoming, and loving adopted families. As the father of two adopted children myself, I know how lucky the parents of those children are – and how much light they will bring into their lives.

I hope that you will support the excellent work of the Balcraig Foundation in Kenya – even a small donation goes a long way to help those children most in need.

With my very best wishes,

Roger Whittaker

Anni and Leopold!

To help support the Kenya Children's Home, Roger Whittaker has teamed up with Hummel, the internationally renowned German manufacturer of collectible figurines for the release of his new album Liebe endet Nie. Hummel has crafted two adorable Special Edition figurines (Anni and Leopold!) holding signed photos of Roger. For each figurine sold, Hummel will donate €10.00 to the Isabella Fund.

To see the video of Roger’s new hit single supporting the Isbella Fund Mit kleinen Schritten fängt alles an from the new album go to: http://www.musicbox.de/index_video.php?artist=799

For more information about the Hummel Special Edition Figurines, see: http://www.goebel.de/11443_DEU_HTML.asp

For more information on the Isabella Fund and the Kenya Children’s Home see:

http://www.kenyachildrenshome.org.uk/isabellafund.html

http://www.rogerwhittaker.de/liebe-endet-nie/isabella_fond.php (German)

http://www.rogerwhittaker.com/letters.html (English)

The Kenya Children's Home

Kenya Children’s Home (previously known as Thomas Barnardo House) KCH was founded in 1961 by Dr Barnardo Homes in the UK. In 1971, it was taken over by Kenya Christian Homes and is now run as Kenya Children’s Home by The Balcraig Foundation. It is an independent home for orphans, abandoned and destitute children and over the years 6,000 children have been cared for from birth to adulthood. At present there are 175 children, the majority of whom are in full-time education. A quarter of the home’s expenditure is spent on education and training.

Since Balcraig Foundation took full responsibility for the home in 2002, dormitory accommodation has been replaced by 9 family units, with each house providing shelter for up to 12-16 children. These children are cared for by a dedicated house mother and an auntie in each unit. The children are of mixed ages and sexes, with all siblings living together, recreating a more family-oriented environment. In 2007 the Nursery was renovated to the highest standards and currently houses 37 abandoned babies under the age of 2.

Balcraig Foundation was founded in 1992 by Ann Gloag. The mission of the Foundation is to assist in the relief of human suffering and deprivation, to provide a place of safety for orphaned and destitute children and to improve access to education through adequate building facilities, textbooks and improved hygiene facilities.

The first project to be developed in Nairobi was KCH. It is from within this development that the new community and income generation projects are now being developed and managed. It is essential to the ethos of Balcraig Foundation that these projects are run from Kenya, by Kenyans for Kenyans.

Balcraig Foundation seeks to identify the most deserving underprivileged child projects and thereafter supports and guides these children to obtain a safe and healthy living environment, a good education and ultimately successful independent living conditions.

Der "Isabella-Hilfsfonds"/ "Kenya Children`s Home"

Liebe Freunde,

die Geburt meiner Enkelin ISABELLA war ein wunderbares Geschenk für meine ganze Familie – sie bringt allen, die ihr begegnen Freude und Glück. In Nairobi, Kenia, wo ich aufgewachsen bin, gibt es jedoch sehr viele fantastische Kinder, die durch Vernachlaessigung, Armut oder Misshandlung keine eigene Familie haben, die sich um sie kümmert.

Aus diesem Grund, habe ich den ISABELLA Hilfsfonds für die Wohltätigkeitsorganisation „Kenya Children’s Home“ ins Leben gerufen. Das Heim ist eine soziale, liebevolle und pfl egende Gemeinschaft von Waisenkindern, Lehrern und Krankenschwestern, die Afrikas verletzbarste Kinder an Adoptivfamilien vermitteln, um Ihnen wieder Sicherheit, Liebe und das Gefühl des Willkommenseins geben zu können. Als Vater von zwei Adoptivkindern, weiß ich selbst wie glücklich die Eltern dieser Kinder sind – und wieviel Licht die Kinder in Ihre Familien bringen.

Mit meinen allerbesten Wünschen,

Roger Whittaker