The Child Reintegration Centre announced the promotion of Henry Kebbie to Sponsor A Child Coordinator.  Since 2017, Henry Kebbie has served the CRC ably as Assistant Coordinator.  With the departure of program lead Joseph "JJ" Junisa, who has joined his wife in London, the CRC leadership unanimously agreed that Henry should step into the leadership role.   

Henry is an alumnus of the CRC who was enrolled in the Child Support Program in 2000 as a child from a vulnerable family.  Always a gifted and determined student, Henry earned a Promise Scholarship to study social work at Njala University.  In 2017, Henry graduated with a bachelors degree in social work and was immediately hired by the CRC to assist the SAC program and perform case management duties.

Henry says that working at the CRC is a fulfillment of his life goal to help children with backgrounds like his own.  "As a social worker, since I have a passion for helping children, I am also creating an impact in their life.  It was my dream to help poor children.  Being a social worker, you can work anywhere, helping children and the needy."   

The father of a young daughter, Henry has a natural rapport with the CRC children.  He enjoys every opportunity to connect the students with their sponsors.  "Whenever the children come for letter writing I have so much fun with them.  When sponsors visit and we go on home visits, the time we spend with them helps me to know most of the students’ homes," Henry says. 

Henry is grateful to work for an organization with faith at the core of the mission.  "One of my favorite things about working at the CRC is that we start every day with devotion,  bringing the grace of God into our lives before we start working," he says. 

After many months of planning, shopping, and preparing, the highly anticipated SAC Christmas parties were held on Thursday and Friday before Christmas, to the delight of the 600 children and youth enrolled as Child Reintegration Centre students.  The parties were a fun time of socializing, feasting, playing, and dancing for the kids.  The youngest children were accompanied by their parents.  The children were treated to a bountiful Christmas lunch, and watched a Nativity play enacted by fellow students.  Before going home, every student received a small gift of clothing, toiletries, and candy to share with family.  The annual Christmas party is the highlight of the year for the CRC students, whose families struggle from poverty.  

A world of thanks to the amazing CRC staff for your hard work putting this party together, and to our kind and generous sponsors for making the parties possible.  You are so loved and appreciated by the CRC students and their families.