In the poorest slums of Kenya, deaf children and abandoned orphans of AIDS victims are viewed as social outcasts by others. They are stigmatized and essentially forgotten. With agencies like EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES and ANGEL COVERS, the children once considered cursed and uneducable have a new lease on life through education and food programs.

The Angel Covers education program at Humble Hearts School for the Deaf provides free education and textbooks so that these students can make a positive impact on their society despite their circumstances. With the high rate of AIDS-related deaths, Expanding Opportunities has seen a greater number of orphaned children forced out onto the streets. The organization operates a food program and has established the Joseph Waweru Home School to assist hungry and homeless children.