PO Box 223, Cannington 6987, Western Australia

Telephone/Fax: 61+8+9356.1201     Mobile: 0403 973 559

email: genesis@smartchat.net.au

Genesis was founded in 1982 by Ray and Cheryl Jenner.  From humble beginnings in a back room in their home, the Ministry expanded to include:

• Counselling
• Training others to counsel
• International Aid via containers to Africa
• Child sponsorship

In 1986 we travelled to Kenya for the very first time at the invitation of Pastor Daniel Kisemei - a Maasai Pastor.  Although it was a wonderful time of fellowship with the Maasai people, we were distressed with the living conditions, particularly for those children who had been left orphans.

We have maintained contact over the years and Pastor Daniel is still a member of the Board of Directors in Kenya (pictured here with Pastor Ray in 2003).

As we travelled further afield into Uganda and Rwanda, the ravages of war and AIDS were shocking.  That first visit we agreed to assist just 5 Ugandan children who were orphans and unable to attend school.  We returned to Perth, Western Australia and asked friends to pay A$20 per month to allow a child to enter school and have at least one meal every day.  Those first 5 children became 100 within a year and today their are 1000 orphans and widows who are beneficiaries of the Genesis sponsorship programme.

Over the years we have supported:

•  a group of aging Grandmothers in Uganda (the only relatives alive following the devastation of AIDS);
• completed a building and built latrines and kitchen for an orphanage on the border of Rwanda;
• built 2 orphanages for Karen Refugee children in Thailand;
• taken short-term workers to the Philippines for holiday programmes and feeding for poor island children;
• sent 5 tonnes of medicine in 2 shipments to hospitals and Health Department in Cuba;
• an outreach to children living on the streets of Pattaya, Thailand.

The following are current projects:

1. Kianyaga Children's Home, Kianyaga, Kenya
2. Merciful Redeemer Children's Home, Nairobi, Kenya
3. Taretuoki Children's Project, Emali, Kenya
4. Oloontulugum Primary School, Oloontulugum, Kenya
5. Dagoretti 4 Kids, Dagoretti, Kenya
6. Kamwezi High School, Kamwezi, Uganda
7. Lake Bunyonyi Secondary School, Kabale, Uganda
8. Rubaare Education Foundation, Rubaare, Uganda
9. Kamuganguzi Rwampiri Ttukwatanise Group, Kamuganguzi, Uganda

Click on the links at the side to read more about each project.