Compassion in Action

Second Chance Global was founded in 2012 with a simple but audacious vision: to see every village in East Africa transformed through the love of Christ. What began as a small orphan care initiative in Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya has grown into a multi-country organization serving thousands of children and families.

Registered as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the United States and as an NGO in Kenya, we operate field programs across five nations — with our operations headquarters in Kitale, Kenya coordinating on-the-ground ministry.

We exist to change the lives of children and families through Christ-centered services, working together with communities to build thriving villages where every resident has the opportunity to grow, prosper, and contribute to positive change.

Orphan & Foster Care

Second Chance Global's orphanage and foster care program currently supports 40 children — 28 in our residential orphanage and 12 in our foster care program — providing them with food, medical care, clothing, and education. Most of the children are orphans who come from poor family backgrounds.

We are passionately concerned about the plight of orphans and believe we have a divine responsibility to provide appropriate care and protection to all vulnerable children. In Kenya alone, an estimated 3.6 million children under 18 have been orphaned or are vulnerable. Over 25% of the population lives on less than a dollar a day, and 700 children are orphaned every day — most due to HIV/AIDS, hunger, ethnic violence, or common diseases like malaria and typhoid.

Our Approach

• Safeguard the rights of orphans and vulnerable children against any form of violation
• Provide access to basic needs including food, shelter, healthcare, clothing, and education
• Initiate targeted programs that build community capacity to care for children
• Create linkages focused on eliminating all forms of vulnerability and enhancing child safety
• Foster family matching and community mentorship networks

Active in: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Burundi

Girl Child Initiative

Many girls in Kenya and across East Africa skip school when they get their period — an average of five days each month, sixty days a year — for the simple reason that they cannot afford sanitary pads. Many drop out because they can't keep up, and in countries where women are already at a disadvantage, this is a hidden but very real problem.

The sanitary measures girls resort to — using towels, tissues, sand, or leaves — tend to leak, resulting in shame. Some girls are even forced to exchange sex for pads, exposing them to the danger of HIV/AIDS. Our Girl Child Initiative trains girls how to make reusable sanitary pads by themselves, keeping them in school and restoring their dignity.

• Reusable sanitary pad making workshops
• Education scholarships and school fees
• Annual leadership camps and mentorship
• Sanitary pad distribution drives
• Vocational and life-skills training

Active in: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Burundi

Anti-Jigger Outreach

This is now our third year and we have seen many changes and transformation. Jigger and worm infection is more widespread, alarming, and more serious than many realize — requiring immediate attention to contain its spread.

From our own analysis and research in one village, 50% of victims had their feet affected, 30% had both their hands and feet affected, and 20% had their scalp, hands, feet, and other parts of the body affected.

About Jiggers

The jigger (Tunga penetrans, also known as chigger, chigoe, bicho do pé, or sand flea) is a small pinhead-sized flea found in sandy terrain of warm, dry climates. It prefers deserts, beaches, stables, stack farms, and the soils and dusts in and around farms. It hides in crevices and cracks found on floors, walls of dwellings, and furniture, feeding on warm-blooded hosts including humans, cats, dogs, rats, pigs, cattle, and sheep.

Where Jiggers Attack

• Hands
• Feet
• Knees
• Private parts
• Buttocks

Causes of Jigger Infestation

• Poor people living in unhygienic, unsanitary dwellings
• Low levels of hygiene and sanitation in homes and communities
• Economic activity reduced by poor health, making people poorer and unable to rise out of poverty

Effects of Jigger Infestation

• School dropout and poor academic performance
• Inability to walk easily due to pain in affected areas of the legs
• Inability to carry out normal day-to-day activities like working or playing
• Low self-esteem resulting from stigmatization
• Disability — people with severe infestation are unable to walk or use their hands

Our Solution

• Provide treatment and medication with the help of local nurses and volunteers
• Education and training on hygiene and sanitation
• Provide shoes and clothes to the affected
• Treatment through administration of drugs — cleaning feet, jigger removal, wound care, deworming, and disinfecting houses with poor sanitation

How You Can Be Involved

• Come and volunteer with us
• Donate towards provision of treatment and medication
• Donate shoes and clothes

Active in: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Burundi

Community Transformation

Our Community Transformation program is changing dozens of impoverished villages by providing food aid, Good News evangelism, and practical programs that allow communities to thrive in Christ. Transforming a village has impact in every area of life.

Clean water wells are helping to restore health, church buildings are sharing the Gospel, vocational centers and schools are building futures and allowing local economies to thrive. Empowering young people to take positive charge of their lives, regardless of circumstances, has been at the heart of community transformation.

• Clean water well projects
• Food aid and agricultural training
• Good News evangelism and church partnerships
• Vocational centers and skills training
• Savings & loans groups for women
• Leadership development workshops

Active in: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Burundi