Gifts of Hope
Unwrapping New Beginnings & Investing in Futures
Help lonely children who are experiencing separation from their families to feel loved and remembered by donating to our Amazin’ Wish List! Your gift will bring them joy this holiday season and invest in lives transformed for years.
You may notice something slightly different about this year’s Amazin’ Wish List. When purchasing a gift, we’ll direct you to Stewardship instead of going through a familiar checkout page (like Amazon). Here’s the reason for doing this.
Following the overwhelming success of last year’s wish list, we encountered a challenge: How do we ship all those fantastic gifts from the UK to Kenya?
The final cost of shipping amounted to 40% of the total value of your gifts.
By donating via Stewardship or bank transfer, we can purchase the gift locally in Kenya and avoid unnecessary shipping costs (releasing more money for helping children 🙌🏽).
Fun & Play
Footballs
£25 | $32
Purchase an ‘Alive & Kicking’ Kenyan hand-made football and pump kit.
These footballs are proven to last up to eight times longer than a standard synthetic ball.
Branded Sports Bibs
£40 | $50
Purchase 20 x Route 61 branded activity bibs
Adds loads of fun, laughter and constructive team games for children confined to institutions. Route 61 hosts games in X venues usually once a month.
Referee Kit
£5 | $6
Purchase 1 x Referee whistle & cards kit.
Training cones
£20 | $25
Purchase 40 x Training Cones for one institution.
These are excellent for physical fitness and simple team games.
Various Games
£15 | $19
Purchase fun, social indoor games like Ludo, Connect 4, draughts, various card games and hula hoops.
Outdoor Fun Games
£35 | $44
Purchase a locally made game like Sack toss (bean bag game) & giant Jenga.
Arts & Crafts
£20 | $25
Purchase various colouring & drawing books, paints, pens and brushes.
Face Paints
£8 | $10
Purchase a set of face paints.
Jewellery Making
£35 | $44
Purchase glass beads & nylon string for making jewellery like wristbands (enough for 50 children).
Emotional Therapy Through Play
£125 | $158
Purchase one month of art therapy classes across six institutions (classes for around 250 children).
Establish a Library
£500 | $630
Establish a book library in one institution.
Approximately fifty books and a bespoke cabinet to house them.
Spiritual Well-being
New Testaments & Psalms
£27 | $34
Purchase 50 copies for one children’s institution.
Various Bible Teaching Resources
£12 | $15
Purchase 100 copies of Children-focused literature to distribute in one month, such as the Father’s Love Letter.
Prayer Journal
£20 | $25
Purchase five prayer journals and pens for children to use during times of prayer, rest & reflection.
Quarterly Pastors Gathering
£150 | $190
Purchase a day of impartation and encouragement for ten local pastors.
Healing Prayer Ministry
£500 | $630
Purchase one week’s essential prayer ministry training for ten front-line mentors supporting children in the juvenile justice system.
Chaplaincy
£50 | $63
Purchase five day visits from a Route 61 trained chaplain to love & encourage children & staff in an institution.
Team 61 Retreat
£125 | $158
Purchase a day of enrichment, retreat, rest & personal development for Team 61 (eight people).
Social & Emotional Well-being
Mobile Phone Handset
£20 | $25
Purchase a mobile phone handset for one institution so that children can build connections with their families and reduce feelings of separation and loneliness.
(These phones are currently enabling more than 1,000 calls per month.)
Call Time
£65 | $82
Purchase one year’s call time (12,000 minutes) for one institution.
Blessing Boxes
£32 | $40
Purchase a box full of exciting goodies to share God’s love.
Sent to an institution without a Route 61 physical presence.
Christmas & Easter Parties
£80 | $100
Purchase an entire party celebration from decorations, food, drinks, competitions, prizes & gifts.
Girls: Dignity 61
£25 | $32
Purchase essential items like underwear & feminine hygiene products to promote a sense of personal dignity for girls residing in the juvenile justice system. This buys enough locally-purchased good quality products for 24 girls.
Boys: Respect 61
£25 | $32
Purchase items like underwear to promote self-respect amongst boys residing in the juvenile justice system.
This buys enough locally purchased good-quality products for 18 boys.
Moral Revolution
£50 | $63
Purchase one month’s mentoring sessions on healthy relationships & sexual purity.
These sessions would typically impact and support 20 to 40 young people in this important area of their young lives.
Rescued Babies
Nairobi Baby Rescue Centre is a temporary home for babies and toddlers who have experienced abandonment or are victims of abuse or trafficking. Being severely under-resourced, the centre relies heavily upon generous donations.
Powdered Milk
£560 | $706
Purchase one month’s baby formula milk for seven babies.
Nappies/Diapers
£250 | $315
Purchase one month’s supply of eco-friendly disposable nappies for 14 babies.
Environmental
Organic Garden Training
£50 | $63
Purchase five training days, during which the key-hole gardens will be established.
Seeds
£5 | $6
Purchase seeds for planting in one institution.
Gardening Tools
£22 | $28
Purchase gardening tools and items to establish and maintain one garden.
Dream Room
£1,000 | $1,260
Purchase a multi-purpose inspirational and relaxing space, including a book library to encourage & enhance learning.
Add a book library (£500 | $630) for a complete inspirational and learning space for young people.
Other (Big) Wishes
Car Fund
£20,000 | $25,200
Route 61 is seeking to raise funds to acquire a robust seven-seater vehicle. We aim to ensure team safety and increase efficiency, reach & impact.
We would love to be able to fund all of our wonderful projects, but sometimes we receive too many donations in one area and not enough in another! Should your chosen category become fully funded, Route 61 will use your donation to support other areas.
Prefer to Give via Bank Transfer or Paypal?
Making a donation towards a category by pressing the purchase buttons on this page will take you to Stewardship, whose services Route 61 use to help collect and boost donations via Gift Aid (for UK tax payers). Should you prefer to fund Route 61 directly via bank transfer or use PayPal, then please see the Donate page.
If you need any support giving please email donations@route61.net and we will do our best to help you!