1. Fundraising
The Nest is funded entirely by private donations. That is why we keep reaching out to new donors – through campaigns, personal conversations and this website.
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About us
One association, one children's home, one shared goal.
Watoto wa Nest is Swahili for “children of the Nest”. We are the German support association of The Nest Children's Home in Kenya.
Who we are
A committed young team from different countries.
Our shared goal: to support The Nest Children's Home in Kenya sustainably.
Many of our members are former volunteers who lived and worked at The Nest for months. They know first-hand what the children and the team on site need – and are happy to pass on their experience.
The association was founded in 2019 in Tacherting, Bavaria, is a recognised charity and runs entirely on volunteer work. All donations go directly to The Nest, minus administrative costs of under 1 %.
2. Volunteer placement
We coordinate volunteer assignments on site in Limuru and prepare volunteers for their time at The Nest. Interested? Write to us.
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The project
The Nest Children's Home, Limuru
The Nest is a prevention and reintegration programme for children in need and their imprisoned mothers, founded in the early 1990s.
The aim is to protect children from a life on the street when their mothers are imprisoned for a poverty-related offence. Abandoned children are taken in at The Nest as well.
Care, provisions and education are guaranteed at The Nest. In the long run, children in need and mothers released from prison are to be reintegrated into their family and into society.
The Nest is run on site by a Kenyan team. Find out more about the project at thenesthome.org.
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The Nest Children's Home
At the children's home in Limuru, a small town 20 km north-west of Nairobi, up to 100 children in need aged 3 to 18 have been cared for, schooled and given medical treatment since 1997.
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Nest Baby Village
The baby home – opened in March 2014 – cares for babies found abandoned.
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Halfway House for mothers
The Halfway House reunites released mothers with their children and supports their reintegration into society. This is a focus of the social workers, who provide targeted help and accompany the families over the longer term.
From the year 2025
Full to capacity – and still well cared for.
The home was fully occupied throughout 2025; at times every available bed was taken. Despite the high numbers, the care of the children and young people remained stable.
As a major technical project, we initiated the replacement of the broken battery storage of the school's solar system to secure The Nest's energy supply for the long term.
Read the full annual report“We have lived at The Nest ourselves. We know every euro makes a difference there – because we have seen it.” The team of Watoto wa Nest e.V.
Become part of it.
With a donation, as a member of the association or as a volunteer on site – there are many ways to support The Nest.