WCHS Alumni Enriches Lives Through Project In Order To Help Kenyan Youth
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A Warsaw Community High School graduate is helping others through a ministry project she created with a group of Warsaw natives.
Shaé Brown founded the Kutoa Project in 2015 with the mission of bringing therapeutic social services to youth in Kenya who have been affected by trauma.
The Kutoa Project’s mission “is to equip Kenyan youth who have been affected by violence, abuse, homelessness, trafficking, diseases or loss by providing therapeutic social services in a safe, Christ-centered environment.”
Kutoa Project is hosting a dinner Saturday at Light Rail Café and Roaster in Winona Lake to allow members of the public and donors to learn more about the project from both founders and the board of directors. Tickets are available online at www.kutoaproject.org.
The project has three main programs: individual and group counseling, educating the community and community organizations on trauma informed care and community involvement.
Community involvement allows project workers to connect local churches and positive influencers with children who are most vulnerable. This connection can be through various means such as sports, life skill activities and community events, according to a news release from Warsaw Community Schools.
Since 2015 the Kutoa Project has grown to have staff in Kenya, and has partnered with multiple organizations to help support the need for mental health services, resources and crisis intervention. Brown and her husband, Jason, live in Kenya for most of the year to maintain the day-to-day office work needed to run the program.
Many members of the board of directors for the Kutoa Project are WCHS graduates, including Mike and Christine Coon, Cody Goshert and Colton Streeter. Other board members include current Warsaw resident Nicole Wallick and Kenyan-native Sharon Mibey.
