Outfitters for Adventure's administrative support comes through volunteerism and other funding sources, and therefore 100% of your gifts go to the people of Kenya. Compare with other world relief organizations where 15 - 25% of your gift is used for administration and fund raising. Outfitters for Adventure is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and will provide giving statements for tax reporting.
Neil Thielke has visted each ROCK child (Reach Out to the Children of Kenya) and their caregiver every year since 2004, updating their stories, prayer requests, and pictures. If the children do not attend their interview for 2 years in a row, they lose their ROCK support. We need to stay in touch with them and know that the help we send is actually getting into the hands of their caregivers and being used for the child's needs. After Neil returns, Ruth sends the updates to their sponsors in the USA.
The stories of a drunken husband burning the house of his wife and children to drive them away, of a young girl dumping her 6-month-old baby with her sickly grandmother and running away when the baby's father will not take responsibility for the birth, of homeless children wandering from one house to another looking for handouts of food until they find someone who will take them in, of children going without food while their mother is gone doing hard labor working in the fields, break our hearts. We are so thankful for our friends who have sponsored the children over the years.
Outfitters for Adventure helps families and churches in other ways, also, providing roofs, a food shelf for HIV/AIDS patients, medical help, Bibles and study materials, and sound systems for small churches. If you would like to help support our work in Kenya, print this page, fill out your information, and mail it to:
Ruth Thielke
511 E 4th St
Morris, MN 56267
511 E 4th St
Morris, MN 56267
cell phone: 701-729-5697
email: thielkeruth@yahoo.com
Your Name: ___________________________
Street Address: ____________________________________________
City ____________________ State: ______________ zip code: _____________
Email: ______________________________
Phone (optional): __________________________
____ I would like to sponsor # _____ children. ($300/yr ($25/month)
which helps supply food, clothing, housing and education.
____ I would like to help with the Kenya food shelf for HIV/AIDS patients.
____ I would like to help fund a roof for a destitute family. ($400 per roof)
____ I would like to help fund church sound system ($1,500)
which supplies components, keyboard, generator, & installation
____ I would like to help fund church sound system ($1,500)
which supplies components, keyboard, generator, & installation
____ I would like to help with medical expenses for needy patients.
____ I would like to help fund annual Kenya site visits
for interviewing children and their caregivers.
____ I would like to help fund Bibles, and Thielke’s Navigating Life
(mentoring books for church leaders).
(mentoring books for church leaders).
____ I would like to become a member of a future Site Visit Team.