Tuuru Mission
Tuuru Mission
COTTOLENGO TUURU MISSION is a centre of health, rehabilitation, educational, social, welfare and pastoral services aimed at the poor population of the entire Meru District, northeast of Kenya.
Our Vision
To empower the children with physical and mental challenges to reach their optimal level of self-reliance
Our Mission
To promote the dignity of the mentally and physically challenged children making them to experience the love of God the loving father.
Our Mandate
To take care of all poor and abandoned people, especially children with disabilities and women, so that, by having an experience of love and attention, everyone feels loved children of God and shares in His family and in the whole human family.
Currently the Mission includes
The Parish “S. Teresa of the Child Jesus “
The Cottolenghino Monastery “Jesus Priest”
The Cottolenghini Sisters and Priests Communities
Two operational realities that integrate and complement each other: Tuuru Home for Children and Tuuru Cottolengo Health Center
Tuuru Projects
Mwana Centre
There are numerous people who come to our health centre for medical care. Currently, there are many cases that need more monitoring and since we do not have an in-patient pediatric wing we have to refer to other facilities. In 2019 through the help of volunteers, we started construction of an inpatient department called Mwana Centre meaning Child centre mainly to be able to meet the needs of needy people particularly children. The construction is 70%, still remaining internal finishing and furnishings
Our services
Our services
Currently the “Cottolengo Tuuru Mission” includes:
The Parish “S. Teresa of the Child Jesus “
Tuuru Home for Children: home for psycho-physical disabled children, for undernourished children, kindergarten, special school, physiotherapy, orthopedic laboratory and workshop
Tuuru Cottolengo Health Center: maternity, dispensary, training, emergency assistance for malnourished children
Volunteering
Volunteers are a great resource, a gift that we always welcome with joy and gratitude, there are many possibilities of service.
Become a Volunteer
We welcome volunteers from all parts of the world. If you wish to be one of our volunteers, we request you to send us your details before for better arrangement. We work in education, social works, and healthy centres, children’s home and pastoral.