A Journey of Hope

In the summer of 2014, our founder Karen Michaelle served for three months as a missionary in Kenya. During this time, God broke her heart for the hundreds of homeless street orphans in the local town.The more she grew to love the kids, the more she felt compelled to act—to do something more—before returning home. She quickly rallied support and commissioned the building of a small home. An effort borne from love, the home came to be called Upendo Home, as upendo means love in Swahili, the boys primary language.

With the home then ready and permanent guardian parents carefully selected, the seven boys that God led Karen to invite to an all new life began. These precious children—our “Upendo Boys”—are now growing and thriving with the peace that comes from knowing they are loved and cared for.

​Upon returning to the states, Karen founded Love Without Borders, Inc., a California-based 501(c)3 non-profit, who’s sole purpose is to Empower Justice and Inspire the Future, which we are doing by standing in the gap for these boys and the Guardians’ three boys all living in Upendo Home. By providing our Upendo Family with everything they need for survival—food, shelter, medical care and education—we are paving the way for these intelligent, talented boys to become the leaders and difference makers of tomorrow—for their communities, their country, and the world.