Almost all the orphanages we sustain suffer from over-crowding. Today we visited one such home that had 68 children. When I only saw 15 beds I asked how they managed. “We place 4 children in every bed and the rest sleep on the floor” That may seem harsh but the reality is that the alternative is sleeping on the street. Many of our homes have a minimum of three children sleeping in each bed.  In the slum of Mathare we sustain Good Samaritan Orphanage that cares for 194 children. She has four bedrooms 20 x24 feet.  She keeps 68 girls in one, 60 in another 50 in a third and 16 in the fourth. We are working to improve that situation. One of our first objectives when we are involved in a children’s home is to bring it to a point where each child has his own bed. We do this by converting unused storage space or acquiring three storey bunk beds.