We started with one child, one family, one question.

In Kenya, families of children with autism often face a long, quiet road. There are few specialists, scarce resources, and a stubborn wall of misunderstanding. Parents are told to wait, to pray, to hide. Children fall through the cracks of a system that was never built for them.

Angaza was born to fill that gap. We opened our doors as both a school and a children's home — a place where children with autism are safe, stimulated and seen. And we turned outward too, into the surrounding communities, training caregivers, running awareness workshops, and holding up parents who had been holding everything alone.

The word angaza is Swahili for "to shine light." That's what we try to do — bring light into the lives of children with autism, and into the communities that surround them.