These TLC Stars Are Raising Money To Help Orphaned Children With HIV
St. Petersburg, Florida. Kenneth Niedermeier, better known to us all as Kenny, is one of the stars of TLC’s hit show 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way.
Kenny and his fiancé Armando Rubio became the very first gay couple to be featured on the TV franchise, and you can’t help but fall in love with the both of them.
Originally from St. Petersburg, Florida, Kenny made the move to Mexico last year to be with Armando.
In this week’s episode that aired Sunday night, Armando and Kenny opened up about their conversation regarding having children together.
Armando has one daughter, Hannah, and Kenny has several adult children (one son and three triplet daughters), but the couple began considering adding to their family.
At first, Armando revealed that he was thinking of having a baby and pursuing surrogacy, but the conversation continued.
Then, Armando and Kenny decided that they would go to a nearby orphanage to visit with adoptable children that are HIV positive. The couple ended up going to the Eunime Orphanage, located in Tijuana.
Armando and Kenny brought presents for the children they visited with at the orphanage, and the kids all came up to give them hugs after being introduced to them.
GoFundMe; pictured above are Kenny and Armando with the children from the Eunime Orphanage
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“Having come out when HIV and AIDS went rampant, friends were just dying left and right,” Kenny explained in the episode.
“I don’t know how many funerals I went to, how many wakes and memorials I went to. So actually the thought of adopting a child with the same thing that was a death sentence 30 years ago, and people were shunning people and didn’t want to be near people and family were disowning their children who had it I would love to take that child that’s here today and embrace them and hug them and support them and show them how loved they are.”
Honestly, it was a pretty heartbreaking thing to see Armando and Kenny visit with the orphaned children.
Although the couple is still considering their options for adding children to their family, they are doing something right now to help the HIV-positive children that they visited with.
Yesterday, Kenny took to GoFundMe to create a fundraiser to help the children from the Eunime Orphanage.
“This Orphanage has children of all ages (babies to teens) that not only have been neglected and abandoned but also affected by HIV,” Kenny said on the GoFundMe page.
“They have the biggest hearts. Your support is not only to create awareness but most importantly to provide food, medication, and facility upgrades for a happier and healthier environment.”
“Juana, the director goes above and beyond and we want her and the children to know they are not alone, they are loved and we are here to show them that with your help!”
Kenny noted that all of the money that he and Armando raise through GoFundMe will go directly to the orphaned children.
If you would like to donate to the GoFundMe for the children at the Eunime Orphanage, you can do that here.
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