Food Security Kenya Project #32744

Help Feed 250 Hungry Children in Kenya

by Action Change (Formerly GVI Trust)

Project Report | Oct 9, 2018
The School Now Looks More Beautiful, Attractive and Child Friendly.

By Brain | Program Manager

Dear Supporters,

The third quarter of the above mentioned project began on first of July, barely a month to the end of the second academic term of 2018. It started well with all the pupils and the workers reporting back on the right time.

Despite the high prices of the basic commodities such as the foodstuff, fuel and the stationery, we could squeeze ourselves well and made all workable. Feeding program and the other undertakings in the school project have been going on well throughout the quarterly term, with the feeding program under one of the GVI-Mombasa ex-volunteers attached to the school.

We too have been able to change the school uniform, a change that every party concerned was so much pleased with and we could secure it’s sponsorship by one of the school friends. We opted to change it since because the previous one could not match with environment within the compound as it is dusty ground. The new uniforms are more beautiful, attractive and easier to identify the pupils from a distance. However, we officially adopt the new uniforms in the new year.

Due to a change of our new school curriculum, there emerged a new demand for new textbooks so we can move with our new system of education. We therefore received donation funds from one of our former volunteers so we could purchase some of the new textbooks needed and we managed to buy enough for the first six lower classes, that is, from kindergarten one to grade three.

The school now looks more beautiful, attractive and more child friendly. This is because we spent most of our August holidays painting the school afresh and some art work for decoration, educational and for identity.This was under the sponsorship of one of the GVI ex-volunteers in Mombasa. Besides the painting and the art work, we did all the repairs to the temporary structures as well as cementing two classes, grades three and four, and the corridor in between the two temporary classes lines under the sponsorship of The GVI Trust.

Feeding the children being one of the main purposes of the project, we too spent the whole of the August holidays feeding them, a practise we have carried on for years, where the children come to school, have their breakfast, play some games, eat their lunch meal then leave for their homes in the afternoon.

Over the August holidays, we held a community free medical camp and an hygiene clinic where in the medical camp, members of the community were tested and treated accordingly. The hygiene clinic saw every pupil receive a tooth paste and a toothbrush. However, as it is with all the other aspects of life, we are faced with challenges such inadequate stationery, school uniform and inadequate funds to pay for the salaries more so during the holiday months.

Kind Regards,

Brian.

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Jul 3, 2018
Update from Nyota Ing'arayo

By Brian | Project Leader

Dear Supporters,

Quarter two of the year 2018 for Nyota Ing'arayo school began at the start of April holidays. Beginning of the month of April saw the ending of quarter one and rolling in of quarter two term. During the holidays, we took time to replace the permanent building old roofing with a new one. Working on the roofing was mainly aimed at dealing with the leaking old one. The children are now more comfortable in their classes especially in the rain times, unlike previously when they could squeeze themselves in certain safe but limited areas. This renovation was as well accompanied by a half day coaching of our elder pupils who are in their last days of their primary school education and keenly working hard towards their final examination.

The school resumed back from the April holidays at the start of May. All the learners and the staff reported on the very first day with an exception of a couple of transfer cases.

In June, we began fixing a new ceiling in the permanent building to replace the previous worn out one. This is under the sponsorship of one of our GVI-Mombasa ex-volunteers, Richard. This happens after classes and over the weekends so we can give schooling its time and space.

We have also had the ditches outside the temporary classes filled and cemented under the GVI-CT funding. This has helped drain and drive away the stagnant waters as well as creating easy movement of the children around.

The greenhouse project within the compound is well supplementing the feeding program with mainly vegetables. Within this second quarter, we have had a variety of the vegetables grown inside. This is giving the children a good nutrition and a balanced diet daily.

Within the quarter, we were privileged to receive two of our former volunteers who provided the children with drawing and coloring materials. However, we have not had a lot of outdoor activities due to the on going rains in Mombasa.

All in all, as it is with the nature of life, challenges are always present. We are therefore, once, faced with a demand of new text books for the whole school before the end of this year. This is due to change in our education curriculum which has led to change in the syllabus

However, without the support of The GVI Trust and the other sponsors, we would not have moved this far and we are therefore greatly thankful, Thank you!

Regards,

Brian

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