Education Kenya Project #7376

Building leaders using education & local projects

by PATHWAYS Leadership for Progress

Project Report | May 9, 2014
May 2014 report

By Angie Gust | Project Leader

Jemimah's project: Women carrying well materials

May 2014

Ngari village and Kitui

Dear Friends,

I am happy to tell you that the scholars projects are progressing well, carried out primarily by the community memebers. The scholars communicate with the lead members while they are at school and participate int he projects when they are home during the university breaks. Please see the update from senior scholar Jemimah and Sophomore scholar Justus.

Jemimah

Currently we are working on the underground tank that Catherine had suggested we dig.We commenced the process some time back. We have already dug out the tank and the members have assembled all the required material for construction.i.e construction bricks, stones and sand. I also traveled home this past weekend to assist them in the purchase of the other requirements i.e bags of cement, waterproofs, binding wires e.t.c.We planned for the construction to commence immediately after the Easter holidays.

On the other side,the poultry project is doing well.The chicken have have all hatched and others even the second time,except for a few that have died. However, the members distributed the chicken amongst themselves when they started hatching ,to avoid fighting of the chicken. Once the chicks grow older,that's when they will be returned to the poultry house and also sell some of them.

They are also making good money from selling water. For instance,last weekend but 1 there was an event in our church and they managed to sell water worth Ksh 750.

Please find attached photos of the members offloading some of the items we purchased last weekend.They are not very clear because i used a phone camera to capture them.

I will keep you updated on the process.

Jemimah

Justus

Challenges were part of our group; some parents could not allow their children to join the group for fear of negative socialization especially girls. But I can say that the situation has surely improved following continuous sessions I have had with some parents to convince them that the group is aimed at enhancing lives of the young students and not destroy them. We now have about 20 girls in regular attendance in the group.

To mark the end of the holiday, we always hold a motivational talk; to specifically touch on matters academics and encourage the students as they go back to their respective schools. This time round, precisely on 3^rd May 2014, we invited speakers from without our group, formally our classmates and friends who are in or graduated from the university to talk to our students. Things of great value were discussed. This marked the end of the April session and students could now report to school with something important learnt during their stay at home.

With gratitude

Justus

Thank you for your support of these scholars. They are learning valuable leadership skills and at the same time helping uplift their communities.

Angie Gust

Justus' project: Youth being mentored

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