Educate & Empower a Student in Kenya

Today we celebrate our volunteer teachers and mentors who worked tirelessly in the partner schools to improve the academic standards of students. We have witnessed improved performance by students who sat for the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education and going by the results posted by the various partner schools and individual students supported by the program, we are happy that our efforts are successful. We are truly changing and improving lives of individuals in Ruaraka community.

In 2022, we conducted mentorship program in 8 schools and engaged 20 volunteer teachers to supplement the teaching force in these schools. 78 candidates benefitted from our program during the period and here is a summary of how they performed.

• 9 students scored between 400-500 marks,
• 23 scored between 350-399 marks,
• 30 scored between 300-349 and,
• 18 scored below 300 marks. All of them are proceeding to Form one in secondary schools starting February 2023. 

Our volunteers will continue to play influencing role in Ruaraka community to ensure that assignments and learning resources are given to the students we are supporting in our program. We will continue to directly provide free teaching assistance and support to underprivileged students through mentorship and organising extra-curricular activities.

It is envisioned that more students from the 8 partner schools will directly and indirectly benefit from the project and complete schooling with a high level of literacy and core skills, enabling them to succeed in life.

Educate and empower, change a life in Kenya project continue to make a positive change in the lives of school students in Ruaraka.

This quarter our report is about eight students we enrolled in our mentorship and tuition fee program and through the support of generous donors like you, they continued to show great improvement in their performances. Our volunteer teachers and mentors were engaged in four partner schools with the aim of teaching and guiding them towards improved academic standards and constructive life.

With the $625 donations received during the quarter,

• We purchased school kits and classroom essentials for 32 students.

• We paid tuition fee for 8 students in Ruaraka

• We facilitated 4 volunteer teachers and 2 mentors in the four informal partner schools

Because of your support, the 8 students (Beatrice A, Kennedy O, Paul K, Samuel W, Peris O, Violet A, Mary P, Mark M) received a better education. All four schools that your donations helped provide extra teachers reported that the volunteer teachers and mentors are working hard and easing the workload. A few teachers have said that the support given by Progressive Volunteers and driven by you has motivated the staff and students.

We salute you for being part of this noble education initiative and we hope you remain involved with us and committed to our cause.