By Sammie Mortimer | Volunteer
Ondati School for Girls has seen some positive changes over the past couple of months including the arrival of a new principle, Mr Reuben Omollo. All six projects have been blooming and the school has been participating in the School Enterprise Challenge, a global competition run by Teach A Man To Fish, which has seen the creation of a beauty salon run solely by the students.
There has also been more involvement of the projects on the academic side of the girls’ education as a project class slot has been scheduled between classes at the middle of the day and a business class will be starting next term which is great news!
The girls received training on budding and grafting the fruit trees as part of Nursery Tree project which will also have a positive impact for the production.
Project officers Zoe and Samina have noticed an increased involvement of the girls on these projects with one of the girls coming in during the holidays saying "Who's taking care of the tomatoes? I'm worried that they are not getting enough water. I'm going to try and come to school some days to water them with a friend"
Even one of the parents commented to say he was very pleased with the business and practical skills his daughter was getting from Ondati and that he had seen the impact it had had on her in her involvement in business at home. She had even started milking the cows where culturally in Kenya women generally have little input on the field.
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