Support Quality Schooling of 250 Kids in Nguluni

Dear friends and partners,

The middle of the second term 2025 is here. Half the year is gone and learners have been successfully taken through one and a half- terms of learning. Here are some updates on where we are.

Enrollment

At the beginning of the financial year in February, our school enrollment stood at 116 children. We aimed to grow our enrollment throughout the 2025 school year. We had transitions both in and out of the school, with 2 transfers and 1 new admission. Our current total student enrollment is 115, Boys 65 (57%), Girls 50 (43%).  These are supported by 14 teachers, 2 kitchen staff, 4 administrative support staff, and 2 volunteers.

School Activities & Programs

Current school programs revolve around five main improvement areas, namely:-

Curriculum Delivery

-          Competency-Based Education; we purchased books that align with the rationalized curriculum, and put up infrastructure to support outdoor netball and volleyball games.

-          Co-curricular: Learners went for the Zonal and Sub-County Music Festivals, where they placed third out of 35 schools.

-          Reading & Literacy Program: The library has seen activity with students borrowing over 900 fiction and non-fiction books for the period between February & June 23^rd 2025

Safe & Conducive Learning Environment

-          Front Wall Construction: We put up a wall to screen the school and offer safety for our learners at a cost of about $ 5,668. This has significantly changed the learning atmosphere within the school.

Student Engagement

-          Clubs & sports; 100% of learners are engaged in sporting and club activities that include netball, volleyball, soccer, chess, performing arts, and environmental clubs

Parental & Community Engagement

-          PTA meeting. Parents and teachers met to work out ways to motivate both learners and staff. A session was also organized to help Junior School learners choose their career pathways

-          Parental attendance during parents meetings were as follows:- For Junior School 63%, Upper primary 83%, Lower primary 54%, and Pre-school 42%.

Staff & Student Welfare

-          Student Counselling & Mentoring sessions; All middle school and Senior school learners are meeting with mentors at least once every fortnight to help them succeed in school

Staff birthday celebration; Staff celebrated birthdays of members born between January and May 2025. It was an informal and fun event that also builds teamwork.

We trust that with your continued partnership we will be able to finish the second term well and provide quality learning to the children, igniting them and helping them secure a firm foundation for their future.

Dear Friends and partners,

We have taken off into the year 2025. Here is an update of where we are as at 25th February 2025.

Enrolment:At the start end of last year, the school was serving 105 students. As of 31^st January 2025 we had enrolled 115 children, 64 boys (56%) and 51 girls (44%). We currently serve 116 children as of February 25^th 2025. We aim to grow this population throughout the 2025 school year.

1. School Highlights

-           Lab construction is almost completed

-          Construction of Grade 9, A Home Science room and an infirmary were completed in January 2025.

-          Learners participated in the election of their school leaders.

-          The Parents Teachers Association of about 20 members also met early in the year to chart the way forward for the school year.

-          We received two new teachers into the school to teach Junior School

1. Challenges

-          The school is facing difficult financial challenges as government taxation continues to rise.

-          Costs of compliance and meeting regulatory requirements continue to burden the school.

Students continue to pursue their interests through clubs and sports as per their preferences with many joining Chess, Art, E-STEM, (Entrepreneurship, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), Performing Arts, Scouts, and Environmental Clubs.

1. Opportunities

We relocated our library to a new room so that accessing books becomes easier. This has positively impacted the reading culture in the school.

We purchased a stabilized block-making machine to aid us make building bricks that will ensure we construct a safe perimeter wall.

As capital costs increase, there is opportunity to develop third-stream income sources that will support the running of the school. This we will pursue at school level as we also work with friends and supporters through our GlobalGiving page. I want to urge our partners to consider doubling their current giving to help us fulfill the mission to serve children in need.

Thank you for your contancy in supporting the work here in Kenya!

Asante! Thank you!