HELP PUPILS WITH DYSLEXIA OBTAIN LEARNING MATERIAL

Rare Gem Talent School is a school under the Dyslexia Organization, Kenya. The school is located in Kitengela, Kajiado County, Kenya. The school caters to children with dyslexia and neurodevelopmental disorders

We are delighted to report that the school relocated to a new place with large classes and spacious rooms. With the help of wellwishers, parents, and the support of the members on this platform, the children with neurodevelopmental in primary and school school are now learning in a conducive environment.  The movement happened January 2023.

Due to this change, the number of learners has increased.  Whereas we could not accommodate more learners, the space has increased and now we are able to accpet more learners.  This means that more children with neurodevelopmental disorders will find a conducive place to learn.

We are grateful for all the donations.  The learning material have been helpful as we were able to concentrate on the construction of the building.  The learning material is still being used in the new school. However, with the larger classrooms and larger space, more learning material are required.

Raregem talent school is a school under Dyslexia Organization of Kenya. The school is located in Kitengela, Kajiado County, Kenya.

 Rare Gem is an inclusive set up for learners with specific learning difficulties such as Dyslexia, Dyscalculia Dysgraphia and Dyspraxia and Neural developmental disorders.

The children at Rare Gem Talent School do better in activities involving practical works. We have introduced several programs to help the children acquire skills that can lay a foundation for their future career.

These activities include:

• Tapestry and mat making
• Beading work.
• Fashion and beauty.
• Tailoring and dress making.
• Music and dancing.
• Art and drawing.  
• Baking and cooking.

Rare Gem Talent School is grateful to GLOBAL GIVING Platform and each person who donated. We managed to: 

        i.           Buy tapestry material, crochets and sewing threads for the mat making class.

       ii.           Acquire more text books and flash cards for easier learning.

     iii.            Purchase sewing machines for use in our tailoring and dress making class.

     iv.            Buy more beads for the beadwork eg necklace and ornament making class.

       v.           Put some of the money in the ongoing construction of classrooms for children with dyslexia.

     vi.            Purchased a keyboard and hired a trainer to teach the children on how to play the piano.

   vii.            Buy salon dolls and other beauty products for the fashion and beauty class.

The progress and development is good and evident in what the children can do, the finished products and the work in progress.

Rare Gem Talent School is a school under the Dyslexia Organization of Kenya. The school is located in Kitengela, Kajiado County, Kenya. The school caters for children with dyslexia and other learning difficulties

The school is currently on a leased ¼-acre piece of land.  The space occupies the classes, boardrooms, and Kitchen for pre-school, primary, and secondary school.  Through a bank loan, the school acquired a 1-acre piece of land where the school complex construction is going on which will include a block classroom, the assessment center, and boarding rooms for both girls and boys in primary and secondary school.  All the funds are channeled towards the construction as moving to the new place is urgent. The current school has become too small to accommodate the growing number of children. The lease contract is coming to end and the monthly rent is too expensive to maintain.

The cost of construction has been tremendously affected by the increased prices of materials attributed to COVID-19 and increase fuel prices.  The food prices have doubled which has affected the

We are incredibly grateful to the GLOBAL GIVING Platform and all our friends who generously gave their donations. We still seek further support

The photos below show the congested school compound with children at break and the other one at the construction site.

Rare Gem Talent School is a school under the Dyslexia Organization of Kenya. The school is located in Kitengela, Kajiado County, Kenya. The school caters to children with dyslexia and other learning difficulties

The school is currently on a leased ¼ acre piece of land.  The space occupies the classes, boardrooms, Kitchen for pre-school, primary, and secondary school.  Through a bank loan, the school has acquired a 1 acre piece of land.  We are constructing the school block, assessment centre, boarding rooms for both girls and boys in primary and secondary school. 

We are incredibly grateful to GLOBAL GIVING Platform and all our friends who generously gave their donations because we were able to raise some funds. Funds received from this platfrom have helped us to start the construction of the school complex.  We have laid the foundation of the classroom classrooms and we hope to continue brick by brick and block by block as funds are available.

Without our donors, it would have been extremely difficult to start the construction because any little saving is used to repay the bank loan.

Funds expenditure

1. Design approves

-          Architectural Design – Kshs. 200,000 ($2,000)

-          Structure Engineer Design – Kshs 150,000 ($1,500)

-          Quantity Survey – Kshs120,000 ($1,200)

-          Government Approvals and licences  Kshs.500,00 ($5,000)

1. Foundation  

-          Purchase of construction material and Labour – Kshs.2,000,000 (20,000)

Rare Gem Talent School is a school under Dyslexia Organization of Kenya. The school is located in Kitengela, Kajiado County, Kenya. The school caters for children with dyslexia and other learning difficulties.

After the long Covid 19 break, schools resumed fully in January 2021. The government gave the following directives and guideline’s on the Covid 19 protective measures:

a)      Wearing of masks at all times

b)      Keeping one meter distance from one child to another, both in class and bed distance

c)      Regular washing of hands with soap and water

d)      Regular usage of alcohol-based sanitizers

We are incredibly grateful to GLOBAL GIVING Platform and all our friends who generously gave their donations because we were able to raise some funds. We managed to improve classes, dormitories and provide resources to meet the COVID-19 protocol. Without our donors, it would have been extremely difficult to learn in the new requirements. The funds specifically helped to improve:

• Classrooms

-          - Purchased 20 new desks and 8 tables and repaired the broken the broken to enable practice distancing between students in class

-          Expanded semi-permanent classroom.

 Dormitories

-          Made 10 beds and repaired 20 beds that required repairing.

-          Constructed a semi-permanent dormitory one that can fit 4 beds for the older boys

 Kitchen

-          Added kitchen utensils to ensure that each child had own cap, plates and spoon

-          Increased water supply to the kitchen

 COVID-19 Protocols

-          Increased hand washing water points in the compound

-          Buy washing liquid soap, temperature guns

-          Masks for teachers and other workers and children who did not bring own masks.

 Learning Resources

-          Purchased more learning resources (writing material, text books) and teaching aid equipment.

 Although it has been hard to maintain the COVID-19 protocol in school, but with the support of your donations, we have managed to achieve great levels. There has been no case of illness during the school period. The school term run smoothly.