By Beverly Gilbert Stone | Director
Expanding Opportunities has been working in Kenya since 1997. Starting with a feeding program, when that seemed to help but not make permanent change; we added a Chidlren's Home, research reveals that the best place for children is in their own home, so we began Orphans at Home but by far in a country where public school is NOT FREE and uniforms are required, the evidence points more and more to education support. As education has proven to be one of the greatest tools for lifting people from powerty we increased our education support project. With close to 30 children being supported in some way, it was growing by leaps and bounds. Then for some reason unknown to us, donors left us behind. This School term we had to cut some children. That was one of the most heartbreaking experiences. But we did keep on 20 children. Two of them are Number one in their class. Six are high school students. High school is very costly so without assistance they would stop their education at class 8. Two are girls who are at risk of Early Forced Marriage and Femalw Genital Mutliation, Six are chdlren living with their elderly widowed grandmothers.
Each of them has a great need for assistance. Their support is not secured from one Term to the next.
Donors, I cannot thank you enough for making their education possible.
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