Build a school in a deprived area of Mombasa

by Mustard Seed Project (Kenya)
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Build a school in a deprived area of Mombasa
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Build a school in a deprived area of Mombasa
Build a school in a deprived area of Mombasa
Build a school in a deprived area of Mombasa
Build a school in a deprived area of Mombasa
Build a school in a deprived area of Mombasa
Build a school in a deprived area of Mombasa
Build a school in a deprived area of Mombasa
Build a school in a deprived area of Mombasa
Build a school in a deprived area of Mombasa
Build a school in a deprived area of Mombasa
Build a school in a deprived area of Mombasa
Build a school in a deprived area of Mombasa
Build a school in a deprived area of Mombasa
Build a school in a deprived area of Mombasa
Build a school in a deprived area of Mombasa
Build a school in a deprived area of Mombasa
Build a school in a deprived area of Mombasa
Build a school in a deprived area of Mombasa
Build a school in a deprived area of Mombasa

Project Report | Feb 21, 2019
We did it!

By Rita Fowler | Director

My grandaughter in Kenya
My grandaughter in Kenya

As I explained in my last report, our first group of children, many of whom were the first to join us, took their KCPE (Kenyan Certificate of Education). We have a complete cross section of ability as they are chosen by poverty not ability and the cohort includes children with special needs, however the mean score was B-. Absolutely brilliant. Even better news was the fact that two of our poorest but most able girls, Patience and Everline, got a donor to enable them to go to one of the best secondary school. Neither of these girls would have gone to any sort of secondary school which made it even better news. Both mothers, single parents, were completely overwhelmed by the news. Patience' father was killed in a road traffic accident when she was seven years leaving her mother with no money and four children. Patience' mum gave her heartfelt appreciation and said 'I thought my daughter's primary education would just be the final but now there is an unexpected green light which will change my daughter's life.' So heartwarming to see what the quality education we are providing is achieving. 

As you know we really hope to be able to build six classrooms on the upper storey of our building this year so that all the children can be in the same building enabling us to save £4,000 a year. We have raised the money for the first classroom and have two further fundraising events later in the year which should together raise enough for three classrooms. If determination alone is enough then we shall also raise the other £30,000. Everything counts towards our goal of course and I was so touched yesterday when my eight year old granddaughter arrived with £5.71. She has been to Kenya twice to see our school and was so moved by what she saw that she decided to fundraise herself by selling chocolates she received at Christmas for 50p each. Her mum paid 71p for hers!

The other thing arising from our last visit before Christmas was our discovery that so many of our children would actually starve during the nine week long school holidays. We managed to get some emergency funding from two donors which fed twenty families during those holidays but of course that is just putting a very important plaster on a wound but we could not heal it. However, for three of those families life is now improving. We needed to employ another cook and another cleaner which helped two families and a donor very kindly gave a donation to a third to enable them to set up a business again which had failed when they had an enormous medical bill. They are also getting practical support from our school secretary who is doing a part-time business degree, paid for by Mustard Seed Project. We just hope that this will help to alleviate the problem for next time for at least a few.

And a big thank you to all of you for your support which is very much appreciated. You are making a big difference to all the families involved with our school. 

My grandaughter raising money for our school
My grandaughter raising money for our school

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Mustard Seed Project (Kenya)

Location: Peterborough - United Kingdom
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Rita Fowler
Peterborough , Lincolnshire United Kingdom

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