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

Project Report | Dec 29, 2024
Our School's New Status

By Mrs. Lynne Smith | Trustee

We love our school
We love our school

We have some very happy children, teachers and parents at our school in Kenya. It is for children in a very poor area of Mombasa where we endeavour to provide a good quality education in well equiped classrooms with classes of no more than thirty. Because the Kenyan government has reorganised the education system throughout the country the Mustard Seed Project (MSP) has had to comply with a change of status and fulfil a lot of new requirements. Miche Bora school is now a Junior Secondary School rather than a Primary School as previously. The children come to us from three years old in Nursery until fifteen rather than fourteen as before. At twelve years onwards the children have a different uniform to distinguish them from the younger children as this was one of the new requirements for "Junior Secondary". Our parents and teachers were very keen indeed for us to take on the "Secondary" status as despite the poverty in which our children live education is highly valued. Our average national exam results, taken during the children's last year in our school, are very good and higher than the government expectation of average C. We generally average B or B-. We hope to continue to have such excellent results.

We have recently had a number of visitors to the school wanting to help during this transition period. One who was a volunteer in the past, has offered to organise and provide equipment for our new science laboratory. This is a wonderful opportunity for us. We are in the process of buying land for a playground, another new requirement and another volunteer has offered to bring in equipment to give the land a smoother and much more useful surface, as it was rough ground. We are still in the process of raising money for the land as it is in three seperate but adjoining plots. We have paid for one plot so far. The owner is very keen indeed for a quick transaction for all three plots. Our school is in an urban area and land is very expensive. We have another volunteer willing to offer services too. Our Founding Trustee and another of our Trustees spent a month in our school last September and our Founding Trustee and one other will be going out in February. There is so much more still to be done but all the hard work is worth it just to see the smiles on  faces.

We are so lucky to have the support of parents. They are poor but want the very best for their children, a chance to escape the poverty in which they live. Our teachers are always enthusiastic, very hardworking and very keen to learn. In return MSP wants to give the children, parents and teachers the very best we can. The changes to the curriculum and status requirements have needed extra funding and our efforts at the moment are focused on raising money for the rest of the land for the playground. Our children deserve the best we can give them and it is you, our donors, who are able to change lives for the better. Please continue your support, or join us if this is the first time you have heard about us. The smallest amount can help to change a life. Thank you for your donationtions and for your time if you are reading this. You make a difference.

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Mustard Seed Project (Kenya)

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

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