Project Report
| Feb 16, 2017
Welcoming a new group of children
By Emily Obiti | Field Worker
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At the beginning of every new year, Social Worker Margaret begins the work of identifying new children to join our Children’s Centre in Kianda to begin their transition back to school.
The process involves meeting children with their parents or guardians and trying to assess their level of need. She then visits the home and continues to get to know the family. She joins with others to discuss each case and select the children most in need of our programme.
We don’t have the resources to accept every child who comes to our doors so we take seriously the admissions process to ensure that we have the greatest impact on kids who have the greatest needs.
Meeting with families, hearing their stories and witnessing the poverty in their homes brings home to Margaret the great need that exists in Kibera for our work.
We are grateful to all our supporters who enable us to continue our work, year on year, to see more children breaking out of a cycle of poverty through education.
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Nov 8, 2016
The latest cohort
By Emily Obiti | Field Worker
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30 more children have completed a year of transition in our Children’s Centre in Kibera this year. They finished the year last week with a parents meeting before the long Christmas Holidays. When this group return in January – they will not come back to the school transition programme, they will join the Fountains of Hope Primary School. They’re first goal of returning to school is complete and now they face the new challenges of doing their best in school.
We’re really proud of this latest cohort to graduate out of the transition programme. It is not an easy process and they have made commendable progress. Shy children have come out of their shells, misbehaving children have learnt to respect their teachers and fellow classmates. Some have had to work harder than others to catch up academically and others have come to school ravenously hungry each morning. But all of them have finished strong and they are ready to join Primary school in 2017.
Thank you for joining us in this journey of returning children to school – their lives are now on a completely different trajectory. It won’t be easy and there are many more challenges ahead but these kids a tough and determined – they have proved it this year – and we have every confidence that they will make the most of this opportunity.
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Aug 8, 2016
Volunteers bring colour to our world
By Emily Obiti | Field Worker
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Painting minions
Every tuesday afternoon young volunteers from across Nairobi come together to spend time with the chidren in our School Transition Programme. The volunteers teach the children songs and discuss different topics using stories and drama. Then they lead the children in craft activities.
Together they have made model houses, toy boats, mini spiders and minions! The children really look forward to this time each week. We're really excited that the children are being exposed to different forms of creativity and having a chance to expermint with arts and crafts. It is also great for the children to have these role models to look up to. People who encourage them to work hard to return to school, people who model giving back to the community.
We're really grateful to our partners, Colour My World Kenya who organise the volunteers every week and give so selflessly and with great passion to serve the children they work with.
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