Return vulnerable children from Kibera to School

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.