The project will provide primary school scholarships to nine girls and boys (6 girls, 3 boys) from Kibera to cover school fees and supplies in the 2016 school year. These children are orphans living with their extended families in the slums of Kibera who struggle to pay for school costs. With your support, Shirleen, Jacklyn, Mercy, Granton, Grace, Beril, Lenny, Irene and Evans will have the resources and materials needed to attend quality schools and focus on their education.
While primary school is supposed to be free in Kenya, the many associated costs make even primary school unattainable for many children. Expenses such as uniforms, books, school supplies and "coaching fees" for teachers mean that many children drop out of school or have low attendance as they are chased away from the classroom for non-payment of school fees. For orphaned children living with extended families, they are often the first to be pulled from school when resources in the home are few.
St. Vincent's provides supplementary support to families that are caring for orphans by helping with the payment of school fees. Our organization works with families by sharing the cost of school tuition (for private school students), school books and supplies, field trip costs, uniforms, shoes and other costs associated with attending school. Most of our scholarship students have graduated from our Nursery School program and are part of our "St. Vincent family."
This project will enable nine orphaned children from the slums of Kibera to complete primary education, provide the resources they need to excel in the classroom and help keep children in the family as they no longer are a "burden" to overextended families. Moreover, in the slums of Kibera where quality of public primary education is significantly hindered due to huge class sizes (typically 100 students per teacher), these scholarships pave the way for private education for certain students.
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