Physical Health Kenya Project #12353

Buy a Cow to Educate a HS Student in Rural Kenya

by Tumaini Miles of Smiles Centre

Project Report | Sep 7, 2023
Great results

By Rose Bugusu | Director

This is our third semester and we are approaching the end of the year, happy and thankful. The new high school students are doing well, they have all coped with the new environment in their new school and they are performing very well. The amazing part is their performance!

The first semester was short but they all passed their first exam in high school. The poorly performed student had a mean grace of ‘B’ and this was so much encouraging. Second semester was better and we are looking forward the third semester which is ending in October because of the national exams.

This is happening because of your support, some students benefitted from the cows that were sold and the proceeds was paid to their schools as school fees when they were joining. We are grateful to as helped all our supporters for buying the cows for their sponsored children, this has helped in so many ways.

These students stayed in school throughout the school days because they didn’t have any fee arrears and this makes a big difference. The students are happy and are looking forward to achieving their goals. You are that person making happen, we wouldn’t be happy if it were not for your generosity. Having these students in high school throughout is in itself a miracle because that doesn’t happen to other students. Everyday students are on the road, going back home for school fees, and when they are going home, they know very well there is no money. It is heartbreaking to so many because most of them give up and drop out of school.

Thank you so much for supporting our students through high school and giving them a second chance in their lives. You have given them hope and they are proud of you, your names are mentioned all the time as they share their testimonies with others.

Armedius who finished his degree last year has secured a job in one of our national nursing schools and he is able to help his siblings with school. What a great achievement! Vivian has also finished her degree in economics and human resource, and she has secured a job with a sugar company in the human resource department. She is now taking care of her siblings! You have made it happen.

We have more students who still need our support, lets continue to share our good work with others to reach out to more suffering orphaned and vulnerable children.

Thank you

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May 8, 2023
Meet Jane

By Rose Bugusu | Director

Jane in her new school uniform

We are grateful for the short holiday our students have had and they are well-rested. In January we received a student by the name Jane (not her real name) who is an orphan. She lost both parents and when she lost her grandmother, her life changed. She didn’t have anyone to pay her school fees, her uncles are alcoholics and they asked her to get married and if not she could go and do house help work. This poor girl knocked on every door for shelter and looked for someone to house her so that she could go to school.

Fortunately, someone advised her to visit the children’s department office and that is how she got to us. Jane is now in school and we are glad that we got a school nearby that accepted her and she is doing well. We didn’t have a sponsor for Jane and this was a challenge but we are grateful for one of our sponsors who took the responsibility to help pay for her fees, uniform, and other basic needs.

Your support has always enabled us not only to educate and provide basic needs for the children in our care but to also meet urgent needs for the children like Jane who are not in our system. It is hard to see orphans treated in this manner and get to the extent of going door to door and not knowing who they will meet. Many of them are misused, they become house helps and they stop going to school.

We highly appreciate your support, especially in helping our students to go through high school. This is the hardest part of our work because high schools are very expensive and they are very important in every child’s life since they are the gate to so many opportunities in a lifetime. Going or joining high school is one way of getting our communities out of poverty.

Kindly go through our page and share with others about the good work you are doing. We have few sponsors and it is our prayer that this year our number will increase to enable us to reach out to other students like Jane.

Thank you

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Dec 24, 2022
General End of year report

By Rose Bugusu | Director

One our studnts graduating, at Masinde Muliru uni

As we rapidly approach the end of the year, we are all excited and eager to welcome a new year with bright eyes focused on the future. I however would like to encourage some moments of reflection – to look back on what the Tumaini Miles of Smiles has done as an organization and as a community dedicated to serving the needs of orphans, widows, vulnerable children, and families.

You have heard their stories and seen some of their faces. They are young children in primary schools, teenagers in high schools, young adults in colleges, and trade schools, widows taking care of their children, and families living in abject poverty, crying, laughing, and having hope in the face of all things. Tumaini has the incredible privileged of coming into their lives at the most difficult time and spreading joy through our programs and support.

In the year 2022, we served 400 children breakfast and lunch every day through our feeding program. This program helps children stay in school, love school, and stay healthy. This also prevents the children from being separated from their families. Our high school scholarship program was able to pay high school fees for 70 students and 30 have just completed their high school education.

This program has given an opportunity to orphans and vulnerable children to go through high school which is always a tag of war in most vulnerable families. Tumaini has always seen 99% of our high school students complete their studies The trade school project provided skills to more than 50 students and successfully supported teenage mothers who dropped out of school due to pregnancy during covid 19. About 20 girls were supported and were not separated from their babies. They are now preparing for exams starting next year.

Fifty widows received farm inputs (fertilizers and seeds for planting) through our strengthening and empowering families program. This program helps the widows have a good harvest which enables them to have enough food for their children. This program helps prevent children from running away from their homes to work or beg for food but go to school and have confidence in their families. More than 450 people benefit from this program indirectly.

In 2022 we were able to complete our new school building and our students are enjoying our new facility. Finally, I would like to report that Tumaini Miles of Smiles provided job opportunities to more than 60 people from the community. Orphans, widows, vulnerable families, and children are why we do what we do, but YOU ARE THE HOW! YOU ARE THE ESSENTIAL PIECE OF THE PUZZLE THAT ALLOWS OUR DREAMS TO COME TRUE AND HELPS CREATE A SPACE WHERE ALL THE GROUPS FEEL WELCOMED AND HEARD. Your support is what makes all of this imaginable and allows us to think broader, dream bigger, and challenge ourselves to do better every day.

Once again thank you for your continued prayers, support, and commitment to helping the needy. YOU ARE DOING MORE THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE! MANY LIVES AND COMMUNITIES ARE CHANGING! Blessings

Thank you Dear Partners and supporters for all that you helped with in 2022 and all that we are hoping for in 2023.

Merry Christmas and a happy prosperous new year!

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