School Supplies for Young Kenyan Students

Yes we've done it! Every child at Abundance School will have a new school bag for the New Year!

Thanks to our very generous donors on GlobalGiving .

We have raised 909 UK pounds (1132 US dollars) towards our Soma Soma campaign to buy every child a school bag for the New Year. Thank you everyone who contributed. Yes enough money to buy half the school bags we need.

A fantastic result!  So how to raise the rest??   

We couldn't just give bags to half the children, could we? 

I am astounded and grateful  by the way God has worked out His plans. It is said that a man can throw up a coin but how it lands is God's business.Can you believe that this is real?

I took Teacher Fred  with me to visit a  Nairobi politician, campaigning in our  forthcoming Kenyan election.  We arrived early at his office,  using our breathing to keep calm,  while he first talked at length about his political ambitions. Eventually he came back to our business and there my heart beat accelerated.    He asked us how much we had raised already and what we were yet to raise.  I had our figures ready on papers together with official quotations from suppliers. 

To cut a long story short,

He related well to the plight of disadvantaged children and promised to do more for them whenever it is possible.Money raised through Global Giving will buy bags for eighty  pupils while he will provide all the accessories i.e a fountain pen, 5  exercise books, a drawing book, two erasers, a bottle of ink,5 pencils, a sharpener, a 30 cm ruler  and a packet of crayon for every  child of 83 children.

Thank God, and quoting our European Patron Andria Falk (andriafalk@blueyonder.co.uk), now  'every child will  smile'  We are set to give the gifts on Monday next week .

We look foward to shariring with you pictures ,stories and vedioclips soon from the school.

Asante sana!!  We are grateful!

Definitely a deal!

Out of $2000 goal, $ 1,107 was raised by 22 donors.

Have children received gifts?

NO!

But why?

We hoped that it would be done by early January. However, due to procedural requirements at Global Giving, we received our money four days ago.

Our members are working around the clock to get these gifts bought as soon as possible.

Will it be possible to supply every child with the back to school gift pack without the remaining $ 893?

Of course Yes; nothing short!

Members had agreed initially to buy gifts for only ahalf of the children. This did not give good feelings. Members felt the quilt of not living to their promise.They didnt know how to remain neutral to children. They felt that this would retroumatize children.It has realy been an issue to us since we felt that we were not going to raise the full amounts.

On Friday evening, members  held an impromto meeting to resolve the matter. Members unonemously agreed to buy a slightly smaller bag with most agendly needed ecessories enough for every child.

However, that might still not be the case!!!!!

Why?

An upcoming political aspirant has just offered to donate to the project.  The chairman, treasurer and I are yet to meet him tommorow morning.Kindly start envisioning him topping up the remaining amount. We will be sharing with you about the outcome of the meeting.

Thank you for choosing to support our cause. We will also send you pictures of our children with their gifts. Thank you very much and keep anticipating news from us the soonest.

God bless you!