Physical Health Kenya Project #13122

Educate an Orphan in Rural Western Kenya

by Tumaini Miles of Smiles Centre

Educate an Orphan in Rural Western Kenya

Project Report | Sep 27, 2024
The last Semester of the year!

By Rose Bugusu | Director

We’re excited to kick off our third and final semester of the year as we prepare for the national exams in just three weeks. Our August school holiday was a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with high school students from various schools. We had meaningful discussions about their performance, shared experiences, and spent time praying for those who will be graduating and taking their national exams soon.

Reviewing their report cards was a highlight. It allowed us to motivate students to strive for improvement and encourage those excelling to reach even greater heights. This process also helps us identify their educational pathways, offering guidance and support to those needing it.

Thanks to your support, we’ve been able to assist 62 high school students this year, directly impacting their families and indirectly benefiting 434 individuals in the community. Your contributions are making a real difference in the lives of vulnerable children, and we are deeply grateful for your commitment.

We kindly ask you to share the great work we’re doing with family and friends. There are many primary school children who have lost their fathers and need support to continue their education. Educating even one child from a family can lead to significant change, instilling hope that transforms lives.

As we approach the end of the year, we encourage you to spread the word about GlobalGiving’s upcoming packages, as we seek to bring in new supporters. Thank you once again for your incredible work in supporting vulnerable children in rural western Kenya.

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May 24, 2024
We are getting there!

By Rose Bugusu | Director

Some of our high school students

Tumaini Miles of Smiles has perceived education as one of the most powerful tools in poverty eradication efforts. Over the years, our educational initiatives have illuminated the path for hundreds of children, breaking the chains of poverty and paving the way for brighter futures. Every lesson learned, every achievement unlocked, is a step towards a world where every child has the opportunity to thrive. From classrooms to dreams, we are building a brighter tomorrow.

Last year’s high school final exams were released early this year, and more than half of the students passed their exams. We had a total of thirty-five students in different schools, twenty-three (23) have been admitted to different universities in the country, twelve (10) have already joined different colleges and two are yet to decide what to do next. This means 98% of our students completed high school and are now specializing.

This happens because of your efforts and commitment to supporting vulnerable children and families. Your support means a lot to these children and their families. The more children we support the more the poverty cycle is broken, and it is happening!

We have sixty-two high school students in our sponsorship program and they are doing very well. We had a successful meeting with all the students during the school holidays. Out of 62 students, only 3 scored D+ and all the rest had C+ and above. All the students received pocket money for their upkeep and personal effects.

Again this is happening because of your generosity. Your support enables these students to stay in their respective schools without being sent home for fees. They are also provided with personal effects to make them comfortable in school. Their siblings and their guardians/parents have enough food to sustain themselves because they are provided with farm inputs through our strengthening family program.

Your sponsorship is not only supporting an individual child but a family. Once again thank you so much for your generosity.

Our challenge is that most of our children have no sponsors. We have over 100 new pupils in our primary school who have no sponsors and not all the students in high school have sponsors. It is our humble request that you consider sharing the good work you are doing with your friends and family so that may build our number to help us reach out to these children who need support. We can make it happen as we touch one life at a time.

Once again thank you!

Our girls receiving their personal effects

There are always smiles when we are gifted!

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Feb 5, 2024
What an a chievement!

By Rose Bugusu | Director

Education brings light not only in the lives of children but in families and communities respectively. The good news is that most of the vulnerable families who never thought that they would have their children in school, their children are joining universities this year!

Thirty students completed their high school and they have all qualified to join different universities and colleges. More than five students scored As and the least scored a C. This is happening because of the good foundation and hope you gave them while in primary school.

Our last eighth grade class had a population of 3 students and they have all joined high school. Our best score was 420 marks out of 500 and least mark was 280 marks out of 500. This girl who scored 280 was rescued from the street after the uncles bused her, she lost both parents. She came to us and joined grade six, her education foundation was not good but our teachers tried their best to help and we are glad she managed to score more than the average mark.

We have started a new year and we have more than 30 new orphans who have been admitted in school. These children need sponsors to be able to continue with their education and have their basic needs met. We are helping these children as they live with guardians/parents because children are better in the families and communities. Therefor we are not supporting only one child but a family. A part from the education we provide farm inputs to improve their farming so that they can enough food throughout the year.

When you sponsor a child you are actually not only sponsoring one child but you are impacting their siblings’ lives as well. We are grateful for your commitment, prayers and support. We will be happy if you will consider sharing this wonderful work you are doing with family and friends.

Together we can change the world!

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