Educate an Orphan in Rural Western Kenya

Another year, another semester, and another new month! We hope your new year is unfolding well as we start the second month of 2023.

Today, Tumaini is in an exemplary position, thanks to the skills and commitment of our teams, which remain dedicated to providing quality service to all our beneficiaries. All our teams work hard to contribute to the development of young people, communities, education, and child safeguarding spheres. We need to keep up this work, day after day to reinforce our position while remaining united and committed to our mission. At the same time, we acknowledge that our organisation does not exist on its own but through the interaction and integration of the people who are part of it. Those that we are committed to working with, those who trust us, those who support us, and those who fund us. You have played a big role in this organization and in the lives of the vulnerable in our community.  For this, we say “thank you so much”

In 2022, we made significant progress toward our strategic plan to expand our work,
deepen our impact, and focus on the lasting positive changes in the lives of the vulnerable in our community. Thus we have categorized all our programs and projects to enable us to measure our progress easily. We continue to implement projects in the Education and Safeguarding spaces that range from high school fees to needy students, support to widows, strengthening community child protection, and supporting children from other schools within the community. With all the transitions in the education sector and children’s institutions, we have to stay put to make all the changes as directed by the government departments. Today, we know that there is nothing more sustainable than starting early and being there for the children we work with.

We are at a pivotal time of growth at Tumaini as we continue to embark on delivering on our new strategic plan, and we still want to draw inspiration and support from all of you who have allowed us to make it this far.  Thank you for continuing to believe in our vision.

Our program highlights

 Education

Last year, Tumaini supported 300 children at Brightsmile primary school and 10 from other schools. They were provided with stationery, academic support and lunch at school. The children in other schools received financial support to cater for their education and wellbeing while at home with their guardians/parents. 32 of our beneficiaries successfully graduated from primary school in 2022 and all have joined different high schools in our country. There are 15 teachers and 7 subordinates from the community who worked hard for the success of our children.

In the year 2022 we had 60 students in high school and 25 have successfully graduated high school.

The Competency Based Curriculum has been implemented as our new academic system and the first group of grade 6 students has officially joined Junior Secondary which is 7th grade. We have started admitting new students to Junior Secondary. Most of our children have no sponsors and it is becoming a big problem for them to join Junior Secondary as they have to pay fees.  Our sponsorship program is going down and it is our prayer that you will consider reviving it by inviting friends and family members to join this noble cause.

It is our prayer and hope that  2023 shall bring joy and blessings to you and yours. Once again thank you for being part of this family and for changing the lives of the vulnerable for better,

This year has been different from all the other academic years. This is because we lost one year (2020) due to covid and we had to recover everything to enable  students cover the syllabus. 
we had four semesters and one week break in between. We have our national exams for 8th grade and form four set for next month (November). Our last semester has just started, we had a one  week break and we are looking forward to going back to our normal academic calendar next year. 

Our students have never missed school and they are working hard. School fees was paid and all the other needs and all the children have remained in school all the time. No students was sent home due to unpaid fees. We are so much grateful  for the great work you are doing in the lives of the vulnerable. 

we have 32 pupils who will be joining high schynext year and we have 30 who will be finishing high school.  This is happening because of your generosity.  As we approach the end of the year its our prayer and hope that you will consider sharing our cause with family members and friends. GlobalGiving is matching funds and its a good opportunity for new monthly donors.  Consider to invite frinds to grow our family. 

Welcome again to our reports!  This is a very interesting year! We started our new academic year in May instead of January. Our 8^th grade students sat for their National exams in March and joined high school in May, our pupils in Primary School joined new class grades in May and they have three semesters in the next six months.  That means every semester will be two months instead of three months.  Our government is trying hard to make sure that we are back to our normal academic calendar next year.

However we are glad that all our students in 8^th grade performed very well in their exams and have been admitted in good schools in different counties. We are happy to report that 100% of our students who sat for the National exams have been able to join high school. 

We have 32 students who are preparing for their National exams in December and they are working so hard to make sure that they perform well. We confidently report that YOU have enabled us to have very committed teachers who are working tirelessly to make sure that the pupils are covering all the syllabuses. There are always positive changes in the lives of the children you support.

We are happy to share with you Ruth’s story. She came joined us in the year 2008 when her parents were displaced due to election violence.  Ruth was 5 years old and now she is in High school.  She is in form two and will be completing her high school education in two years’ time.

This year we have admitted new children who have lost their fathers and they live with their mothers. Your prayers and support will help us not only give education to these children but to support and empower their entire families.

Once again thank you for bringing a lasting positive change in the lives of the orphaned and vulnerable families.

We have successfully finished our first month since we reopened the school after the Christmas holidays.  The holiday was very short and we didn't have our national exams due to a change in the academic calendar. The learners had one week off school, we are happy that they all reported on the first day happy and healthy.

We have been working hard because we have only two months to exams, our 8th-grade learners will be taking their national exams in March and their timetable is very tight. The lessons that have to be covered within three months are supposed to be covered within two months which has really been hard, but we are happy to report that they are doing well.  They have taken some trial exams and they have done very well, we are therefore expecting good results.

This is because you have given them a good learning environment and they are happy to be back in school. They are always looking forward to coming back to school and this is because of your efforts and commitment to give hope and change a life. The lunch provided at school, the love, and committed teachers give these learners the desire to learn.

After the exams, the school will close for the holidays and we will start a new academic year in April.  The 8th-grade students who will have finished their exams will be joining the high school in May. Our sponsorship program has enabled us to give the best we can and the children are happy at school and home.

We are not only providing education and food at school but since last year we have made efforts to visit our homes and support where necessary. The challenge is that our sponsorship program on GlobalGiving is not growing therefore we are not admitting new orphans in school. We have several files of death applications but we can't have them all. We are hoping that this year we will have more people come on board to enable us to admit a few orphans this in April when we reopen schools.

We gave our girls the washable pads and they were very happy.  We are making our own reusable pads and this is helping our girls. They don't need to worry during their periods.  Once again thank for making it all happen.  Together we are changing communities

The academic calendar is not the same and our education department worked out a plan to help us get back to the normal calendar by the year 2023.  This plan is tight and our school holidays changed to one week with no mid-term breaks. We cant wait to get back to our normal academic calendar.

However we are glad that there are no more curfews and lockdowns, the number of cases has gone down and we are encouraged to keep all the measures that were put in place to avoid infections.  The government has encouraged all the young people to go for vaccinations, many people haven't gone for it but the government is putting some measures in place to make sure everyone has been vaccinated.

We have not had any cases in our school and we are happy to report that all our children are safe and healthy.  We had some cases within the community but they were curbed and it's safe. 

We are preparing our 8th-grade students for their exams and we are confident that they will pass with good grades. Your continued support has enabled us to get where we are, we have enough teachers and they are doing very well.

We have not been able to finish our new classrooms, the lower primary students are still using the temporary classes.  These are classes are good during the dry season but they become pathetic during the rain season. We are hoping to finish the classes when we have funds so that our learners can have a good environment and be safe.

As always words will never be enough, YOUR continued support has enabled us to work and bring hope in so many lives. Your names are always on our lips, every testimony is about you. You are changing lives and communities.