Project Report
| Nov 13, 2017
Opportunities through KF
By Oliver Barry | President
United Students Achiever Program (USAP) is a non-governmental outreach program for financially unable students to access colleges and universities across the globe. All Grade 12 Kucetekela Foundation students had the opportunity to apply for this program. The application was straight forward and did
not require help from others. We submitted during the first term and four Kucetekela Foundation students were chosen. Being part of the four students felt like a great achievement for me.
During the April holidays, we had a USAP Boot Camp at Pestalozzi Education Centre. This boot
camp was set up to introduce us to the SAT exams, which we were to sit for in May. These exams will help us in applying to American universities. We had several seminars where we got to learn about the SAT English and Math sections. Not only this, but we also had the chance to meet and talk to several successful people, including professors. We also had a chance to talk to them individually during tea
breaks and lunch. They advised us based on careers we wanted to learn about and also shared their experiences of the SAT exam. The talks were so interesting as well as motivating, and all we could think of was taking down notes. Currently, we are busy working on our SAT practice and applying to universities that we are eligible for. I am looking forward to the boot camp that will be held in Zimbabwe in August. During the boot camp, we are going to learn how to write application essays, as well as looking at several admissions requirements that universities have. I have learned a lot during the USAP boot camps, and I am anxious and excited to learn more during upcoming events.
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Aug 15, 2017
Francine's 2017 Term 1 Report and Mentors Going Above and Beyond
By Oliver Barry | President
Being Emmanuel’s mentor these last few years has been an incredible experience. I call him “my little gentleman” because he is always so courteous. I run a Not for Profit School on our farm, focused in teaching literacy to the grassroots children that have had a poor educational foundation in our community. Many of our students look up to Emmanuel and he is such an inspiration to them. They want to work hard and do as well as him in school, so they really enjoy his visits.
His eagerness to learn has made it easy to involve him in many of our family’s extracurricular activities, one of which was becoming a trained Climate Justice Ambassador for an international youth-led environmental organisation called PLANTFOR-THE-PLANET.
This organisation is a global network of young environmental activists that take action against the effects of climate change in a variety of ways one way is by training other ambassadors to join in and do the same. In December 2016, First Quantum Mines invited us to travel to Kalumbila (Solwezi West) for 4 days where Emmanuel and former KF Scholar Jessy Njungu had the opportunity to train over 110 new ambassadors and plant 220 trees at 2 Educore Schools, Sentinel and Nkisu. The students there were extremely impressed by their confidence and passion; many vowed to follow in their footsteps. I am confident that Emmanuel will continue to make me a very proud mentor.
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May 15, 2017
Reflections on TIme at KF
By Oliver Barry | President and Co-Founder
A time of reflection by a recent KF graduate, Jessy Njungu. Francine has this to look forward to as she is currently in 11th grade and will graduate next year.
"My name is Jessy Njungu and I am in Grade 12 at Chalo Trust School. I can vividly
remember the time I came to Chalo because I was excited and scared at the same time. I
was going to start a new chapter in my life-I didn’t know how it would be.
I knew that I had to be focused and do very well in school because I was on scholarship. I
struggled when adjusting to the new environment but with time, I got a hang of things. I
have been very proactive from the time I joined KF. Some of my great achievements are:
being named class monitor from grade 8-10; dormitory captain; councilor of Scripture
Union; school head girl and an active member of many sports and club activities.
I have grown to love Chalo Trust School a lot. I have discovered that I can run and sing
very well and am a good public speaker. Chalo has been my home for about 5 years and it
has nurtured me into someone who can relate well with different kinds of people, be
organized, kind, and patient.
My journey in KF has been amazingly beautiful. I have met so many beautiful souls and a
good example is my mentors, Anthony and Kate. They are extremely awesome. I have had
the best times with them and talking to them is always a treat. I learn a lot from them and I
am grateful to KF for the opportunity that they have given me to meet such people
including KF staff themselves.
In grade 10, I attended work experience which enabled me to live my dream. KF has not
only impacted positively on me, but my family also. KF has taught me to be grateful,
selfless, responsible, respectful and mature.
In conclusion, my journey in KF and Chalo has been life changing and I thank God for all
the care, support and love that KF has shown me."
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