Education Kenya Project #26875

Success in Kenya Schools with The Virtues Project

by Virtues Project International Association

Success in Kenya Schools with The Virtues Project

Project Report | Nov 11, 2024
Kenya Virtues Project Schools Advancing in Academics, Sports, Drama and Music

By Judith Opieba | Project Leader

Preparing Food for Needy Students

Thank you dear friends, for the continuous, generous and kind support you have given us at both Mwiyenga and St. Joseph's Eshirumba Primary Schools. Being schools in the remote areas of Kakamega county in Kenya, we see the light at the end of the tunnel when we were almost giving up.

SUCCESSES

From the GlobalGiving funds and funds from friends, we put up a poultry project that has done us proud. We sold the poultry and bought uniforms for our football team at St. Joseph's Eshirumba. We are indeed grateful. This has contributed to our schools being best in sports in the county. We are shining both academically and in sports!

The benevolent kitty funded by our teachers, continues to support the needs of our students that are not able to be met through family or government programs. The kitty has enabled us to provide needy boys and girls with personal hygiene needs and helped sustain our lunch programme which ensures student attendance remains strong.

Three widow groups have received The Virtues Project Training: Eshirumba Widows Group, Eshibeye Widows Group and Mwiyenga Widows Group. This has been a great achievement because these widows are parents in the two schools where they have become very responsible and purposeful in their care of the learners in their custody. Their learners now attend school regularly and this has improved their performance.

Another teacher group also received The Virtues Project Training. Training of teachers and widows has led to purposeful, committed and excellent learners in academics, sports, drama and music. We are nurturing learners talents, especially those who are challenged. Mentorship Programmes and Virtues Club meetings are still key in our schools and help in shaping character and behaviour of our learners and team.

Donor friends have enabled us to take care of a grade 2 learner who has Sickle Cell Anemia to meet check-ups and get a required diet, as well as, pay a hospital bill for an orphan who had been admitted with an intestinal obstruction. They have helped us purchase livestock, chickens, gardening supplies that provide much needed income to help us cover costs. They have provided money for food and uniforms.

What could we have done if it wasn't for your generosity, empathy, caring, compassion and unconditional love? Thank you so much!

CHALLENGES

1. Funding our lunch programme. The orphans need additional food support.

2. Covering costs for more trainings for teachers, parents, youths and widows.

3. Virtues materials for the trained parents and widows are needed.

4. School uniforms for orphans and needy learners. Uniforms are required to attend school.

5. Income earning projects for widows to sustain their needs and responsibilities.

6. Raising money for a tent and chairs, shelter for trainings and widows selling their wares.

OUR WAY FORWARD

We look forward to engaging widows with their projects so thay they can help to support the school programmes. strengthening our benevolent kitty to help the needy learners, improving our poultry and vegetable projects to meet the needs of our medically challenged learners, and always opportunities to continue to provide The Virtues Project Training to others.

Thank you again for your kind and generous support.

Mentoring Teachers

Proud Recipients of New Uniforms

School Gardening Project

New Addition to our School Community

Uniforms for our Sports Team

Nurturing Talents

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Jul 15, 2024
Virtues Schools Excel in Music and Sports in Kakamega County

By Judy Opieba | Project Leader

Today, we want to update you on the Mwiyenga and St Joseph's Eshirumba Primary Schools, two schools in Kakamega County that embrace The Virtues Project and practice the Five Strategies. There have been remarkable, positive changes in both of the schools.

SO WHAT IS HAPPENING?

Both schools have improved significantly in the last 3 months.

We have competed favorably with other schools in the county in Music Festivals and emerged in position 3 out of 47 schools. This is something that had never happened at St. Joseph's Eshirumba. It was our first time, and people asked if this was a private or public school. The learners showcased their prowess, surprising many people. We even defeated well-known big schools.

We have also competed in ball games and nurturing talent. Our learners did exceptionally well, and we are now the champions of both Football and Netball. We had a tight competition in the Volleyball finals where the two Virtues schools, Mwiyenga and St. Joseph's Eshirumba, met. May I say that the two virtue schools cheered, singing virtuous songs that impressed the whole stadium. Eventually, Mwiyenga beat St. Joseph's Eshirumba two sets to one. Mwiyenga is now the Volleyball champion! St. Joseph's Eshirumba produced the county's top footballer, Jacktone Akoolo, a sixth-grade learner.

We attribute our successes to awakening and nurturing the practice of virtues, using the strategies of The Virtues Project. Our learners have developed their Courage, Confidence, and Creativity and are devoted and always purposeful about excelling.

We thank you for your generosity and support of our project. Our need for uniforms, food, supplies, and virtue materials continues, and we appreciate any assistance you can provide.

Stay tuned for an update on academics and more!

Mwiyenga Volleyball Champions

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Mar 22, 2024
The Impact of The Virtues Project in Kenya Schools

By Judith Opieba | Master Facilitator

New scout uniforms

Greetings! I hereby wish to recognize The Virtues Project International for stepping in to help mold these two schools into peaceful avenues full of smiles and jubilation. The character in these schools has changed enormously due to the practice of The Five Strategies of the Virtues Project.

SUCCESSES

The population of the two schools has kept increasing tremendously. In the last three months, Eshirumba’s population has increased 20 percent, while Mwiyenga’s population has grown 15 percent. This is a remarkable increase! Despite this rapid growth, performance has continued to improve. St. Joseph's Eshirumba’s test scores have risen from a mean of 45 percent to more than 58 percent for the most recent midterm exams, and we are expecting to achieve a mean of 65 percent for final exams.

A few reasons for this continued good performance at the schools are: 1) learners have become committed and eager to learn; 2) the lunch program has eradicated absenteeism and truancy, leading to greater purposefulness; 3) teachers are committed to their work, and do their work with a lot of dedication and diligence; 4) parents have become responsible and caring, giving learners and the school support in their own special way. Kudos to The Virtues Program, which has contributed to the success of these schools.

Recently, for the first time in our schools’ history, our students participated in a drama festival and received first place in the competition. This achievement, along with the support of new school uniforms and free lunch, has boosted the self-esteem of learners. Most teachers at Mwiyenga and Eshirumba schools have now been trained in The Five Strategies, apart from a few who are awaiting training.

Virtues Club meetings and Virtues Card picks every Monday and Tuesday are shaping the students’ character, day in and day out. Most of them have become responsible and diligent, giving their best in any subject. Parents keep connecting with the school to learn more about Virtues. I can't even list all the benefits we have received from The Virtues Project. Thank you, thank you and again thank you!

CHALLENGES

More Virtues Materials are needed.
Our lunch program must remain a top priority.
Many orphans staying with elderly and ailing guardians need our support in terms of uniforms and food.
The schools are new and are still becoming established, with new challenges arising on a regular basis.
We continue to cover school fees for the orphans and many others.

THE WAY FORWARD

We are working towards training all teachers and parents of the schools in The Five Strategies of the Virtues Project.
We have started an agriculture project to raise funds to aid ailing guardians.
We are planning to start a new Benevolent Kitty to support orphans with upkeep.
We are continuing to strive to change the perspective of the entire community through practicing The Five Strategies of the Virtues Project.

For all these developments and more, we say thank you so much for holding our hand when we could not even crawl. May God bless you as you keep putting smiles on the faces of these vulnerable learners. We are indeed grateful. God bless you!

New school uniforms

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