By Judith Opieba | Project Leader
Exciting news! Since our last report, your generous donations helped fund five students' school tuition fees. One student attends Mwiyenga Primary School and the other four are now graduates and attending Kilimo Girl's High School. And the commitment of staff and students at Mwiyenga is spreading The Virtues Project to the new schools that graduates attend. Introductions to The Virtues Project have already begun at Kilimo.
Mwiyenga Virtues Club members have been very committed to Speak the Language of Virtues and practicing all Five Strategies of The Virtues Project. They meet every Tuesday to share experiences in practicing virtues and how their lives have improved. Club members work diligently to make their school beautiful by placing virtue boards everywhere in the school.
Recently, our school participated in a cluster exam with six other schools. The top candidate came from Mwiyenga Primary School with 397 marks out of 500, emerging the best of 293 pupils! This boy is assistant chairperson of the Mwiyenga Virtues Club. The exemplary performance has brought 18 Headteachers and one Curriculum Support Officer to benchmark Mwiyenga Primary School. They are very impressed with the performance, especially the Virtues. They took videos and photos of our virtues boards and pupils singing virtues songs. They are yearning for the virtues training in their schools. One Headteacher has promised to bring the whole staff for benchmarking. Indeed the virtue of Grace is flowing at Mwiyenga! Quoting their words, "You are a special and unique school in Kenya."
"We the staff of Mwiyenga are committed to spreading The Virtues Project far and wide. The impact of the Five Strategies of The Virtues Project here has been so powerful that it has taken us to another level. The sharing and caring of staff toward one another and our pupils has created a new and stronger relationship of trust that allows pupils be open and share freely their challenges and strengths. They're now ready to help even without asking. They notice when something needs to be done without waiting to be reminded. They are committed both at home and school."
Your charitable contributions have made it possible for Mwiyenga Primary School students to continue their education, grow in understanding and practice of their most powerful gifts, their virtues; and help this GlobalGiving project expand to new schools. Thank you for your understanding and commitment to Mwiyenga Primary School and The Virtues Project. It is because of you that we are able to share this exciting news! Your continued support will help ensure that Mwiyenga Primary School community flourishes and The Virtues Project spreads to other schools in Kenya.
"We would like to especially thank Sharetree, a Virtues Project International Association Registered Partner, with a mission of 'empowering people to live purposeful and meaningful lives', for enthusiastically responding and empowering their employees to support this project on GlobalGiving at a critical time, ensuring that our students would be able to continue their education without delay." There is currently a plan in the works for the teachers and students to meet this corporate sponsor online to begin a purposeful conversation to get to know one another.
By Judith Opieba and Valerie Hess | Lead Teacher and Project Leader
By Valerie J Hess | Community Manager, VPIA
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