On “Education Day 2011”, Kandara Children’s Home School was named by Kandara District Education Board as the third best Early Childhood Development (ECD) Unit in Kandara District. Competition was tough with over 200 units in the area being considered, including both public and private schools. The assessment was based on academic performance, presentation and overall performance.
News articles about school
Kandara School Wins Award
Posted on October 29th, 2011 by Kirsty
Supporting Education
Posted on March 25th, 2011 by Kirsty
Kandara Children’s Home is located about 45kms from Nairobi and is currently home for 65 children under the care of the local council. A further fourteen children from 0-3 years old live in the St. Andrews Baby Unit which is located within the home’s compound but comes under the care of Vision Africa.
Another area in which Vision Africa supports the home is in the education of all children. Read the full article »
Report from Riruta
Posted on March 24th, 2011 by Kirsty
Last year was one of the most challenging yet for St. Johns Children’s Centre in Riruta. However, we’re happy to report that 2011 has seen a change in fortunes and headteacher, Gerald, is confident that they have turned a corner.
Since the new school year began twenty new students have registered at St. Johns. Fifteen of these are fee-paying students which will help cover the monthly running costs such as teachers’ salaries. The recruitment of the new students has been helped by some renovations that were carried out at the school over the December holidays. Read the full article »
Kibera Lutheran School Update
Posted on July 14th, 2010 by Kirsty
The Lutheran school was started by church members who came together to give the big population of Kibera children a place they can call a school. Kibera being the largest slum in Sub-Saharan Africa has an estimated population of 1million people where 60% are young people and children. This population has overtaken the education facilities in the area forcing churches, organisations and donors to invest more in education by providing a place for children to learn. These schools are known as non-formal schools and Lutheran School falls under this category.
Message from a Sponsor
Posted on July 13th, 2010 by Kirsty
Last week we brought your the story of Priscilla who is interning at Seed of Hope, a few months ago we gave “A Donor’s Perspective” in an interview with Jean Walker. Now we’d like to give another viewpoint – that of a sponsor.