Posted on September 30th, 2010 by Kirsty
Now that graduation is over, it’s time for Seed of Hope Class of 2010 to get down to business…literally. It’s now time for them to put into practice all that they have learned and start becoming independent young women.
For one graduate at our Nairobi centre, last Saturday saw her dreams turn to reality as she was given a graduation present of a sewing machine from a group of supporters from Nairobi Chapel. Read the full article »
Posted on September 17th, 2010 by Kirsty
The last few months have been busy for Seed of Hope. Both our first and second year students have been sitting their external trade exams and in September we saw three out of our four centres hold their graduation ceremonies. These two events are closely linked – traditionally, Seed of Hope has held graduations in December but since our second year students started sitting their trade exams, a number of them were able to find employment and put their skills to good use before their graduation ceremony. This year, it was decided that graduations would be held shortly after the exams so that all students who had completed their course at Seed of Hope would be there.
Posted on August 16th, 2010 by Kirsty
If you read our blog, you will have seen recent introductions to some of the key Vision Africa staff members Florence, Gerald and Mary. There are more of these in the pipeline but in the meantime we would like to introduce you to one of the members of our Kenyan board, known as the Council of Reference. The Council of Reference is there to ensure transparency of all activities and finances, and legal authenticity of operation of Vision Africa in Kenya. Acting in an advisory capacity to the Field Directors and to the UK Executive Committee, it ensures accountability of the field staff for projects and finances.
Posted on July 15th, 2010 by Kirsty
FINAL UPDATE: Our Footprints Live Web Event has now finished. However, all the photos, videos, testimonies from children, ideas for fundraising etc. are still on-line for you to view. Please walk with us by visiting our Footprints site here and see what Footprints you can leave.
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.
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.
