OUR CHARITY & OUR MISSION
WHO WE ARE AND THE CHARITY'S MISSION
We are a small group of people who have formed a registered charity to help others to achieve the things which we take for granted, education for our children, a healthy environment and the opportunity to get on in life.
Rosemary and Jim, Mike and Dilys, the founders of the charity live in the village of Emley in West Yorkshire.
Our work is concentrated in Msambweni a small town south of Mombasa on the Kenyan coast of Africa.
The aims of our charity are :-
- To advance education of school children by funding educational resources, buildings, furniture and equipment.
- To advance education and training of disadvantaged children by financial sponsorship.
- The relief of sickness and the preservation of health.
- To advance health, skills and education of orphans by funding educational resources, buildings and equipment in an orphanage.
On the following pages we will tell you about the work we have done and the plans we have for the future.
Please contact us if you would like to learn more or assist us in any way with fund raising and sponsorship.
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(News from 2018-2023 is under "Schools News")
2023 October visit
After a long journey we arrived to glorious sunshine. The new High School had been running for nearly a year and was run by an excellent headmaster in Geoffrey and some superb teachers. The pupils really enjoy science in the new labs and music in the music lab. I observed a science lesson and took many photos.
School pupils
Science teachers Observing a science lesson
We took out some recorders and bought the school some drums guitars and a keyboard. The school has some very talented music teachers and often comes first in the county music competitions.
A new subject in the high school now is cookery
Graduation
This year Nursery children graduated to Primary School. Year 6 graduated to the new High School and for the last time Standard 8 pupils will leave so graduated to Secondary School.
Prayers before the exams . I got a big clap as I addressed the pupils in Kiswahili. Dida who we sponsor graduated
Graduants Dancing in the rain Drummers
New recorder played National Anthem Cakes County Governer fed pupils cake.
Mr. Harrison, the headmaster, presented Fatuma the county governer a goat.
Eye Testing
A church in the middle of nowhere several kilometres from a road. Most could not read.
Second eye camp was very busy in Kwale
Finally we erected mosquito nets to vulnerable children
EDUCATION CHANGES IN KENYA IN 2023
At present there are 8 classes in primary education, 4 classes in Secondary schools and 4 classes at university. Before covid the government was changing the curriculum away from emphasis on exams to a competence based learning with younger pupils. It decided to have a new system starting January 2023 which would have 6 classes in a Primary school , 3 classes in a Junior High School and 3 classes in a Senior High School. The Junior High schools would not be boarding ( at present most secondary schools are boarding and expensive). The new Junior High Schools can be attached to Primary schools if room to build labs and an extra classroom or attached to Secondary Schools.
The trustees of Emley Education Centre had to decide whether to drop down to 6 classes so reducing income and teachers or to build 4 new labs at huge expense. Luckily there was enough land for this and the Primary and Junior High School could be separated. Buildings like the library and computer lab and dining room can be shared but not the teachers or toilets.
Two generous donors have paid for the labs to be built and now we have built new toilets for girls, boys and teachers.
Below; A septic tank has already been built: New toilets
Two labs are under contruction inh the photo below. One lab at ground floor. The poles are to support the roof which needs to be re-enforced with metal and then concreted. This is to enable a second lab to be built on top.
Building work New labs
Lab finished
Now all the buildings are built they just need flooring and plastering.
The good news is that the Government has inspected the site and has just granted the licence for a Junior High School to start in January.
We now urgently need money for lab equipment and musical instruments.
More photos to follow as progress takes place.
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