Overseers Education Centre in Kangemi slum has finally proper flushing toilets. They were built, in a large portion, through the community effort, and were finally completed with the Watu Kwa Watu support mobilised mainly from US, and also from Poland.
Deworming of children and staff in 3 Nairobi slum schools:
In late February and early March the deworming was conducted by the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) program of the AAR Healthcare Kenya Limited, partner of Watu Kwa Watu since 2015. It was accompanied by the hand-washing demonstrations and, where applicable, menstrual health talks for the girls and the issuance of the sanitary towels. In Overseers […]
2022 photos of feeding program for students in 3 Nairobi schools
Feeding program for students continues, with the ACH (African Children Haven) funding in Overseers Educational Center in Kangemi slum, in St Judah Education Center in Mathare Valley slum and in Starkid School and Rescue Centre in Githogoro Slum. Few recent photographs are below. St. Judah: Starkid: Overseers:
Draw your Dreams visual art in poorest schools starts waking up after Covid interruption
With the schools making up for the time lost to the Covid pandemics the programs are most concentrated. Term 3 of the year 2021 will end only 4 March 2022. The term 1 of the year 2022 will start on 25 April. In that situation art activities are, in most schools, still not a top […]
Continuation and expansion of the feeding programs in 3 schools in Nairobi Slums
As mentioned in the previous post, Watu kwa Watu Charitable Trust has continued, mainly with funding of the ACH, the feeding programs for students in the schools in 3 slums in Nairobi. Food deliveries continue being arranged by the Karuna Charitable Trust, partner of Watu Kwa Watu. Few recent photos will be included in the […]
Summary for the period of February 2021 to February 2022
During the year since February 2021 the activities of our Watu Kwa Watu Charitable Trust were more then in a similarly long period of earlier years, but have had a slightly different focus as a result of the Covid-19 pandemics. First of all, the number of children and young adults, whom we were supporting in […]
New requests from very poor orphans in dramatic personal situations
As a result of our past and present assistance to individual students, we are continuously being contacted with new requests. The needs are really unlimited. We are, almost continuously, looking for new sponsors, whose assistance goes, of course, as always with Watu Kwa Watu, 100% to the beneficiaries and their schools etc., with no administrative […]
Responding to the medical emergencies and accidents
With a number of students being assisted, and the absence of the health insurance coverage, we are occasionally confronted with the sudden needs of covering the medical emergency expenses, which were not foreseen and planned for. The case of Winston (name changed to protect privacy), half orphan supported by the widow mother, is an example […]
Assisting students and graduates in finding employment
Assisting students and graduates in finding employment has always been a big challenge, and has become even more difficult in the times of the Covid-19 pandemic. Watu kwa Watu is trying to assist them in a variety of ways including, among others: (1) Funding additional, more specialized training, which makes them more competitive on the […]
Increase of support to professional and technical education, and vocational training.
A number of students, some of whom we have been supporting during their primary and secondary education, have completed their general schooling and have reached the point when they need assistance for their professional education, and, in some cases vocational training, which would allow them to become financially self-sufficient, and possibly support their families. This […]