After four years of studies, Nelson, received his Diploma in Construction Engineering at Eldoret Polytechnic. His High school education at Mbita High was funded by Birthe from Denmark. His Diploma studies were paid mainly by Watu Kwa Watu Trustees together with Watu friends in Germany, Spain and Switzerland. Isabel and Ines were the main supporters. […]
Starkid gains new sponsors for their poorest children, but many more are needed.
Several children of Starkid School and Rescue are sponsored by private families, mainly through the CIC. For example, Mariska continues funding, from Belgium, the post-secondary training of Shaga and Susan. In the high school, Malone (from USA) continues funding Jacqueline, and her brother, Michael, started to fund Dennis. In 2016 he was funding Brunton. Amar […]
Starkid School Computer Lab becomes reality
Thanks to the funding from ACH (African Children Haven) and from Rotary Club of Galveston, Texas, USA Starkid has started a regular IT training. Watu Kwa Watu has arranged that support, is monitoring the progress. Expert from the CIC (Catholic Interntional Community, Nairobi) provides occasional technical assistance. Photos show a High school computer classes.
ACH is sponsoring the High school costs of very poor half-orphan girl in Mbita.
ACH is sponsoring the High school costs of the eldest of the Onyango girls (name changed to protect privacy) for her first year (2016). ACH is also contributing to the cost of construction of the latrine by the house of her, her mother and her two sisters, recently rebuild by Watu Kwa Watu after having […]
Examples of immediate needs of assistance to individuals: 4 candidates to Starkid Highschool in Githogoro slum, Nairobi
AMINA HUSSEIN 14 yrs old (born 1998) – name changed to protect identity: The case: Amina was born in Marsabit in Northern Kenya. She comes from a family of five children. Both parents died. Amina has been recently rescued from being forced by her relatives into early marriage. She spent the last 6 years in […]
Example of assistance to education of individuals: Kenneth.
KENNETH LUNGE (name has been changed to protect identity) Kenneth was born in 1988 near Kakamega, in Western Kenya. He is the first born in his family. After him there are two sisters and a brother. The first years of primary education he did in his home district. He could not always attend school because […]
Examples of immediate needs of assistance to individuals: Wison and Ken
WILSON ODHIAMBO (the name has been changed to protect privacy): The case: Wilson was born in late 1992 in a village on the shores of Lake Victoria in Western Kenya. His father was a fisherman and his mother a housewife. Wilson’s father died in January 2000 of “Malaria” probably Aids. His mother died on in […]
Example of assistance to education of individuals: James and his sisters
James and his sisters: This family consists of four orphaned young adults, one man and three women. The parents were killed in late 1997 as a result of tribal clashes in the pre-election period. The family is from the Kikuyu tribe (originally from central Kenya), but owed a farm in the northwest of the country, […]
2011 and 2012 Assistance with educational costs of individuals
During 2011 and 2012 assistance was provided to 16 children and young adults, orphans and hlaf-orphans. 9 of the were boys and 7 girls. In majority of cases the assistance has started earlier, as a private effort of the Trustees. Funding came from donors in Poland, Denmark, Switzerland and Germany, as well as from Trustees […]
The way ahead
So far the improvements, described in the posts concerning assistance to specific poorest schools, have been implemented by the two projects of the Polish NGO Partners Poland, jointly with Watu kwa Watu, with the funding of the Polish International Assistance Program (PolAid), and by two grants from the Social Concerns Committee of the Catholic International […]
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