Watu Kwa Watu has distributed around 1000 pair of trousers (new, but usually with small defects, and almost all extra-large), received from Sunflagh Industries, Nairobi, though Karuna Trust, to beneficiaries of several organizations serving poorest groups of the population. Local tailors, or pupils of tailoring classes, have been adjusting sizes and made small needed repairs. […]
A friend of Watu Kwa Watu in Berlin, Germany, has donated new tables and chairs for St Phillips School in Mathare Slum, in Nairobi, instead of flowers for her Mother’s funeral. Each table has a small plaque in memory of the Mother.
Two science teachers from each school attended a series of training sessions in German School introducing new experiencial and interactive methods of teaching natural sciences. Schools will also be provided with some basic equipment for simple science experiments.
Starkid School and Rescue Centre ha signed agreements of cooperation with African Children Haven (ACH) and with the German School. As a follow-up to the agreement ACH has developed, and paid, the Starkid website: <www.Starkidrescue.org>. German School and Starkid are periodically exchanging visit of students. Catholic International Community (CIC), Nairobi, has provided Starkid with grant […]
African Children Haven (ACH) of Galveston, Texas, USA, has funded Christmas bonuses to all teachers of St. Phillip School in Mathare slum in Nairobi, where it also provides a subsidy to increase the very low teachers’ salaries, and to improve the lunches served to children. Watu Kwa Watu is facilitating this, and other assistance, and […]
Starkid has received food donation for its Feeding Program from Hindu Women Association in Nairobi. Beans, maize, rice and other food donated by them are improving the meals served to children of the School and Rescue Centre. This first donation is likely to be repeated in the future.
Starkid School and Rescue Centre is adding 6 new rooms: additional boys’ dormitory to de-congest the Rescue Centre, future computer room, future science laboratory, and 3 new classrooms. Adding the new classrooms and the science lab are necessary for the renewal of the registration of the Starkid’s High-school component with the Ministry of Education. Initial […]
Watu Kwa Watu brings German School children with performances and gifts to the Huruma Old People home in Nairobi.
Group twelve of young professionals, of eleven nationalities, of UN office in Nairobi (UN-HABITAT, UNEP and UNON) has organized the fund-raising Halloween Party to assist Watu Kwa Watu beneficiaries. Collected funds, approximately US$ 600, are being used for repairs of the the walls in selected classrooms in Starkid School and Rescue Center. In addition, the […]
On November 23, 2014 Watu Kwa Watu has signed the Memorandum of Understanding with African Children Haven to join their efforts to assist children in Kenya, orphans or from very low income families, to access education and to improve their living conditions. Collaboration will also include assistance to the schools serving low income population groups.
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