GIRLS WORKSHOP

TOPIC: ADOLESCENCE AND PEER PRESSURE

DATES: 16TH, 17TH AND 18TH, APRIL

The workshop was organized by KCE Tumaini Watoto, this is after observing that we are losing quite a number of girls (Dropouts) to early pregnancy and peer pressure. The aim of the workshop was to enlighten the girls and also help them overcome the challenges. We did it in April since the girls were at home for the April Holidays and we were targeting over 20 girls. The workshop was facilitated by one Alex Ngaa and Emma Marichu both peer educators. We sourced an outsider so that the girls could be more engaging by having someone that they are not used too.

TOPICS

1. Definitions of different body stages

a. Adolescence

b. Teenage

c. Youth and

d. Adulthood

2. Changes that occur during the stages

3. Peer pressure

a. Types of peer pressure

b. How to overcome peer pressure

4. Challenges of Adolescence and Teenagers

a. Early Pregnancy

b. Lack of parental guidance

c. Drug abuse

d. Early Marriages

e. Love

f. Internet

g. STI and HIV

5. Menstruation and menstruation health

The girls were so expectant hence very cooperative during the three days. On the topic of challenges faced by adolescence and teenagers, the girls gave different types of challenges they face hence making it easy to tackle as per what they face and experience. The first day we had 25 girls who attended, the second day we had 24 as one dint not come due to home issues she was the one at home alone, the last Day we had a number of 25 girls as well the number was consistent hence a good start.

We provided lunch for the girls for the three days and the last day we gave them sanitary towels, this was in line with the days topic of menstruation and menstruation health as they were taught how to use the pads and also how to keep themselves clean during the menstruation period. This made the girls happy.

Challenges we had was, whether it was raining heavily in the afternoon hence we would leave early so that the girls can reach home safely, we also had challenges of girls coming with kids as young as 3 years as there were the ones taking care of them back at home and didn’t want to miss out on the workshop, one of the girls came with their kid who was below one year and would be forced to go and breastfeed during the sessions. We managed to keep the kids busy with painting and colouring with the help of Elizabeth and Snaida and also we took turns to babysit the young one so that the mother does not miss out.

In conclusion, I suggest that we will be having such workshops each holiday that is April, August and December and to make it all-inclusive that is for girls and boys and we can be having different topics during the workshops. Also, the girls talk to be done once a week during the holidays since that’s the time we will be able to reach the target group as they are in school during the term making it hard to have them then.

Thank you so much for the support accorded to us to facilitate the workshop and we hope for more. God bless you all.

Compiled by: Emma Marichu

Finance and Admin

KCE Tumaini Watoto

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150 kids and young boys and girls came to the annual Christmas party at Kibera Children Education Centre. They had music and food, pilau, chapati, meat, cake and much more. They enjoyed the party very much. In the pictures you can see Lucy in pink, Geoffrey in blue, Rashid in green, Snaida in black and many more kids. The last months since the election the centre has sometimes been closed due to riots and violence in Kibera, but now we hope for peace so the children can come and play and get help with their homework again.

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Dear All,

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I hope you are well. We are fine too and enjoying the peace after our general elections.

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It has been a busy and great moments a the center with Kids multiplying every time which is a great thing and enjoyable. The center has been busy with new activities which include story telling and singing. Our girls at Kenswed have been doing great and we receive good news from the administration. Lucy stared boarding last term for 2 weeks and she enjoys it so much, I went to the school and the boarding facility is very good and well kept as well with a trained matron who looks after the girls and stays with them. Sharon and Susan will board starting this term which commences on Monday 28th. I managed to buy the requirements for their boarding and we are thankful for your continued support.

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As you are aware we just concluded our general elections which were so hotly contested and with fear of violence erupting. Their were cases of violence erupting after the declaration of presidential results in the strong hold areas of the opposition Kibera being one of the areas but we thank God it never escalated to the worst. During the said time we had closed the center for security purposes and one Janious was here to keep vigilance and nothing was vandalized by the youths, there was also a lot of tension and not safe for us to go there but now calm has returned and i have been going there. Kids were still coming to the center during the tension period and Janious would keep them busy with activities which is a great thing for the kids not to experience the violence. We are grateful things are back to normal as we wait for the court verdict which we hope even after the verdict it will still be safe.

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Snaida reported but to work after her maternity leave and her and the baby are well.

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We thank you all for the support you have continued to give us.

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This is our temporary employee Janius, who helped us while our teachers were busy studying. He helped the children with their academic studies and also with leisure activities like football. He still comes very often to the centre and helps out on a voluntary basis.

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The two months have been busy months with follow up on students especially the one that went to Kenswed. Three of the girls are at Kenswed and at the moment they are on April holiday. The three girls are Lucy, Sharon and Susan. As for Virginia she wishes to do a course and not continue with her education hence the reason she didnt go back with the rest. I attanded the school prize giving day on 3rd of April and we had a great time at the school. Our girls are now ok with no issues.

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April holiday we have had a great turn up of kids at the center and the teacher with the help of our former beneficiary of the Centre Janius doing a great thing every day to keep them busy. This month has also been great Snaida was blessed with a baby boy on 3rd of April.

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In Kenya it has been a difficult time for us with the starvation but we thank God that the rains have started and we pray that it continues to rain. The political fever is high at the moment with parties doing their preliminaries and there is a lot of tension with cases of violent being experienced in some areas but it’s within supporters of the same parties. We pray for a peaceful election period in august kindly remember us in prayers.

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Thank you all for the continued support.

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Emma

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Hi kce,

I hope you are well and enjoying your summer. we are all fine and looking forward to closing of schools in a weeks time, where we will have a bigger group attending center activities. the activities having been going on well and experiencing growth every weekend as we are involving them in more activities on Saturdays and also due to the games you brought us. So far we have thirty three new kids attending where we hope to have more during the two weeks school recess.

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Second term has been full of challenges in our boarding schools here in Kenya, as we have been experiencing alot of school unrest where by students have been burning school as a way of expressing there grievances. So far 74 schools have been burnt down by students which is so sad, we are thanking God as non of our students schools have experienced such challenges and we are hopping that we shall not have any, though today we were informed that Ruthimitu form four students were sent home after they refused to sit for there annual mock exam claiming that the exams were hard, the principal of the school sent them home to avoid incitement of the other students which might have resulted to the same unrest being experienced in other schools.

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Kind regards

Emma Marichu