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Thanks by Dominic

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I thank KCE and all those involved for having chosen to work with children instead of the many issues that bedevil the Kibera society like poverty,insecurity,corruption and diseases.
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It is always said that children are our future leaders.If they  are well educated we shall have a very admirable society in the future because they will carry with them the education given to the future.Once children are given good education poverty will be greatly reduced ,insecurity will be forgotten because no one will be interested in stealing a neighbors property since he or she can afford the same .Diseases will also be well managed because children will be taught merits of proper dieting,physical exercises and cleanliness.
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It is our responsibility as adults to be good role models and provide for the needs of these children in education. If all are committed in children’s education it will help in changing the world.

Kids love their school because…

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Most Kibera roads are normally full of kids dressed in various school uniforms every early morning be it on a cold,misty or rainy morning.The interest these kids have in school made me ask them why they love school.Most of them said that they love school because of the following reasons ;
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1. They learn different subjects that would help them later in pursuing different careers.
2. They learn self etiquette and discipline.
3. They play different games which are not possible to play in Kibera because of lack of play grounds brought about by congestion of the residential houses.
4. They learn to socialise because at school they meet different people including teachers and pupils who are not members of their families.
5. They acquire the English language that enables them to communicate to their sponsors who do not understand their local and swahili languages.
6.They enjoy peace while at school, peace never exists in their homes due to domestic,political and social violence.
7.They are able to fight poverty when they get jobs after schooling.

Career by Asha Mohammed

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Kibera as a community has great influence on the career a child born and bread in kibera undertakes in life .ASHA MOHAMMED had this to say :
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My name is Asha Mohammed.I am 13 years old and in class eight.I am one of the best debaters in our school.When I grow I would like to be a lawyer. I have chosen Law as a profession so that I can help children in kibera.I would like to be children’s lawyer in order to help kibera children who go through a number of vices such as rape,child labor and child torture by parents and teachers through caning at homes and in schools respectively.
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Apart from legally protecting children I would also like to sponsor vulnerable children to school by buying them clothing,food and paying for their school fees.I will also urge them to work hard in school and take good careers after school.I will also work hard and ensure that those children addicted to drugs and substances stop doing so and live productive lives.

The strike is called off.

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All Kenyan teachers called off their ten day strike and are expected to work on Monday the 19th Jan 2015. This was after an industrial court ruled that teachers go back to work as talks between the teachers employer and the teachers union proceed.The court accepted to arbitrate between the teachers employer and the unions.
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This ruling was a relief to most of Kenyan children who had been at home from the time teachers unions declared their strike that began on 5th Jan 2015.

Teachers strike

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This years education calendar has began with much hopelessness after Kenya’s National Union Teachers (KNUT) declared a national work boycott for teachers who are its members.The schools have remained closed from 5th January,2015  the day the schools were set to be opened after the very long holidays that began for the kids on 14th November,2014.It is indefinite as to when teachers would resume work.The teachers insist that the Government has to increase their basic pay before they resume work.The Government though has stood its ground stating that they have no money.
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During such confrontations between our Government and the teachers it’s the children who suffer most.I thank our organization for having come up with a noble idea for establishing a library that helps in serving the kids during such calamities as strike.Since the beginning of the strike our library has always been full of kids who miss their books and teachers.We have always been their for kids since the strike began.
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by Dominic

 

Christmas Greetings from the staff in Kibera.

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On behalf of Kibera Children Education I would like to wish Move Management, Individual sponsors,our readers,Swedish board and the Kenyan staff a merry Christmas and a prosperous new year.

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We have had various success stories this year and would wish for more success in 2015.It is our prayer that God gives us strength,vision,commitment and passion to serve the kids in a special way.I would have done it better by sending Christmas cards,carols and puddings to everyone but I am not capable,this is the reason why I have opted to share the joy of Christmas and New year with you on this blog.Enjoy and may everyone cross over to 2015.

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//Dominic teatcher at the center

Vision and thoughts

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As one walks through the slums of Kibera you can find laughing children,hard working people striving to make a dollar a day,motivated young people who want to put themselves through school and a community spirit and the willingness to help each other. Kibera Children Education hopes to use this strong foundation of the people on which to build a solid structured vision.The organization strives to develop the kids and youths mentally,morally and physically to ensure they develop to their full potential in life within their current social environment and beyond.This development cannot occur without mentoring which is needed in these children lives.We can only achieve this if we have a passion to do it.

Big thank you Move Management

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We the sponsored children of kibera children education say hello to all the Move Management staff.Its been long since you started supporting us.You have been with us through from primary up to now that some of us are in secondary school.We want to thank you sincerely for making our education here in kibera slums possible.You have made this possible because you have been paying our school fees hence keeping us in school always.
We are grateful because some of us come from very poor backgrounds,some children are orphaned,some have their parents separated and that were it not for your support and endurance in this course,some of us would have been street children. We are very grateful for your support.
The library here in Kenya gives us a humble time to concentrate and read during the holidays.It also helps us to refresh our minds through playing different types of games found in the library that were funded by you.The games have been of help more so in our neurological and development of our psycho-motor skills.
We are very thankful for your support,just as your name suggest you have made us move from ignorance to knowledge and from hopelessness to dreams that would help us fight poverty that has bedeviled most children in kibera .On behalf of others we say THANK YOU and may God bless you abundantly.

Flower garden

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At our center stands this size-able beautiful flower garden,this was the brain child of Carl-Johan Hugland who planted the flowers when he made his visit to Kenya as volunteer at KCE and left as a board member.

The essence of the flower garden was not only to decorate the KCE compound but also to teach the kids about environmental education, a subject rarely taught to children of their age in school.

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