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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Thank you all sponsors by Dominic

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I want to take this opportunity to give thanks to all people who are behind the growth of Kibera Children Education.It is through your support that KCE is moving on.All thanks goes to those who have contributed ideas,financial support and their time to ensure that the fire continues to burn.
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Everyday I wake up in the morning I am always filled with happiness when I meet some of these children smiling on their way to school.In the evening the joy comes again when KCE compound is full of noise of the kids playing .This was the world that I wanted to see and I’m touched by the progress.I enjoy the happiness and change that we have initiated.I will never forget in my life all those  who give their dollars to support these kids so that they can have a decent education.
THANK YOU ALL FOR CONTRIBUTING in this journey of changing lives of the needy.

By Dominic

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Whenever I go around the slums of kibera, I am filled by the impression I get from the faces of the kids around.When I see these kids I see great future leaders and I also see my  picture as a little Dominic with no parents to give me a shoulder to lean on in case of any adversity.I once witnessed the deplorable and hopeless life these children go through.It really motivates me to move forward in serving these children.
As a kid I had a dream ,a dream of life not to benefit myself but a dream to make change in a community that cared less about the very many orphans living in kibera. A change that could see orphaned children treated equally as other children in all aspects of life including education.
I was thinking of how I could serve kibera  until the year 2012 when Kibera Children Education gave me such opportunity.We all have different dreams but most of us we fear to share it out .We worry too much of the negative outcomes.I have learnt that worry attracts fear and if you are fearful,you are also too scared to even try what you know.Always be strong and still to what you believe in .Lets all work together by sharing with others our unique dreams ,since we are all called in a different mission and it is only through working together that we will be able to bring the change we want .Two heads are better than one,for we all reason differently,but we can always come to a conclusion for understanding is there.

 

My first day in high school by Grace Apondi

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Grace Apondi is my name, and a Sponsored kid at Kibera Children’s Education.
I was so excited when i learnt that i was going to join  a boarding school, far away from my mother and my siblings. At first i was so scared but later i gained strenghth after i learnt that we were going to be four of us, all from the sponsorship.
On our reporting day, we were accompanied by our parents and teacher Liz who is our mentor at the centre, we boarded a matatu which took us from the centre to the new school, on our arrival the reality hit my head and i began to cry because i knew i was going to spend most of my time away from the people i knew.
Our luggages were inspected with matron on our arrival,  making sure the school rules and regulation are comprehended, after the inspection, we were provided with the right school,  i had never imagined that one day i will be on a track suits.
What i can actually say is ” ahsante KCE”,( thank you KCE),  for bringing me this far.

 

Hope at long last by Susan Achieng

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Following my poor academic performance in standard six at Ayany primary school in the year 2012,the teachers at the school; decided that I  should repeat the same class in 2013.Due to my age that was 13 years by then ,I felt ashamed that children younger than me would be catching up with me in the same class.I later accepted that if I was to repeat then it should be in another school far away from kibera where nobody knows me.
I appreciate my sponsors for making it possible and transferring me to Kings Educational school.Kings educational school is in kitengela in the outskirts of Nairobi about 10 kilometers from the city center.My new school is better than Ayany primary in several ways.

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1. I get enough time to study because its a boarding school.
2.Teachers are hard working and since joining the school my academic performance has improved.
3.My new school has lesser pupils compared to Ayany,this makes it easier for teachers to have the attention of all the children.
4.Children in my new school are very disciplined and less violent compared to children in Ayany,this makes studying environment very conducive.
5.Competition for class positions in my new school is very high,this gives me the courage to work more hard in my academic work.
I  hope to do well in my class eight exams next year.