A DAY OF REWARDS, INSPIRATION AND ON SITE SCHOLARSHIP REGISTRATION

Reward is a strong tool for positive reinforcement in the educational process. On Friday the 22^nd day of July, Children of Kibera Foundation honoured the invite and attended the Annual Olympic Primary School prize giving day. This was a particularly special occasion for our Founder-Ken Okoth who is an alumnus of the school.

He took the opportunity to share his experiences with the students and parents. Particularly, he pointed out that good education increases one’s opportunities in life and thus quality education and the importance of excelling in academics was central to better life. To motivate this year’s candidates, CoKF rewarded last year’s top boy and girl with Gift vouchers.

We also used this opportunity to roll out our new strategy: ‘on site scholarship registration.’ We believe this tool will give us a wide and the best student population sample to choose our 2012-2015 high school scholars from. We are looking forward to attend 3 more prize giving days in Kibera later this year.

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We are 'EDUCATING THE FUTURE'

BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE-OLYMPIC HIGH SCHOOL RECEIVES 15 COMPUTERS.

The world is fast becoming a ‘.net village’ with this rapid phenomenon,integrating IT studies in our schools is no longer a question. It is for this reason that The Children of Kibera Foundation is striving to bridge the digital divide by promoting computer studies in schools located in Kibera slums. We believe that this initiative goes a long way into enhancing the effectiveness of the learning process for it gives the students a salient tool: the power to access the net, this gives them limitless access to current and wide information on any given topic of study that they would otherwise not access in their school libraries, too, computer skills makes them be at par with their peers from affluent backgrounds.

On the 15^th day of July; we added ‘a new kid on the block’, Olympic high school joined the growing list of schools with computer labs in Kibera slums. It is the fifth school to benefit from this CoKF’s initiative after: Ayany Primary School, Red Rose School, Kibra Academy and Lutheran School.

CoKF officially handed over 15 computers to Olympic High School. This is a school that serves children from Kibera slums and has a student population of 700.From third term, these students will have the opportunity to take computer studies for they had a computer lab with only 2 computers, the Journalism club will also benefit from the lab for now they will be able to process their bulletins and school magazines with a lot of ease also, a group that was very enthusiastic about the new computers were the teachers, Mr Okumu-The school Principal said that the teachers would use the computers to make the learning process more interesting through PowerPoint presentation and also use them in exam preparations and exam scores processing.

From The Children of Kibera Foundation, we say to the donors who made this noble project possible ‘Asante sana!’ (Thank you!) To Olympic High School we say, ‘let the computer studies begin!’

“Enrolling in a computer college after high school would have cost me Ksh 15, 000, am lucky now I will be computer literate at no cost. Thank you Children of Kibera Foundation”

-The School Head Girl

“Our student now will have the chance of being computer literate and the headaches of preparing for exams and Continuous assessment test is a thing of the past”

-Deputy Principal

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The installation...



A complete set


The set up


This is how it works!


The School Principal having a try.

POMP! PERFORMANCE! PARTRIOTISM!-A MUSIC FESTIVAL LIKE NO OTHER!

An event it was, of pomp, artistry and colour! It only happens once a year. The Annual Children of Kibera Foundation Music Festival.

Twelve High Schools located in the Kibera slums descended on the Kibra Academy grounds on the 8^th and 9^th of July for this year’s Music festival, with an estimated number of 360 participants and 2,500 audience. With the reigning champions showing every intention of retaining their trophies and the new arrivals swearing to give them a run for their money, the stage was set for a gruelling battle of artistic supremacy.

Compared to last year’s event, it is was evident that the quality of performance had gone a notch higher, this can partly attributed to the Drama Patron’s workshop organised by The Children of Kibera Foundation.
Competition was stiff and at the end of the first day, no school that had transcended the preliminaries ladder could confidently say that were set to win in any of the four categories: Play. Dance, Choral Verse and Solo verse, this heightened the suspense that could only be solved after unfolding of events the next day.

All the schools that participated went a great length into focusing on this year’s running theme: Katiba Mpya, Kenya Mpya? Issues of land, right to Education, freedom of Speech and public participation were tackled with utmost precision and profound artistry.

And the winners were:

1. Play category- Soweto Baptist School
2. Solo verse category-Kibra Academy
3. Choral Verse-Girl Soccer
4. Dance category-Raila Educational Centre

At the end of the event all of the schools were winners for all of them went home with book vouchers and participation certificates, winners in each category went home with book vouchers, trophies, and participation and merit certificates. Perhaps it is worth noting that the main objectives of the event are to provide that platform for the Children of Kibera to nurture and showcase their talent and to provide a stage for social interaction.

Raila's Soloist singing her heart out

Best foot forward...

At an angle...

FINALLY, THE 2011 KENYA TRIP VOLUNTEERS ARE HERE!

July is always a month that everyone at Children of Kibera Foundation and Red Rose School waits for in anticipation. It is a month that the Foundation and the school are abuzz with activities. It is a month that we annually host volunteers from the USA.

A special morning it was today. The students, teachers and CoKF staff alike counted seconds as they ticked away in that apprehensive hour, the roar of the bus and the knock at our office gate brought the waiting to deserved end.

In our compound the visitors entered, the joy that the mood brought was so intense, the emotions of reunion with old friends was moving. Songs of welcome were sung poems were recited; volunteers were assigned classes and activities to run for the next two weeks began. The day ended with everyone converging at Red Rose up-school to join in the partaking of a mouth watering lunch of beef Pilau (Swahili Delicacy)

To our visitors we say: ‘Karibu Kenya!’

'It is good being back' -Sarah Coste-Member,CoKF USA Board of Directors

Full House...
This how we learn

Checkmate!


four hundred and still counting!

Tell me what you have been hearing about Red Rose School...

Very delicious !