CoKF Staff Visits Eldoret!

Over the weekend CoKF staff visited star scholar Philitricia, a Form Two student at Moi Girls Eldoret. The staff wanted to surprise Philitricia to personally congratulate her for receiving two awards, one for her performance in Physics and the other for maintaining an overall A average since she joined the school. Moi Girls Eldoret has recently earned a lot of attention having produced Kenya's top girl in the KCSE national exam, and we have high hopes for Philitricia to follow in her footsteps!Above is the prize table display and below Philitricia awaits and recieves her awards.Some talented students provided entertainment during their Prize Giving Ceremony, including the singing troop who were awarded for their performances.The visiting crew included CoKF interns Joscelyn Truitt and Jacqueline Espana, Project Coordinator Japheth Ochieng, along with our new intern Emily Davenport. Emily is looking forward to developing CoKF's most recent computer lab by working with the Lutheran Primary School's head teacher and the Springs of Life Lutheran Church community so they may access the lab. Emily learned about CoKF through our founder Ken Okoth who is in charge of her study abroad program in Dar es Salaam. Emily will be living and working in Kibera during her one month break.Above: Emily, Joscelyn, Philitricia, and Jackie enjoying some refreshments and conversation on the beautiful school grounds.The principal of Moi Girls Eldoret speaking of how proud she is of her girls and how she will continue to push them to even higher heights. Congratulations Philitricia and we can't wait to see you for April break!

Eluned and Jennifer visit CoKF!

This Thursday Children of Kibera had a lot to celebrate. Not only was it the grand finale celebration for the enriching LitWorld project, but Children of Kibera received two special guests of the foundation from the U.S.A.

Jennifer Klein and Eluned Schweitzer traveled from D.C. to Nairobi to share their international education expertise at a three day conference attended by the Education Ministries of six African countries. As we all know, Africa's education system has some room for improvement, and providing new skills for administration and school policies can make an enormous change for Kenyan students. In their small allowance of spare time, Jennifer and Eluned made a very welcomed visit to the Red Rose School to learn about Children of Kibera Foundation's involvement in the community. They saw CoKF sponsored student in action and were introduced to Red Rose staff and teachers on their tour of the school.

Hardworking CoKF Project Coordinator Japheth Ochieng, Red Rose's Principal Buluma, Jennifer, and Eluned inside the Red Rose School.

Japheth Ochieng with Jennifer and Eluned in front of Red Rose School.

CoKF Intern Jacqueline Espana explains some of CoKFs current projects. When asked of any faults she has come across, she explains the difficult and complicated process that Kenyans must go through to gain admission to a secondary school.

Eluned in front of the Potomac School's dedication plaque.

Jennifer and Eluned looking at examples of the books Red Rose students recently produced with the LitWorld team. Thank you for visiting and please come again!