Educating a child, empowering the community

Nairobi's informal schools face formidable challenges with lack of teaching staff and learning materials. We have identified 12 informal schools in Ruaraka, Nairobi which suffer from a severe shortage of teachers (with a teacher to student ratio of 1:60) and also a shortage of reading materials. With your support, our team of 25 volunteers can extend education and targeted mentoring to the children in these 12 schools and also donate reading materials. Give a Gift of Hope today to the Children!

What is the issue, problem, or challenge?

The root of the problem is large number of students in these schools with few teaching staff, which leads to poor quality education. This has partly been an unintended consequence of Kenya's success in increasing primary school enrollment. Again, these schools are ill equipped with learning materials.

How will this project solve this problem?

Our team of 25 volunteers with your support will provide additional support to over-stretched teaching staff. This will include providing teaching assistance, distributing reading materials, individually supporting the children in most need through mentorship, and organizing extra-curricular activities such as sports clubs, edutainment.

 

Potential Long Term Impact

The project will be a success if more local children finish school with a high level of literacy and core skills to succeed in life. The project has been positioned for phased implementation. In the first phase, the project will reach out to 250 children in 12 partner schools. Other more phases to follow. We will use school performance in national exams to track the impact of our work and simultaneously monitor the progress of individual children we provide intensive support to.

To donate to our project, please follow the link below


http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/give-a-gift-of-hope-educating-250-children-in-nairobi/