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English Education at Bukomero Primary School
$500 of $500 donated
Gitarama, Rwanda
This initiative will focus upon improving English education within Bukomero Primary School for all grade levels. The project will tackle this goal on several fronts: providing better quality English education materials, creating a specialized curriculum to aid the transition from Kinyarwanda/French to English, and training teachers to better facilitate the instruction of English as a foreign language. Uses of Funds : $350 for textbooks and workbooks $150 for the salary of a government English teacher
Mwesigwa Benon
$5 of $360 donated
Kampala, Uganda
Until this year I lived with my family in a remote village in the northern part of Uganda. I came to Peace School six months ago. I had never been to school before. After my father died, Mrs. Oliver, who is a teacher at the School, brought me here. She was a friend of my father. I now live at Peace School with 14 other boys in the Boy’s Dormitory. During the holidays I go back to my village and stay with my grandfather. I miss my family a lot. It is good to see my mother, brothers and sister. My family speaks Swahili and it has been difficult to learn English and attend a school where classes are taught in English. My favorite subject is math. Thank you for helping me to get a good education. Note: Peace Nursery and Primary School is a private school serving orphans and other children unable to afford the costs of attending public schools. As such, it receives no funding from public sources. Located in a suburb of Uganda’s capital city Kampala, the school is in a hig...
Benson Nderitu
$0 of $400 donated
Kinangop, Kenya
Benson and his older brother were abandoned in 2006. Locked in an apartment for several days, the boys were discovered by concerned neighbors who found them alone. Benson's brother has died from the neglect. Benson was taken by Kamau, his 84-year-old neighbor, to the hospital for treatment. When it was time for Benson to be released, there was no one but Kamau to take him in. Kamau cared for Benson to the best of his ability for well over a year. But when Benson came to FKKCC, he was severely malnourished and needed immediate medical attention, as he is HIV positive. After just a few months at FKKCC Benson was already making huge strides; he gained weight thanks to the ARV medication, he jumped right into his school work, and started learning how to ride a bike. In order to remain healthy, Benson needs a great deal of care and attention, a nutritious and balanced diet, and needs to follow a strict schedule of medication.
Teacher Training and Support - Ms. Alia
$490 of $490 donated
Pakistan
Alia was born in red light area Lahore and luckily got chance to complete the matriculation level education, staying in same school system locally. She wanted to be teachers and got the chance to get a job of school teacher in SHEED Society. Her age is 31 years and is associated with SHEED Society as school teacher for the last five years. Although her family has never been associated with the prostitution, they were totally against her work in red light area as a school teacher for the education of children of sex workers. Being an educated woman, Alia knew that female sex workers and their children have rights and to provide them the opportunity of education will help them to find other options for their livelihoods. She convinced her family members for continuation of her job as school teacher in SHEED Society. Alia says “main reason for continuation of my job as school teacher for the children of sex workers is that I believe that children of sex workers can only get rid of pr...
An Egg Every Day
$350 of $350 donated
Shanxi （山西）, China
Malnutrition is a significant health problem for children in rural China. According to a 2006 survey sponsored by Stanford University, student diets in over 50% of primary schools in poor areas of Northwest China (where our school is located) contain little or no protein. More and more children in rural China are starting to board at school from an early age. They eat three meals a day at school and their families are responsible for paying meal fees. The government does not run a nutrition program or give direct subsidies for school meals. Guardians and school administrators are not well-informed about the linkages between good nutrition, children's development, and educational performance so they often are not willing to pay for adequantely nutritious food for their students. As a result, rural children's diets at home and school lack essential nutrients like proteins, iron, and important vitamins. Our observations are that many of the children in our program have stunted ...
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