COVID-19 Impact and Response

COVID-19 has wrecked havoc around the world. This is especially true in Gituamba, where we are working to improve access to education. In communities like Gituamba, where families survive hand to mouth, the imposed lockdown has left many people without access to food and sometimes even water.

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Future leaders

The young people of Gituamba will soon be the leaders and decision makers – the question is, what kind of leaders will they become and what legacy will they leave?

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Evans

Evans met Pastor George in Class 8 when his mother heard about the work Uzima Tele was doing for young children from Gituamba. As the first-born son of five, his mother could not afford to send Evans to secondary school without the support of a scholarship. After applying for a place, Evans became the first person from his home village to attend secondary school. 

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Myth-busting

Billions of years ago, across the galaxy, a precious stone was formed of stardust. The stone was destroyed but fragments have since found their way to earth, where – if you are fortunate enough to find a piece - it can be consumed to grant good health.

Is it true…

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Linus

Linus was one of the first scholarship recipients from Gituamba. Though he did not complete secondary school, Linus wanted to pursue technical training that could give him an opportunity to one day run his own business. After attending the Kenya Institute of Professional Studies for a few months, he realised the academic approach to learning was not the right choice for him; instead he signed up for a 2-year Electrical Installation course at St Kizito Vocational Training Institute…

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Amos 

Amos was 16 years old when we met him. He had been out of school for three years. Amos struggled to achieve high grades at school; perhaps it was because his mum cannot read or write and so was unable to help his development, or maybe it was the lack of electricity and space to work in their small home.

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Teresia 

Teresia started playing football with neighbourhood boys at age 10 – an age where there were few other girls interested in the game. With a twin sister and an older sister already enrolled in secondary school, Teresia’s chances of attending secondary school were low as the cost of supporting three children in school was simply too much for a single mother. When Pastor George saw her playing football in a local competition, he met with her family and encouraged her to apply for a scholarship. She was awarded financial support and as a result, both she and her twin were able to attend secondary school. 

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Students lead the way

Access to safe drinking water and good sanitation should be taken for granted. But imagine for a moment that they were not. Consider how your life would change if you had to fetch water, rather than simply twisting a tap, and that the water you collected was contaminated and dirty. Imagine that you didn’t have access to a toilet and that instead you used the shallows of a forest with over 1,000 of your neighbours; a fog of flies as thick as the smell wards off the conscientious, pushing them back towards the town.

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Daniel Chalke