Educate

Benard in his graduation gown Kenya has more qualified professionals in the workforce this January, thanks to Ndoto. Among our college graduates, there’s at least one more engineer ready to be part of developing his country who wouldn’t have his degree otherwise. Benard O. found Ndoto three years ago when he had dropped out of college after his second year of a five-year electrical engineering degree. He was from a single-parent household and there weren’t enough funds to see him, the only male in his family to make it past 8th grade, any further.

Geoffrey, a high school student, sponsored by Ndoto to go to a nationally ranked high school, received an opportunity to go to Morocco.  Upon his return, he wrote a story telling us about his experience. If he had not been able to go to his high school, he would have not received this opportunity. This is the kind of change and opportunity that sponsorship through Ndoto is providing students from Obunga with.

A couple of months ago, Mama Bon and I (Moses) set out on a mission to visit three schools in one day and spend time with five Ndoto students. We started out the two hour journey just after 10am to a town called Siaya by matatu (a van taxi). I was excited at the thought of seeing the young, dear, famous Lawi and his sweet older sister, Molly, at the first school.

As a new staff member, I feel privileged and honored to be part of the Ndoto family, and it is such an answer to prayer. In my first few weeks, I got to go and visit three of my students at Chulaimbo Secondary School with my co-worker, Joshua. Chulaimbo is about 20 minutes from Kisumu, or as we call it, The Lake City. Being that it was the first time for me to meet them and vice versa, I did not know what to expect!

Each year around this time, our 8th and 12th grade Ndoto students are under an incredible amount of stress, due to mandatory exams where the outcome will determine their academic future. Primary Exam:  At the end of primary school, students in the 8th grade have to take a comprehensive exam known as the K.C.P.E. (Kenyan Certificate of Primary Education). Our students are currently taking this timed exam which goes from 8:00am-3:30pm for four days and covers six different subjects: English, Mathematics, Kiswahili, Religious Studies, Science, and Social Studies.