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Since Ndoto hired its first Kenyans in Obunga, every staff member had the same primary objective: look after a group of students. Everyone then had one smaller responsibility: Susan did the bookkeeping, Mama Bon handled the money, and so on. This has been an inspiring way of organizing a team around a key vision. So there’s no time like the present for change! Joshua’s heart for Ndoto students is legendary and contagious Why change?

Several months ago, shortly after Ndoto’s longtime bookkeeper, Donna, retired, our Executive Director, Allison Schlack, met Gail Bell. She has worked for one of Ndoto’s supporters for many years and is approaching her retirement. When she heard that Ndoto would be looking for someone to take up the role for just a few hours a week, she was excited to offer her services! Her retirement is now right around the corner, and Ndoto is very excited to welcome Gail to the Ndoto team this month!

Tobias spraying the chicken coop for pests and disease Last year may have been the Chinese Year of the Rooster, but for Ndoto this is the Year of the Chicken. We finally know that, at least here, the chicken comes first, and then comes sustainable income and jobs. An Ndoto student who used to sell eggs helped us realize that over 90% of the eggs consumed in western Kenya come from Uganda.

by Allison Schlack Justice. It’s a popular word. Millennials love it. Youth groups use it. Organizations make it their mission statement. It’s mentioned in Scripture. It’s a characteristic of God. Beautiful. Difficult. Implies wrongdoing and struggle. Overused (by me, too). And not seen often in our part of the world. So that’s what makes the following story all the more stunning… Mama Bon works with many of Ndoto’s youngest students I first heard of Alice when her younger brother joined Ndoto a few years ago as one of our new students.

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.