Elizabeth is a graduate of Mwanzo, who is attending Mudavidi Girls High School with the support of the Mwanzo High School Scholars Fund. She reflects on her experiences in high school.
I want to share with you a story that most women in my situation did not live long enough to tell. I come from a very humble background. My father was a peasant and my mother a housewife raising her 11 children.
Construction is finishing up on Mwanzo’s Community Center. We could hardly have chosen a better time to be building than these past couple years! These are difficult times for people in Kenya.
Scouting, sports, and after-school activities are a central part of life at Mwanzo Wetu Center of Excellence Academy, bringing joy and relaxation to their busy lives and helping students develop as whole human beings. Providing our schoolchildren a space for play is part and parcel of caring holistically for their growth. What a joy!
As our new Community Center comes into operation, something as seemingly simple as a meeting room will be meeting a dire need.
Construction is in its final stages for the Mwanzo community center. Right now, workers are installing a ramp, helping make the center accessible for all.
Please receive my Happy and Hope filled Holidays wishes from Kenya even as we are surrounded by never ending news of weather devastations and avoidable violence. My first month in Rabuor went quickly because of the activities of the heart which I focused on since my arrival on October 6th.
Last month, after months of hard work and preparation, including a Prayer Day and several practice exams, our second class of 8th graders took their National examinations. Their scores will help determine what type of high school they can attend. Can you imagine the pressure for these young people?
During the school break, staff visited each grade 8 student in their homes. Because many of the parents of the grade 8 students who live far from Rabuor could not raise money to travel to come meet with MWCEA staff, staff organized to travel to them
The group that became Mwanzo Energetic Proud Farmers came together in December 2012. At that point we did not know what we were going to do or how. We started it from a place of hopelessness.
Mwanzo staff are joyfully celebrating the installation of gas stoves for the school kitchen, replacing wood-burning stoves. This is an incredible opportunity for a rural school in Kenya, where such amenities are only found in private high schools and colleges in large cities.
The Mwanzo community is grateful for the opportunity that we received this past year to extend a helping hand to students in need from St. Lawrence Hekima Primary School in Budalangi, a community about 45 miles from Rabuor.
Earlier this year, a group of 8 boys and 15 girls from the Mwanzo Wetu Center of Excellence Academy went on a journey. They put on their new scouting uniforms recently made by our school tailoring division, took their tents provided by Mwanzo, and made a 10 km journey on the school bus to a scouting training trip!
