In the past several weeks, our outstanding staff established committees - each headed by one or more of our teachers - to expand the students' extra-curricular activities, and support each other in their professional growth as mentors and teachers.
Read MoreWe are in the sixth week of our 2018 school year! Our new teachers, Alphone and Mika, are settling in, and personally I can see improvements to the general day-to-day MEC operations. Our biggest challenge is finding sufficient staff office space; right now, several teachers use the shaded space under a tree to meet and discuss school plans.
Read MoreJanuary marks "Mwanzo" (New Beginnings) in many ways. For our preschool and primary students, it is the start of the school year. And we certainly celebrated big this year, with the addition of a new teacher and class (Grade 4) at the Mwanzo Education Center.
Read MoreOn November 16, 2017 parents, students, teachers, and community members celebrated the graduation of another class! It was a day full of gratitude and joyful communal activities.
Read MoreJanet Andar is one of Mwanzo's greatest resources on the ground. She has been for many years a critical leader in establishing, facilitating, and expanding the women's groups active in Rabuor Village and nearby communities.
Read MoreJohn Omondi is a resident of Rabuor Village, and also Mwanzo Education Center’s (MEC) security guard! A very soft spoken and gentle spirit, John describes himself as one of the lucky people with a regular job living at his now bigger hut that he is working to enlarge.
Read MoreFour years past, our founder and Executive Director, Loyce Ong'udi, asked the Mwanzo Board to add a Mwanzo Education Center (MEC) student field trip as a line item in our annual budget. In 2017, the schoolchildren went to Impala National Park. While we so value the quality education of a classroom (especially the devotion of our teachers and staff to the students!), nothing beats exposing a child to a new experience that broadens their horizons and allow their minds to wonder and dream.
Read MoreMary Atieno is a 4 year old girl learning at Mwanzo Education Centre. In 2013, her father succumbed to tuberculosis. The death of her father meant that Mary and her siblings came to rely on their grandmother, Margaret Owiti, who is a cook at our Mwanzo Education Centre.
Read MoreThe generosity of our community of donors and supporters continues to amaze! During our 2016 Holiday Drive, you were part of raising nearly $9,000! Our Executive Director, Loyce Ong'udi, is happy to report that the completion of the ground floor classrooms is in sight thanks to your generosity.
Read MoreOur Executive Director Loyce has been in Rabuor for the past month ramping up various Mwanzo projects. She reports that the village has been going through a prolonged drought, and although this poses a problem for farmers, spirits in the community are still high and our various construction projects are continuing as planned.
Read MoreIt's a challenge that civilizations all over the world have struggled with, from the very first human settlements, all the way to modern day mega-cities; How do we get rid of the poop?
Read MoreOn July 20, 2016, 40 preschoolers from our Mwanzo Education Center - along with their teachers, and parents - traveled to Obambo Hall Chief’s Camp, about 12 miles from our school in Rabour.
Read MoreOn June 30th, students from our Mwanzo Education Center Nursery School participated with 29 other public and private schools in a district musical competition in Chulaimbo. The competition was sponsored by the Kenyan Ministry of Education Science and Technology, and featured singing, dancing, and fashion shows.
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