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Nyota e.V. Day Care Centre in West Kenya

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Nyota e.V. Day Care Centre in West Kenya
Location:

Lwala, Sare Awendo, Nyanza, Kenya

Category:

Education

Published: 28 October 2007
Progress:
100% funded
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Rating:
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The day care centre in Lwala, West Kenya, accommodates children. Furthermore it serves as teaching facility where children aged 3 to 6 years are being taught in Kiswahili in order to prepare them for attending primary school. As the official teaching language, Kiswahili is obligatory from day one. The children who previously just spoke the language of their respective villages have to learn this language as a prerequisite for primary school.

The Needs: We organise sponsorships for the adoption of orphans from Lwala and the region surrounding it. Many children exclusively speak the language Luo. The centre was built in order to give them the opportunity to benefit from education and to enable them a better future. The official start took place in middle of 2008: since then, language courses that aim to prepare the children for primary school should take place. Successively, school sponsorships should allow the orphans to attend classes.

Our main focus is to take in those children whose care persons can’t pay the costs all by themselves.

The construction works have almost been completed. In summer of 2008 we installed a solar plant to secure the energy needs of the day care centre. At present funding is needed for furnishing our class rooms. In the future we will use these rooms for professional trainings and courses.

The day care centre has four class rooms, one office, one teachers’ room, a small library, a dining room, a kitchen and sanitary facilities. The water supply is guaranteed through a fountain that we built ourselves. The centre will accommodate up to 40 children. Up until now, 60.000 Euro have been donated and invested in the project. The construction started in the middle of 2005.

Completed (25):

  • 30 tables and chairs

    One for 83.33 Euro. • Published 28 October 2007
    For the furnishing of the class rooms we need, among other things, tables and chairs for the children. This furniture is being made by local craftsmen.

English (7):

German (30)

Supporters (54):

Supporting Fundraising Events (4):

    for a better place in Kenya Leo's Promotion ungeschminkt Rike & Jan

Advocates (8):

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  • G. Leisse

    G. Leisse

    38/F • London, UK

    I know the founders of this organisation personally, and my brother, who is a professional care worker, went to Kenya this year to volunteer and help enhance several aspects of the administration of the project. One of the founders and the care taker in Kenya is an orphan himself and the centre is built on his property which he generously offered for the purpose. The donated money is transfered to Africa without delay and exclusively used for the childrens' needs locally. Photos and videos on the website speak for themselves as to the progress of the centre. The number of children has been growing steadily and you can see from their happy smiles and energy how much they enjoy and appreciate the possibility they are being given to learn and play freely. The funding of their school fees makes it a lot easier for the relatives of these orphans to cope and gives the kids the opportunity of a proper education. The German founder of the organisation lived in Kenya herself a great deal and has definitely given her heart for this project. If you hear her speak you can feel the enthusiasm with which she built up and is accompanying her project, and the love for the children she has. It is a great organisation, completely personalized and absolutely committed to their cause. You cannot go wrong supporting this project.

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  • H. Latif

    H. Latif

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    Ich war vom 04.11. bis 14.11. in Lwala vor Ort. Das Projekt ist sehr ausgereift, die Strukturen sind sehr professionell. Vor Ort ist ein Kenianer, der perfekt englisch spricht und die Balance zwischen den zei 'Welten', also den Deutschen und den Einheimiscehn, erstaunlich gut findet. Ich habe gesehen, wie viel Arbeit dieses Projekt beansprucht hat und auch tagtäglich beansprucht. Was für uns oft normal ist, ist es dort nicht. Alleine Menschen etwas beizubringen ist eine Sache für sich. Aber das Personal ist sehr gut ausgewählt, die Erzieherinnen sind sehr liebenswürdig und betreuuen die Kinder mit viel Liebe und Ausdauer. Das Waisenhaus ist in einem sehr schönen Zustand.
    Was ich toll fand war, dass das Projekt viel weiter geht, als ich vermutete. Neben der Kindertagesstätte (40 Kinder) und der Betreuung der Kinder in den Schulen (knapp 60 Kinder), werden noch andere Aktivitäten gemacht, z.B. wird Land gepachtet und dort Zuckerrohr angebaut, was den Leuten Arbeit gibt. Oder es gibt ein Tree Plant Project, wo Bäume gepflanzt werden. Jetzt möchte man noch weiteres Land kaufen, um noch mehr anzubauen und dort ein Haus bauen, wo die Waisenkinder auch übernachten können. Das Projekt ist beeindruckend und ich habe großen Respekt vor den Personen, die ihre Zeit und ihr Geld für dieses Projekt investieren.

Corporate Partners (2):

  • Punktzebra Werbung und Marketing
  • MONTANA-CANS
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  • by Ann-Katrin S., asked on 24 February 2010 at 05:05 PM
    Hallo. Ich bin Ann-Katrin und zur Zeit noch Schülerin an einem Gymnasium in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Nach meinem Abitur 2011 möchte ich gerne nach Kenia reisen, um mich dort in einem sozialen Projekt zu engagieren. Ich arbeite gerne mit Kindern und bin der Meinung, dass man ganz besonders den Kleinsten in einem Dritte-Welt-Land helfen sollte. Ich interessiere mich schon lange für Kenia und habe auch Kontakte zu Einheimischen, aber ich habe leider noch nichts konkretes gefunden, das wir weiterhelfen könnte. Ich würde mich sehr freuen, wenn Sie mir ein paar Informationen über mögliche Projekte zukommen lassen könnten. Vielen Dank und liebe Grüße. anki2692@gmx.de
  • by H. Rimashevskaya, asked on 01 December 2008 at 08:25 PM
    Hallo! Ich bin Helena, sozial Pädagogik Studentin aus Berlin - und ich suche mir zur Zeit ein Praktikum Platz/Ehreamtliche Job in Afrika (Zeitraum Februar-März 2009, oder Juli-Oktober 2009) mit Kindern im Bereich Bildung - habe 13 jährige Erfahrung mit Kindern, spreche Russisch, Deutsch, Englisch. Ich wollte Ihnen nachfragen, ob Sie eventuel Bedarf und Interesse an meiner Arbeit hätten? Auf Ihre Antwort würde ich mich sehr freuen! Mit freundlichen Grüssen, Helen Rimashevskaya hellenna@gmx.net

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