High School Sponsorship
The greatest way to impact an individual, or community, is to provide quality educational opportunities. Early in this project, when working to expand the government school in Ewaso Ngiro, it was learned that very few students attended high school. In Kenya, high school is always boarding school and all students attending are required to pay tuition. Very few students in rural Kenya get this opportunity. The girls are married off at a very early age (12-13) to obtain dowry money and the boys are taken from school to tend to the livestock. Children have often lost a parent to disease or misfortune and their families have little money to spare for school fees. Many students from the small rural areas are unable to obtain access to high school education due to poverty.
In 2011 the students of Red Deer Lake School hoped to make a small impact in this area. They raised money to sponsor the top 2 academic students (one boy and one girl) from Enkare Ngiro School to go to high school.
For each of the next nine years, the students at Red Deer Lake School sponsored an additional boy and girl (based on marks on their government exams) to go away to high school. In addition, other generous donors made the decision to sponsor a child as well. Over 35 students from Enkare Ngiro School were sponsored and attended high school. We believe this had a profound and lasting impact on not only these students, but on their families and community. In a perfect world, each student would be given this chance.
In 2011 the students of Red Deer Lake School hoped to make a small impact in this area. They raised money to sponsor the top 2 academic students (one boy and one girl) from Enkare Ngiro School to go to high school.
For each of the next nine years, the students at Red Deer Lake School sponsored an additional boy and girl (based on marks on their government exams) to go away to high school. In addition, other generous donors made the decision to sponsor a child as well. Over 35 students from Enkare Ngiro School were sponsored and attended high school. We believe this had a profound and lasting impact on not only these students, but on their families and community. In a perfect world, each student would be given this chance.
