By Amy Maglio | Executive Director
Our after-school Molding Clubs for 5th-8th grade students are one of the many complementary interventions WGEP provides to keep students in school. These clubs provide an opportunity for boys and girls to learn about and discuss topics such as children’s right to education, development, parental care and protection against harmful practices and abuse.
Over 400 girls and boys from 9 different schools in the Tharaka region of Kenya participate in these clubs each year. In addition to learning important lessons, club members also take part in income-generating activities. Such activities include rearing chickens, growing mung beans, and delivering water.
Different Molding Clubs use the funds generated from their projects in different ways. For example, one club went on a field trip to an animal conservancy. Another club bought and planted trees in their school courtyard so that groups would have somewhere cool to meet. Other clubs have used funds to purchase more chickens and scale up their projects or to fund a year-end celebration.
Our Molding Clubs provide students with a safe and supportive environment in which to learn, exchange ideas and develop themselves.
Thank you for supporting WGEP programs like our after school Molding Clubs!
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