By Jane Kaye-Bailey | Founder
First of all, I would like to wish all our donors, fundraisers and volunteers a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year. Secondly, I would like to say a huge ‘thank you’ to everyone who supported our Christmas Appeal and the many other projects that we implemented in 2024.
Vulnerable children and rural communities received bags of ground maize, and the food security projects initiated for women, and for youths will disabilities has helped to alleviate hunger. The good news is that the drought has broken bringing much needed rain to fill streams, rivers and boreholes, and to provide irrigation for crops and vegetables gardens.
We receive many messages of gratitude, but this one reduced me to tears! ‘The food we are receiving is keeping the village alive. The little each one gets is shared with neighbours, and as a result there is no death or sickness, and it gives us hope that at least someone cares.’ Sadly, hunger is still widespread with the Ministry of Health informing me that there is now malnutrition being recorded in adults as well as many children. Until crops are harvested providing further support is paramount.
We ensure that all the orphans and vulnerable children on our orphan support programme receive regular donations of food. We are delighted to report that a further 16 pupils under sponsorship completed grade 12 in December. Results were out last week and most have them have gained their certificates, with some pupils gaining excellent grades.
The new school year has started with the introduction of a change in curriculum. Pupils from grade 7 to 12 will be enrolled at secondary schools, previously it was for grades 8 and upwards. The new secondary education facility that we recently constructed at Nguba will start taking pupils this month.
We are about to commence construction on two new primary schools in the Kalomo District. One at Simumkumbwa Community school where this is no proper infrastructure and the other at Namachele Community school. Both currently have only structures made of mud and pole. Once we have added permanent classrooms the Ministry of Education will provide the trained teachers.
Education is the key to overcoming poverty as long as children from poor communities have opportunities to attend school.
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