Second chance education for orphans in Mbare

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

When you are working with children who have dropped out of school or never been to school, it is not easy. When they accept to come for lessons, we are happy that at least they have enrolled. This will be one step of a great journey. Having spend some time out of school conditions the children to other ways of living mostly adult way of doing things with less rules and conditions. So when they come back to school or start late, it is a huge task to ensure that they enroll and remain in school. Drop outs do happen with these children, some miss that life in the community without sitting in class the whole day listening to a teacher and be given rules.

Given that background, when we have them in class and we are able to support them to at least complete the whole year without dropping out, it is worthy celebrating. This year together let us celebrate 107 primary and 56 secondary school children who were retained in the out of school study group at our centre. The support was as a result of your big heart and the children felt secure and hope  revived. The volunteer teachers were supported with stipends to be able to be available for the children, food was provided throughout the year, stationery and a warm learning environment all contributed. Congratulations to us all!

Let us continue to support this cause through our link Second chance education for orphans in Mbare - #11224). There are more children in the community who dropped out of school who are in need of your support to realise their full potential.