Buy a Cow to Educate a HS Student in Rural Kenya

Next year we are expecting YOUR  high school girls and boys   from the first group will be graduating. YOU have made them come this far and we are looking forward to their graduation and the good results.

As you all know education is power, it is the only weapon for change! This cannot be primary education but high school education opens more doors for the change. We all understand that after high school, you are able to go to university or join any college as long as you have performed well. Joining high school is a big challenge to many students in our community. Just to share with you about the statistics in our county between 2012 and 2013: We had 237,570 children who went through primary school but only 15% joined high school. This is also happening with Tumaini children as it has been a challenge to meet the needs for the high school students especially payment of the school fees. All our children have always done well in their final primary exams and they are admitted in some of the best schools. These schools are expensive which makes it difficult for us to actually admit them in these schools. Keeping them in school becomes a problem and so they are sent home for school fees which interrupt their education. We are trying to sometimes admit them in other schools and this brings their esteem down, as they have always worked hard to go to better schools.

We have looked into various solutions and we feel it will be good to share with you as our friends. We have come up with a high school fund to enable us raise funds for fees. Friends can do a one time donation or a recuring donation which can eventually help us meet this need. We are also kindly requesting every Tumaini friend to introduce 10 friends who can donate $10 per month. The 10 friends can also introduce 10 friends each so that our donor family can grow to enable us a chieve this goal for our children. We understand that not all can be able to sponsor a child monthly especially with high school fees as it is expensive and so if we can have little by little, it can all pull up and enable us achieve this goal. The money will be used on the high school fees as well as starting income generating activities which we feel can help us become self sustainable. We are also looking forward to support other bright orphans who are not in our school but are from the community. We also have a cow project which will involve the guardians/parents for the children. The cow will be bought by Tumaini and the guardian/parent will take care of the cow. Three litres of milk will be sold and the money will be saved for the the child’s high school shopping. The rest of the milk will be for the family of the child and they can sell to buy food and also help in taking care of the cow. The calves will be kept and when the child joins high school, the calves can be sold to pay fees. The children in our children’s home are also involving therefore we are looking into pig and livestock farming which we feel can generate income for their fees.

It is in this regard that we are writing to you to join us and help us expand our donor family to enable us achieve these goals. We always appreciate your efforts and commitment towards our work. It is YOU who is actually making the difference and we are grateful, we have no words to express it!
We have two links for the donations and please feel free to share with friends, family members, church and clubs. We pray that you will stand with us in this and share the word. We are looking forward to the new start up and thank you for being part of the Tumaini family. Each and every friend signing up will also send us his/her emailing address to enable us send letters and at least communicate.
For our friends in the USA, Australia, Canada please visit to donate
http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/send-a-needy-child-to-high-school-in-rural-kenya/
For our friends in Europe please visit to donate
http://www.globalgiving.co.uk/projects/send-a-needy-child-to-high-school-in-rural-kenya/