Project Report
| Aug 14, 2017
Growing Stronger with Virtues and Skills Development
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Marama South Virtues Joyfulness Table Banking
Virtues and Community Development for Kenya project is gaining momentum in Kakamega County. Five groups:
Marama South Joyful Virtues Support Group, Simplicity Community Virtues Support Group, Mwiyenga Community Courage Group, Mwiyenga Parents Courage Support Group and Uwezo Service Group received training in The Five Strategies of The Virtues Project. Each group consisting of 20 members divided into 4 pods with 5 members practices one virtue strategy and all of them practice the strategy, Offer Companioning. As a result of this ongoing practiceof virtues, we see great improvement in the way our group members relate with each other when they work together.
The groups are at different stages in the establishment and implementation of Table Banking, Merry-go-round. This banking system allows members to coop their monies to finance their group business ventures. On Saturday, 29th July, 2017 the groups sent their representatives to Kakamega to learn Poultry Keeping. They have since chosen a site to build their first poultry farming structure.
Discussions are underway with
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) to form a
collaborative agricultural venture with our groups as a means to connect and give back to their community
This is great news as it offers yet another business opportunity for our group members to grow stronger!At Kakamega Police station, Children Protection Unit, the officers were trained in Virtues, forming Kakamega Police Diligence Support Group. Our project leader is a member of this group that meets monthly to carry out a Virtues activity, Officers enjoy applying virtues strategies in the course of their work. Many police matters are now solved through counseling using the Five Strategies of The Virtues Project, rather than court referrals, often involving family and children.
Counseling and guidance continues for school students. Word is spreading among teachers about our successful counseling with virtues. We often end up traveling to schools in order to understand the challenges that the students encounter. More teachers and parents are asking for virtues training. In partnership with Virtues Connection Kakamega, they have opened a community center to hold our trainings and offer counseling and assistance in the community.
Our goals continue to expand and now include: a youth group, a community center, and a new business venture with the university!
We thank you for your humanity which connects us, and your charity that allows us to keep growing stronger with virtues and skills development.
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Virtues and Community Development Center
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