New School Year

Tim surveys the Kisumu Rescue Center,
which had it's roof destroyed in a November storm.

Work should begin this week to make the necessary repairs.

Hot dusty weather welcomed us back to Kisumu this January. With the New Year beginning under the rays of intense equatorial sunlight, our work also began with a team of Project 24 members from the US arriving in Kisumu on Monday. After visiting the Mambo Leo Rescue Center here in Kisumu and learning about their previous and future plans to visit other Project 24 sites, we were able to gain a better understanding of the progress at some of the sites.

Unfortunately repairing the damage caused to the Mambo Leo Rescue Center back in November during a severe storm was delayed in December due to heavy rains, and therefore progress towards the center’s opening still remains slow. Students have returned to their previous schools as the new term began last week.

So on Tuesday Tim met with the head teacher at the Lutheran Non-Formal Center about resuming duties there for the time being. He learned the teaching staff is short-handed this term due to a maternity leave and therefore Tim can fulfill an important need. Plans were also made with the head teacher to implement some practices to strengthen literacy. After receiving last year’s 8^th grade exam scores, boosting English reading skills was determined to benefit students across the curriculum. An interactive read aloud as well as instructional level reading groups have been planned and Tim is preparing to facilitate them.