Fundraising season thoughts

The Christmas season is when most of you, our donors, make your very much needed and appreciated donations to the Kyaithani Scholarship Fund.

Last year your donations enabled us to provide 64 scholarships for the secondary students in this remote and destitute area of eastern Kenya.

18 of the 64 scholarships were given to students in Form 4 and who will graduate with much better grades than they would have without your scholarship help.

However, in order to maintain our number of provided scholarships at 64, this means that for the coming year we will need to provide 18 scholarships for incoming Form 1 students.  The amount of money that we need for each Form 1 scholarship is $600 ($150 for each of the 4 years duration of the scholarship).

Our fundraising goal this year must be at least $10,800 in order to continue to provide at least 64 scholarships.

Last year we raised slightly over $11,000 so I know we can do it if we all keep these desperately poor students in our hearts over this Christmas time.

Thanks for your past and ongoing support!

May we all have a wonderful Christmas and be blessed throughout the coming year.

2018 Scholarships awarded

We are very pleased to announce that for 2018, 64 secondary school scholarships and 3 vocational training bursaries have been awarded.  The total cost of these scholarships and bursaries was $11,400.

Thank you to our donors for supporting this scholarship program.  With your support, it has grown significantly from the 9 scholarships that we provided in 2011 when the scholarship program started.

Here is an extract from an email from the Principal of Kyaithani Secondary School:

It is with lots of pleasure to report that the amounts you wired have been received in the school account. 

We reiterate our commitment to apply the funds to the intended purposes for the good of the learners and the Kyaithani High school community at large. 

In my assessment and experience, the sponsorship program remains one of the best ongoing projects that the donors have brought to Kyaithani cluster. 

It is my prayer and humble request that more funds can be raised to increase the allocation as well as the number of beneficiaries, for the level of need is very deep in our society.

 

May all our donors feel appreciated, loved and recognized for their generosity, concern for and selfless service to humanity.

Regards. 

Kimali. 

This year there were 44 girls and 20 boys who received a Secondary School scholarship, including the 3 special "Ann Mwania Memorial Scholarships" provided at Lower Yatta Girls Secondary School in honour of the original Principal who passed away so unexpectedly at the school in January of this year.

Thanks again everyone, and may I encourage everyone to again consider your participation in the scholarship program.  Your donations are changing the lives of these students and I am sure that the impact of more educated young people in this remote area of Kenya will be great in the coming years.

Asante Sana

New Ann Mwania Memorial Achievement Scholarships announced.

In  recognition of the great work that Ann did as founding Principal of Lower Yatta Girls Secondary School and her dedication to helping students strive to achieve their best academic results, we will be offering one "Ann Mwania Memorial Achievement Scholarship" in each of Forms 2, 3 & 4 at Lower Yatta Girls Secondary School.

All students at Lower Yatta Girls Secondary School are eligible.

The scholarships will be awarded to the one student in each of Forms 2, 3, & 4 who achieves the greatest improvement in their academic performance from the prior year.

The scholarship will be for Cdn$150, converted to Kenyan Shillings.

The donors hope that this set of annual Memorial Achievement Scholarships will keep Ann in the memory of the community, the students and everyone who knew this wonderful person too soon taken in the prime of her life.

Very Sad News

It is with heavy hearts that we advise of the very sudden passing of Ann Mwania, Principal of Lower Yatta Girls Secondary School.  Ann has become a dear friend over the past 5 years since she became the founding Principal of the new school in 2013.  Ann worked tirelessly to grow the school to its present operation, where it now provides excellent training and boarding facilities for over 200 girls in all four forms.

Ann will be dearly missed by the school, the community and by those of us involved in supporting Lower Yatta Girls Secondary School through our scholarship donations each year.

Taken too soon.
But God's will be done.

Peace Ann.

Terry & Jan