Become a scholarship Supporter

BECOME A SUPPORTER OF OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR KYAITHANI and LOWER YATTA SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NDANDINI KENYA
In 2011 we started providing scholarships for the 9 top achievers at the only secondary school in the Ndandini area. In 2023 we have now increased that to 106 at Kyaithani and Lower Yatta Secondary Schools. There are over 400 desperately poor students at Kyaithani and Lower Yatta Secondary Schools striving to get an education so they can better their lives. Can you help us increase the number of scholarships that we provide?
We provide a CAD$110 per year scholarship to the students attending secondary school full time who originally graduated from one of the six primary schools in the Kyaithani area. We are looking for donations in any amount.
Donors to the scholarships will be able to follow our progress on this blogspot as we post information about the children being sponsored, photos and letters.
100% of the donations received go to the students and the Board of Governors accounts to us for the funds. There are no deductions for fundraising or administration.
Like the students and their parents, we know that without an education there is little hope for them to make a better life for themselves.

Unlike in Canada, families in Kenya have to pay school fees in order for their children to attend high school. Many children are forced to drop out because, with family incomes of less than $1/day, their families cannot afford to pay the school costs.

Donations in any amount will receive a tax receipt (for Canadian income tax returns).
For more information about the scholarship program contact me at TerryUmbach@hotmail.com .

Terry Umbach



Friday, December 6, 2019

A Scholarship for a needy Kenya student is a GREAT Christmas Gift with Long Term Benefits

As we all enjoy the coming of the Christmas festive season, and many of us prepare for giving gifts to our family and friends, it's also a time to think of those who are much less fortunate than we are.

A great gift is to help provide scholarships for students in Kenya whose families cannot afford to pay for school fees for their children to attend secondary school.

We have been providing $150 scholarships for secondary school students within the Kyaithani Cluster of schools in Eastern Kenya (which is far off the tourist circuit) since 2011.  Last year we provided 66 scholarships.

If we are to be able to again provide 66 scholarships, we still need $6000 in donations for the coming year.  Ideally, we would like to increase the number of scholarships as there are almost 400 secondary school students, all of whom come from very poor subsistence farming families in a drought stricken area of Kenya that is subject to food shortages every year.

If you can help us in any amount it would be very much appreciated by the students and their families.

Click on the DONATE tab to the right and you can charge your donation to your credit card.  If you are a Canadian resident, you will get an immediate tax receipt.

Thanks for your help and interest.

Terry, Jan & Tanya
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Friday, October 11, 2019

Chatelech Interact Club donates $2100 for Scholarships

I am so happy to report that the students from the Interact Club of Chatelech Secondary School (in Sechelt BC Canada) have donated $2100 for scholarships for students in Kenya.

Some of the 30+ students in the Chatelech Interact Club

It is wonderful that these students in Canada decided to operate fundraising activities in order to help fellow students in Kenya whose families are unable to afford their school fees.

They chose to help others both locally and internationally.

There are 20,372 Rotary Interact Clubs around the world in 159 countries.  Interact Clubs bring together young people aged 12-18 to develop leadership skills while discovering the power of Service Above Self.

We would welcome support of the Kyaithani Scholarship Program from other Interact Clubs.

Thanks Chatelech Interact Club!!
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Saturday, September 14, 2019

CHARITABLE STATUS for Rotary Club Sunshine Coast-Sechelt (Society)

We are so very happy that the Rotary Club Sunshine Coast - Sechelt has received charitable status from the Canadian Government for it's charitable "Society".  The purpose of the "Society" is solely to raise funds for the granting of scholarships for secondary school students in Kenya, including the provision of bursaries for secondary school students wishing to pursue vocational school training.

Our normal source of donations from individuals continues to be this website's DONATE button which automatically results in your receipt of an official tax receipt for your Canadian tax filing.

But we can now also issue tax receipts directly from the "Society" for donations not made online.

We are hoping that the recognition by Canada Revenue Agency of our scholarship work as a registered Canadian Charity will encourage more people to donate so that we can increase the number of scholarships provided each year.

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Saturday, August 24, 2019

2019 SCHOLARSHIPS & BURSARIES

We are very pleased to announce that for 2019, 66 secondary school scholarships and 3 vocational training bursaries have been awarded.  The total cost of these scholarships and bursaries was $11,756.

Thank you to our donors for supporting this scholarship program and making such a difference in the lives of these 69 students.

Every one of the students, and their parent(s) are so grateful for your help.

With your support, it has grown significantly from the 9 scholarships that we provided in 2011 when the scholarship program started.

Terry
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