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Lavenda Naipirisie School in Marallal |
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Charlie, the Operations Manager at Lavenda, made a trip last week to visit some of our students studying in high schools in Samburu District. He also went to see the ongoing building of the primary school we are assisting in Naipirisie. In April of this year we went with a group fromLavenda to build the primary school. Previous to this the kids were meeting under a tree. Due to a donation from St Augustines School in London UK we were able to start the building process.
As you can see from the above photo, they have now had a water tank installed which will give clean drinking water to the children.
Two toilets have now been built also which will mean the kids will not have to use the bushes all the time.
Here are some of the children in class. We would love to be able to assist them in buying desks and chairs. If you are interested in helping with this
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Dining hall transformation |
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During the past few weeks, Lavenda has had two visitors from London called Dumisa and Maureena (pictured below). They very kindly donated the materials to finally get the school dining hall in Lavenda, cemented. Not only that but they also organised to decorate the walls and do some amazing paintings that have completely transformed the place! QK school in London had sent over some large artworks to hang up at Lavenda, so these are also decorating the hall for all the Lavenda kids and staff to admire. At the end of some very hard work they also organised to have a huge party with the kids and staff. We are extremely grateful to them for not only spending time at the project but for organising the complete transformation of a very important building that needed a big makeover! Here are some pictures of before and after the transforming.
 
Just an unbelievable difference to what the dining hall was before - as you can see, the kids just love it!!! 
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More uniforms donated from Brighton North Rotary |
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More uniforms have been donated by the Rotary Club in Brighton North, Australia, for the Lavenda network Soweto School located in a slum in Nairobi. They had initially funded the purchasing of uniforms for 50 of the children but due to an increase in the student population have agreed to fund the remainder 15 children.
This will mean that every single child in the school will have uniforms, which in this area is a fantastic achievement. Here is a picture of the children with staff members and the founder of the school, Mr Samuel Olweny (back row on far right).
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Lavenda network of schools |
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The Lavenda network of schools is going really well. In fact, we believe that this is the way we are going to accomplish our work better; by helping most of the kids in their own communities.
Since January of this year we have assisted in the following:
Completed the making of the school uniforms for 52 students in the Nairobi Soweto slum school. The uniforms were funded by Brighton North Rotary club in Melbourne, Australia.
Built one classroom and an office/staff room for 100 kindergarten and lower primary school children in Maralal. This was funded by the St Augustine School in London. This school has been meeting under a tree for the past couple of years, so to have a building to meet in is incredible for them. Previously, Lavenda has provided food, educational material and shoes for the children and salary for the teacher.
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