We have received a letter from the headteacher at Nyandiwa Primary School (see below). In the letter he refers to some verses in the Bible (Numbers 6: 24-26): "I pray that the Lord will bless and protect you, and that he will show you mercy and kindness. May the Lord be good to you and give you peace." The new gates, paid for with donations from Buckingham Park, have now arrived at the school.
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A group from Amani UK have recently returned from a visit to Oyugis. They brought back a letter from the headteacher to all at Buckingham Park. The funds raised at Christmas will be used to improve the perimeter fencing around the school and to purchase new gates. This will help school security but will also prevent goats and other animals from wandering in and devouring the crops grown by the children! The pictures of children in their classes have also been sent to us... As promised, we have received fabulous news about how the money raised at our sponsored event has been spent. Our 'Get Active' sponsored event has provided a printer, some school uniforms and security grills for the windows at Nyandiwa School. Additionally, and very significantly, Nyandiwa School now has electricity through more of the school buildings! Not many schools in rural Kenya have electricity but Kenya Power has been given the task by the Kenyan government to provide electricity local to all primary schools in Kenya. The task then is for the school to find the funds for the connection from the school to the main supply outside the school and the wiring and fittings. Thanks to the children and families of Buckingham Park raising money at the 'Get Active' sponsored event, Nyandiwa now has classroom lighting and power outlets for equipment. This is great news! Our sponsored event has raised over £1800 for Nyandiwa School (and a similar amount for Sport Relief). This is tremendous! We have paid the money in to the Amani UK account and the Amani team will be speaking to the school to discuss their priorities for using the funds. Amani will also be able to use our 'Gift Aid' funds to support some of the charities core costs in Kenya, such as supporting Leonard, the schools liaison officer who supports the link between our two schools. We will update you once we have heard from Kenya to let you know how the money will be spent. We have also sent an 'A to Z' of Buckingham Park School for our friends at Nyandiwa. The school have been in contact to thank everyone at Buckingham Park. Leonard, the local schools worker, reports that the school is using the funds for school desks, and renovating the floor of a classroom and a ramp. Most excitingly, the money has also been used for a desk top computer (as the school now has electricity). The desk top computer was delivered last week and the teachers and pupils have had a look at our website! This will improve the communication between our two schools and we look forward to speaking to them by email. The photos below show the pupils and staff using the new computer and also some of the chairs and benches bought with the money... A team from Amani have visited Oyugis and have taken some letters written by our Year 5 children. We have received letters from the children at Nyandiwa school and these have been shared with our children.
Thank you to everyone who made a donation at our Christmas Concerts. We have raised over £400 for the school, thanks to your generosity. We have received a message of thanks from the school for the funds which have been used to renovate classroom flooring and create a ramp. The pictures below show photos of the renovated floors and the pupils standing on the new ramp to one of the classrooms. ll the materials have been supplied by Amani using funds raised by our families. The floors had previously been breaking up and dusty, creating a very poor learning environment for the children. Thank you to everyone who sent in stationery items for Nyandiwa School. The team from Hazlemere Church are in Kenya in July and they will take the items and also with some wonderful 'traditional tale' books created by our children. Here is a photo of the Amani Team delivering our gifts (packed in Sainsbury's bags!)
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About NyandiwaWe are privileged to be linked with a school in western Kenya, Nyandiwa Primary School. Nyandiwa is situated about 3.5 kilometres from the town of Oyugis. Archives
July 2019
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