Making a difference

Since Kileva began back in 2006 the number of people supporting the projects we run in the Sagalla region of Kenya has gradually grown. I often hear that one of the main reasons they support us is that they know that every single penny contributed goes to supporting children and their families in Kenya.

A recent example of this was when Steve Taylor (who came on the recent Kileva 2011 trip with us) received the following note from Rachel Errington a long-time Kileva supporter:

“‘Thank you [Steve] very much for the Kileva CD and updates that I’m now getting. Kenya must be amazing – very pleased to see that these donations are making a real difference. That’s the attraction of small charities; the money goes where it should.“

Thanks again to Rachel and to all you other Kileva supporters who together really are making a difference to the lives of many Sagallan children and their families.

Best wishes

Cliff

Additional uniform at Kileva Eastfield Primary School

Below is a selection of the photos that Mr Mrata refers to in his letter.

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Providing inspiration at Mwamunga Primary School

One of the schools we visited when we were last in Kenya was the Mwamunga Primary School in Voi. 

In the Head Teacher's Office

As a momento of the visit I sent some ‘photos of the Kileva Awards Ceremony to the head teacher, and then recently received the following note in return:

Hapy new year Mr Cliff !  We want to thank you once again 1st for having spared your valuable time having visited us, and for the medals you gave our pupils. I want to assure you that the medals have actualy been an inspiration to our leaners. They enabled us to register improved quality marks. Be blessed. Also we received the photos you sent. The one of you holdin the elephant carving reminds us of your visit to our school. We appreciate you. God bless you.Grantone MwalikoHead Teacher, Mwamunga Primary School, Voi

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My December holiday by the Kileva Eastfield Headteacher

From:  Stephen Marata

                Mwakoma

                Kenya

 

Hi!

 

Iwould like to thank the almighty God for the good health given to me over the December holiday.

 

To me it was agood holiday. I visited quite a number of places to mention but only a few . I went to Kenyatta High School Mwatate and spent three days there. I went to a face to face tutorial as I am undertaking a diploma course on school management. I realy enjoyed my stay there.

 

 

I also went to Mombasa for three days. I enjoyed the see breeze I would like to say that the place is good.

 

My family was healthy over the holiday and we really enjoyed christmas. My wife prepared “kinolo”. This is a traditional cake.to prepare it,one grinds green maize,the adds water and salt to taste to make a porrige like paste. The paste is the put into well arranged maize or banana leaves and the covered well. The covered paste is then put in a cooking pot and then boiled for about 30min. The food then will be ready to eat.

 

Kinolo is very delicious.

 

Best wishes

 

Stephen Mrata

Cisco donates laptops to Kileva Foundation

At the end of last year my employer – Cisco Systems www.cisco.com – donated a number of laptops to Kileva.  The cost of shipping them to Kenya is prohibitive, so I was delighted that a young lady called Topister Lenjo – who was in England on a visit through the Global Xchange youth programme http://www.globalxchange.org.uk – was able to carry one of the laptops back to Kenya for me. 

Cliff with Topister and laptop at her digs in Birmingham

It will be used by the Talent Nurtures Troup (TNT) group in Voi where Topister is a member.  TNT do some great work in and for the community so the laptop has gone to a very good home!

Preparing the cloth at TNT

Sewing it together

Thanks again to Topister for carrying the laptop back to Voi and of course to Cisco for donating it to Kileva.

Best wishes

Cliff

Cliff and Jane with Mike Mwakazi (Head of TNT) in Voi

On safari with Margaret, Kilele & family

When we visited Kenya last year we took a day off from Kileva duties to go on safari.  Margaret, Kilele, Grace (his wife), Joyce and Naomi (his daughters) all came too.  Cliff (his son) had school exams so unfortunately couldn’t come along.

The Gates

You can enter the park through three main gates: the Bachuma Gate near Mombassa, the Sala Gate near Malindi and the Manyani Gate near Voi. We entered as usual through the Voi gate.

A Bit of History

The park is one of the oldest and largest in Kenya.  It opened in April 1948 and is divided into east and west sections by the Nairobi-Mombassa highway and railway. It’s named after the Tsavo River which flows west to east through the park, and, following Kenyan independence in 1963, hunting was banned in the park and management was turned over to the authorities that eventually became the Kenya Wildlife Service.

The Animals, Birds and Humans

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Letters from Joyce & Naomi

Joyce and Naomi

Photos reveived by Gedion Mosi Primary School

As mentioned in the letter from Madam Joyce  (the new Deputy Head at Kileva Eastfield)  in my previous post, Joyce spent the last 14 years teaching at Gedion Mosi Primary School. 

The following letter is from the Head Teacher of that school. 

Here are a selection of photos referred to in the above letter that were taken at the awards ceremony held during our visit last November:

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Deputy Head Teacher Appointed at Kileva Eastfield

From: Margaret Kiriro

                Mwakoma, Kenya

                10th Janary 2012

 

Hi cliff.

 

Its of good news today morning we received news of a new teacher for Kileva Eastfield — Mrs Joyce N Wandeto  who was in Gedeon Mosi primary. She has been appointed as a Deputy Head Teacher in Kileva Easfield Primary. We are still waiting for more teachers from the office. I will keep you updated with the latest information possible.

 

Regards

 

Margaret

 

[Cliff: This is great news as Joyce will be funded by the government and brings the total number of teachers at Kileva Eastfield to 6 - 3 funded by the government and 3 by Kileva.  Since reveiving the above note from Margaret I've also received the following letter from Joyce.]

 

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                                                                                      JOYCE N.WANDETO,
                                                                                      P O BOX 36,
                                                                                      SAGALLA
                                                                                      16/1/2012

TO CLIFF

Dear sir,

RE; MY TRANSFER TO KILEVA EASTFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL

This is to bring to your attention that I have been transfered to Kileva Primary School. I am Joyce Nzighe, daugher of Joab Wandeto and Mrs Velentinah Mbori. I was born at kizumanzi village,ndara sub location in the year 1974.

My primary education was at Kizumanzi Primary School from 1981 t0 1988, secondary education at Mwakichuchu Secondary School from 1989 to1992.

I joined a teachers college as a P1 teacher [primary teacher] at Shanzu Teachers College at Mombasa in the year 1995 to 1997. From there I was posted to Gedion Mosi Primary School where I have taught for the last 14 years until todate. and following my promotion as a Deputy Head Teacher I have been trasfered to this (Kileva Eastfield) school.

Gedion Mosi motto, mission & vision

I married to Mr John Mwateri Kelle during the year2000 and we have managed to have 3 children: one boy and two girls.

Though its my 1st time to Kileva, I feel very much comfortable and it is my sincere hope that i will enjoy my stay here as a teacher and work hard to improve the academic standards of the school.

Teachers are welcoming and I do hope for the best in everything

Yours faithfully,

Joyce Nzighe Wandeto
Deputy Head Teacher
Kileva Eastfield Primary school

Letter from Purity

From : Purity Barisa
              Mwakoma
              Kenya

I Purity Nyamvula Barisa wish to salute you and your family.

I thank god that i crossed the year 2012 fine and healthy. I also thank god that I am still in Kileva Primary School. The school is good and children are dong very well.

Being in Kileva Eastfield is a blessing from god. This is because i thought i could not make it due to the problem i got last year when my beloved husband passed away on 20th oct 2011. This made me feel lonely but i thank god here iam strong enough to continue with my work.

My Dec holiday was fine that i was busy with my college work as i am undergoing a diploma course to uplift my grade and my teaching standards. I also enjoyed my xmas day by receiving visitors[relatives from all parts of my country. We celebrated it well by eating, drinking and enjoying entertainment together. We went to ngutuni lodge for entertainment,then children played different games,swam and did alot of things.

On 3rd jan 2012, we opened school. We started our daily routin of work.

Our class 5 children started class work with alot of  eager. Now that we are starting another year,the programs go the same as other years.

We have scouting movements which is renewal in each year.all scouts ought to renew their membership.so will look upon your support on the same issue.

Scouts uniform also is very important as in the competitions uniforms are a must. I being the scout leader of the school, wish to thank you very much on behalf of the school fraternity for the big support you gave us last year on the side of the scouts.god bless you.

I conclude by saying may god give you long life so that you may continue supporting our children, parents and community as awhole.

Thank you very much

Best wishes

Purity Barisa

Kileva Eastfield Primary School – Teachers/Classroom/Subject Allocation

From: Margaret Kiriro
            Kileva Eastfield Primary School
            Mwakoma, Kenya

Hi Cliff.

During this new term we had a staff meeting and realocated classroom and subjects again. We also shared some responsibilities among ourselves as follows.

We admitted 9 kids for class one. More changes will appear when we receive more govment teachers.

CLASS ALLOCATION

• Class 1: Madam Agnes (Aggy) Mwapulu: 35 lessons per wk, 4 lessons for the upper classes
• Class 2: Madam Purity Barisa: 35 lessons per wk, 5 lessons for the upper class [kisw 4]
• Class 3: Madam Margaret (Maggy) Kiriro: 35 lessons per week, 5 lessons for the upper class [kisw 5]
• Class 4: Mr Benard (Ben) Mwangome
• Class 5: Mr Stephen (Steve) Mrata

Class 5 on left, Class 1 to 4 on right

SUBJECT ALLOCATION

Class Four

• ENGLISH: 7 Lessons per week, mr Stephen Mrata
• MATHS: 7 Lessons per week, Mr Benard
• KISWAHILI: 5 Lesson per week, Madam Purity
• SCIENCE: 5 Lessons per week, Mr Benard
• SOCIAL: 5 Lessons per week, Mr Mrata
• CRE-4: 3 Lessons per week, Mr Ben
• CREATIVE ARTS: 3 lessons per week, Mr ben

Class Five

• ENGLISH: 7 lessons per week, mr mrata
• KISWAHILI: 5 Lessons per week, madam margaret
• SCIENCE: 5 Lessons per week, mr benard
• SOCIAL: 5 lessons per week, mr mrata
• CRE-5: 3 lessons per week
• CREATIVE ARTS-5: 3 Lessons per week

Class Four & Five

• LIFESKILLS-1: 1 Lesson per week, madam Aggy

Whole School

• PPI [Pastoral programmes]: 1 Lesson per week, madam Aggy

TEACHERS ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• ENVIROMENTAL: Mr benard, madam lidya.
• GAMES: Madam purity, mr ben, madam agnes
• CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Madam magy, madam agnes
• WILDLIFE: Madam agy, madam magy
• DISPLINARY TEAM: Mr steve, madam purity, madam maggy
• GUIDING AND COUNCELLING: mr steve, madam margy, madam purity

PREFECTS

Head pupils

• Naftal mwambala
• Rachael mwangome

Class 1

• Penninah mwasi
• Mathew mwakina

Class 2

• Chrisine mruku
• Mwakina masharu

Class 3

• Mary maburuki
• Mwachoo mwasi

Class 4

• Esther sau
• Mwanyezi mwamadi

Class 5

• Patrick mwakaba

Time keepers

• Florah mwandisha
• Mwasenzi masharu

Games

• James mlungule
• Tabitha mwashinga

Compound

• Crispine mwachimbi
• Margaret konde

Staffroom sweepers

• William nzumu
• Eunice talu