New Classrooms Opening
In November we had a joyful celebration for the opening of our three new classes. Two classes were sponsored by ProCent Germany and one class was sponsored by a sponsor run organised by Flora and Klara from Germany. The opening was done by our directors Matheka and Ria Munyasya, their son and his wife Caleb and Aylin Munyasya and board member Japhet Munyoki and headteacher Nato.
Gingerbread men 2023
The sale of the gingerbread men becomes a real tradition. This year was the 4th year in a row that sales took place. A nice amount of 1518 euros was raised. With this amount we start saving for a water well for the slum.
Bikes4Africa supports Shoulder2Shoulder
De stichting Bikes4Africa heeft ons verrast met een gift van €10.000,- afgelopen week. Bikes4Africa heeft als doel om via fietsen doelen te steunen in Afrika. Bikes4Africa is begin 2018 ontstaan tijdens een door 12GO Biking georganiseerd inruilspektakel. Het doel was om niet alleen een succesvolle inruilactie te hebben, maar om daarbij ook te zoeken naar mogelijkheden om met de zegen die ze ervaren op hun werk, iets terug te doen. Door verkoop van ingeruilde fietsen genereren ze geld waarmee ze allerlei doelen in Afrika steunen. We zijn dankbaar voor hun steun.
Speculaas Campaign 2021
This year we again organized a gingerbread campaign. A large number of volunteers have been busy last month to sell the gingerbread to family, friends and relations. In the end we were able to order and deliver almost 800 delicious gingerbread dolls. Volunteers thank you for your efforts and of course buyers thank you for your support for this action!
Container arrrived in Kenya
The container with furniture for Dickson Comprehensive School had arrived in Kenya. Below you can see how the content was unloaded and greeted with great enthusiasm by the school children and staff.
Förderverein
A loyal sponsor of our organization has set up a sister association in Germany: Förderverein Shoulder to Shoulder International e.V.. Great to see the support network grow. Compliments Martina and the team for the work you have already done! In the coming period we will look together to integrate the activities of the new German foundation on our website. Contact details can be found under Contact.
Jerusalema
All S2S projects in Kenya have recorded their own version of the Jerusalema song. The result looks very nice!
Capacity Building Workshop
Garama, Michael and Julius, who are part of our S2s Management Team Staff attended a Capacity Building Workshop for Institutions Undertaking Rehabilitation of Street Families which was organized by Street Families Rehabilitation Trust Fund (SFRTF) on the 12th and 13th of Oct 2020 at Naivasha, Kenya.
Spiced Biscuits Sale
The spiced biscuits sale has started for this year. Do you want to order? Or do you want to join by selling to your own contacts? Please send us an email at info@s2s.ngo
Outdoor teaching
Due to COVID our Dickson comprehensive school (used to be called Dickson academy) is not allowed to operate in the normal way. But we are allowed to teach the children in their respective villages and teach them children outdoors under the trees. Our teachers are changing location each day and teach the children from all classes who live in that area. This way we can keep an eye on our students and we encourage them to keep on studying.
