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.
Sponsorloop Lyceum Oude Hoven
Winterse taferelen tijdens de sponsorloop die klas 1 deed voor Shoulder2shoulder. De opbrengst is maar liefst 4000 euro! Iedereen is heel trots op deze leerlingen!
ProCent ermöglicht Bau von Klassenzimmer
Wir sind sehr dankbar für eine großzügige Spende, die den Bau von zwei dringend benötigten Klassenzimmern in der Dickson Comprehensive School ermöglicht hat. Hier gibt es Photos vom Bauprojekt.
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.
Jerusalema
All S2S projects in Kenya have recorded their own version of the Jerusalema song. The result looks very nice!
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.
3rd Food relief
A few days ago, we had our 3rd time giving out relief food to the poorest families of our community in Port Reitz where our school is located. Director Joseph Matheka was present in Kenya. He was encouraging parents to be strong, to continue trusting in God meeting their daily needs in this difficult season.
Dickson Comprehensive School
De kleuterschool was onderdeel van het Dickson Children Centre, waar alleen de kinderen van DCC les kregen. Sinds januari 2011 zijn de meeste kinderen naar de lagere school gegaan en hebben we de kleuterschool ook opengesteld voor kinderen uit de omgeving, speciaal voor de sloppenwijk achter het centrum. Veel kinderen van 12 en 13 jaar liepen thuis en waren nog nooit naar school gegaan. Dit kwam omdat voor de kleuterschool betaald moet worden in Kenia en de lagere school wel gratis is, maar de kinderen moeten al kunnen lezen en schrijven om toegelaten te worden. Daarom namen we eerst de oudere kinderen op in onze kleuterschool en toen die door konden naar de lagere school, konden we de jongere kinderen opnemen. Toen zijn we ook het proces begonnen om de kleuterschool te registreren. Toen Dickson Children Centre is verhuisd hebben we 3 klassen kunnen bouwen middenin de sloppenwijk van Port…
Training and preparation
Last week our pupils from grade 4 and 5 had some preparations and had to run around the field to prepare them for some competition. Our children really enjoyed it and performed well.
