{"id":358,"date":"2020-03-07T20:49:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T19:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.s2sfoundation.org\/?page_id=358"},"modified":"2021-02-15T22:09:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T21:09:30","slug":"dcs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/s2s.ngo\/en\/home\/international\/dcs\/","title":{"rendered":"Dickson Comprehensive School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The kindergarten was part of the Dickson Children Center, where only the children of DCC were taught. Since January 2011, most children have gone to primary school and we also opened the kindergarten for children from the area, especially for the slum behind the center. Many children aged 12 and 13 were at home and had never gone to school. This was because kindergarten must be paid in Kenya and primary school is free, but the children must already be able to read and write to be admitted. That is why we first took the older children into our kindergarten and when they could go to primary school, we were able to take in the younger children. Then we also started the process of registering kindergarten. When Dickson Children Center moved, we were able to build 3 classes in the middle of the slum of Port Reitz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s2s.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dickson School EN.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>Take a look at the school \ud83d\ude42 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We now have a kindergarten and primary school up to grade 5. Various sponsors and groups have helped us build additional classrooms, for which we are very grateful. In addition to education, we also teach Bible lessons and teach the children to pray and teach Bible principles. During the break they get porridge and a balanced meal at noon. Many of the children come to school without breakfast, often at home there is only enough for 1 meal a day. Since we started giving meals, the health of the children has improved a lot and also they are able to concentrate better in class. Emphasis is also placed on contact with the parents, a parents' council has been established and the parents are regularly convened and spoken to ensure that the children sleep well and come to school with a clean uniform and that they ensure that the children do their homework. They also receive education in hygiene and how to raise the children at home. In the slum there are many 1-parent families and there is a lot of alcohol and drug abuse. Many say that the school is a blessing to the slum and that people get hope for a better life for their children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The school has a manager, a head teacher and enough teaching staff, who are registered with the Teachers Service Commission in Kenya. Assisted by non-teaching staff and social workers, working together in the community for social intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The school has adopted the new curriculum, starting with pre-primary education 1 and 2, and then from grades 1 to 5. We have a population of over 160 students between the ages of 4 and 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3826\" height=\"2551\" src=\"https:\/\/s2s.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PSX_20200131_184047-3826x2551.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s2s.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PSX_20200131_184047-3826x2551.jpg 3826w, https:\/\/s2s.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PSX_20200131_184047-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s2s.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PSX_20200131_184047-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3826px) 100vw, 3826px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&hellip;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/s2s.ngo\/en\/home\/international\/dcs\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":571,"parent":102,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-358","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"category-dcs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/s2s.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/s2s.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/s2s.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/s2s.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/s2s.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/s2s.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/358\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/s2s.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/s2s.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/s2s.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/s2s.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/s2s.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}