KENYA SELF-HELP PROJECT

Our goals are:

#1 - To promote gender equity and improve girls' school retention, class performance & leadership in Nyakongo zone's 23 primary schools.

#2 - To improve students' high school eligibility in Nyakongo zone's 23 primary schools.

#3 - To increase high school education opportunities for bright impoverished students.

To promote gender equity and improve girls' school retention, class performance & leadership, we
- Conduct weekly Girls Club meetings for 3,400 girls, grades 4-8.
- Conduct bi-annual distributions of Dignity Kits to 2,100 adolescent girls.
- Co-ordinate zonal inter-school Girl Club debates during term 2.
- Co-ordinate Girls Club community service projects during term 3.
- Construct new girls' latrines.
- Conduct annual training and assessment meetings for Girls Club patrons.
- Conduct annual training and assessment meetings for Girls Club leaders.
- Conduct head teacher, patron & school mgt. committee meetings.

To improve literacy and students' high school eligibility, we
- Distribute core subject textbooks among 23 partner schools.

To increase high school education opportunities for bright impoverished students, we
- Vet applicants & select 10-12 new scholarship recipients each year.
- Award 60% new scholarships to girls.
- Conduct ongoing home/school oversight, mentoring & life skills training for all sponsored students.
- Conduct Career Day /university counseling for graduated students.

A full-time project manager and administrative assistant oversee and manage on site program delivery.

The organization's progress can be measured by its outcomes to date. We continue to build on those accomplishments.