The Siloam School Project
Today
An Update on Menstrual Health Project
Before the COVID pandemic hit, we had planned launching empowerment workshops on Positive Manhood and Life Skills in May 2020 but they had to be put on hold while the school was closed. Food shortages made Mukuru a dangerous place and with the school closed, children no longer had a safe place to go. Many parents sent their children "up country" to the relative security of their family in their tribal homelands. The Kenyan government adopted a phase in approach to the opening of schools. Children in Grades 4,8,and 12 sit National Exams in 2021
Before the COVID pandemic hit, we had planned launching empowerment workshops on Positive Manhood and Life Skills in May 2020 but they had to be put on hold while the school was closed. Food shortages made Mukuru a dangerous place and with the school closed, children no longer had a safe place to go. Many parents sent their children "up country" to the relative security of their family in their tribal homelands. The Kenyan government adopted a phase in approach to the opening of schools. Children in Grades 4,8,and 12 sit National Exams in 2021
They are usually held in November but because of the pandemic have been postponed to March 2021. Students from the other grades are expected to return to school in January 2021. An Evaluation Workshop was held on November 30th for those students who graduated last year. They were given the choice of a menstrual cup or reusable pads for their Menstrual Kit. The majority chose the menstrual cup, which provoked lively discussion at the workshop. Siloam Kware Primary School has many needs and Eganville Rotary has been able to help address the most urgent. We sent $1,000 to Nairobi for emergency rations as there was a risk the team might disband as members looked for other jobs. Then in preparation for the Evaluation Workshop we bought 20 handwashing stations, buckets, thermalguns and masks for an expenditure of $1,250. With the return of all students to school in January 2021 we made another purchase of masks costing almost $800, so that all children, teachers and staff have personal protection from the virus. Credit must be given to our team leader, Scholastica Mwaka, for her fast and efficient response to the crisis. We now look ahead to helping the children from Siloam Kware get back on track with their education. We will be working with the school administration, the teachers and the Board of Trustees, to see how Rotary can help.
250 PPE MASKS PURCHASED FOR NOVEMBER WORKSHOP
COVID REPORT DECEMBER 2020
Siloam Kware School is gradually coming out of a government imposed lock-down. The community continues to struggle with the poverty that limits their ability to purchase adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) Children are being encourage to get back to school. Eganville Rotary has, with donated funds, purchase 250 reusable face masks for staff and students. (see below) 20 washing stations with water and liquid soap as well as thermo-guns to check student temperatures are being sourced and should soon be available for students to keep safe and mitigate COVID-19 spread.
Early in the pandemic, our intermediary Scholastica, had described the situation in the Mukuru slum as ‘chaotic and dangerous’. With an extremely dense settlement in Mukuru, ’social isolation’ or ’physical distancing’ is not an option.
Alan and Mona Fox expected travel to Nairobi to launch a series of empowerment workshops on Positive Manhood and Life Skills has been canceled. Presently, with schools starting to reopen, workshop(s) to evaluate the program MHM will be scheduled.
In the meantime, we continue to fund-raise and our volunteers are busy making sanitary wear for the girls. We send you our prayers that you remain safe and healthy.
Siloam Kware School is gradually coming out of a government imposed lock-down. The community continues to struggle with the poverty that limits their ability to purchase adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) Children are being encourage to get back to school. Eganville Rotary has, with donated funds, purchase 250 reusable face masks for staff and students. (see below) 20 washing stations with water and liquid soap as well as thermo-guns to check student temperatures are being sourced and should soon be available for students to keep safe and mitigate COVID-19 spread.
Early in the pandemic, our intermediary Scholastica, had described the situation in the Mukuru slum as ‘chaotic and dangerous’. With an extremely dense settlement in Mukuru, ’social isolation’ or ’physical distancing’ is not an option.
Alan and Mona Fox expected travel to Nairobi to launch a series of empowerment workshops on Positive Manhood and Life Skills has been canceled. Presently, with schools starting to reopen, workshop(s) to evaluate the program MHM will be scheduled.
In the meantime, we continue to fund-raise and our volunteers are busy making sanitary wear for the girls. We send you our prayers that you remain safe and healthy.
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