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Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Sunday, October 28, 2012
I Made It
I managed to finish my master's degree and participate in graduation.
Please keep me in prayer for the next steps in my journey. God bless.
Please keep me in prayer for the next steps in my journey. God bless.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Urgent Appeal
Dear Friends,
We have an urgent appeal for a young student, named Jeremiah Lokol who lives on the border between Turkana and Pokot areas; one of the poorest parts of Kenya. I met him in September when I was on a food relief mission to the people in that area.
Jeremiah has just been accepted to the top school in the country and this has made my day with this news. But he needs tuition and school uniform costs in a matter of days (by the end of this month) so I am making an URGENT appeal to everyone.
Sadly, everything that Jeremiah's family had was stolen by their neighbours just around the time the parents were planing to sell some cows and goats to pay for his education. Some of you will know that in this area the people are pastoralists and they suffer from cattle raiding.
As the boy comes from a family of 9, it looks like his dream of attending the school which is located in Kikuyu town near Nairobi, might not become a reality. He might lose the chance of joining this great school and achieving his dream of becoming a pilot after finishing high school.
What we need to do is gather everyone's support to ensure he can go to school. He needs everyone's support to make this possible.
The fees and costs for term one are 24,943 Kenyan shillings ( $304 Canadian, $275 Australian, $292 US, 222 Euros, 187 GBP) There are additional costs of 6695 Kenyan shillings for school uniforms ( $81 Canadian, $74 Australian, $78 US, 60 Euros, 50 GBP and some modest amount for travelling to the school and making sure he has the other clothing and bedding he needs.
I am praying to God for someone to come forward and answer the prayers for this family and this boy.
Please pray with us and help to raise awareness of the Missions of Hope by using the share buttons at the bottom of this post. If you can do more than pray, please donate now at the donate button (see top right of this page).
Thank you and may God bless you.
Jonah
We have an urgent appeal for a young student, named Jeremiah Lokol who lives on the border between Turkana and Pokot areas; one of the poorest parts of Kenya. I met him in September when I was on a food relief mission to the people in that area.
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| Turkana people waiting for food relief |
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| Jeremiah |
Jeremiah has just been accepted to the top school in the country and this has made my day with this news. But he needs tuition and school uniform costs in a matter of days (by the end of this month) so I am making an URGENT appeal to everyone.
Sadly, everything that Jeremiah's family had was stolen by their neighbours just around the time the parents were planing to sell some cows and goats to pay for his education. Some of you will know that in this area the people are pastoralists and they suffer from cattle raiding.
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| Standing with some Turkana women holding their water cans. |
As the boy comes from a family of 9, it looks like his dream of attending the school which is located in Kikuyu town near Nairobi, might not become a reality. He might lose the chance of joining this great school and achieving his dream of becoming a pilot after finishing high school.
What we need to do is gather everyone's support to ensure he can go to school. He needs everyone's support to make this possible.
The fees and costs for term one are 24,943 Kenyan shillings ( $304 Canadian, $275 Australian, $292 US, 222 Euros, 187 GBP) There are additional costs of 6695 Kenyan shillings for school uniforms ( $81 Canadian, $74 Australian, $78 US, 60 Euros, 50 GBP and some modest amount for travelling to the school and making sure he has the other clothing and bedding he needs.
I am praying to God for someone to come forward and answer the prayers for this family and this boy.
Please pray with us and help to raise awareness of the Missions of Hope by using the share buttons at the bottom of this post. If you can do more than pray, please donate now at the donate button (see top right of this page).
Thank you and may God bless you.
Jonah
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Missions of Hope, Goals for 2010
Hello friends,
The first quarter of the year has flown by and I wanted to share with you our goals for the Missions of Hope for the balance of 2010.
Our primary focus this year is to Educate the Orphans in Kenya
Primary education in Kenya is free, but secondary education (the equivalent of high school in the U.S.) is not. Secondary school often becomes unaffordable for children whose parents are too sick to work or have died. There is a major shortage of working professionals in the medical field. Education is the answer to this shortage.
For $16 a month or $200 a year you can send a Kenyan child to secondary school. This includes books, school supplies, uniform and shoes.
Providing Clean Water
Can you imagine a life without clean water? Unfortunately, many of the people in Kenya do not know what it's like to have this valuable resource at their disposal. Nearly 10 million people in Kenya do not have access to clean drinking water.
Lack of safe drinking water is the second largest killer of children, and hinders education, health and economic development. Women and children have been known to walk as far as five miles to get water. Only a very small percentage of Kenyans have access to clean water.
During dry seasons rivers dry up, increasing the formidable burden of fetching water, which can consume four hours a day or more.
Poor sanitation increases the potential for deadly water-borne diseases. Missions of Hope has a goal of building 5 wells by the end of 2010.
Expanding Help to Farmers
In the past we have helped farmers plant their crops. Read here and here. We would be excited to expand our help to farmers in this area of need. We want to encourage them to catch "fish", rather than simply give them "fish" to eat.
Thank you for your prayer support. If you are able to help us reach these goals in 2010, we thank you and give praise to God.
Thanks for supporting us.
God bless,
The first quarter of the year has flown by and I wanted to share with you our goals for the Missions of Hope for the balance of 2010.
Our primary focus this year is to Educate the Orphans in Kenya
Primary education in Kenya is free, but secondary education (the equivalent of high school in the U.S.) is not. Secondary school often becomes unaffordable for children whose parents are too sick to work or have died. There is a major shortage of working professionals in the medical field. Education is the answer to this shortage.
For $16 a month or $200 a year you can send a Kenyan child to secondary school. This includes books, school supplies, uniform and shoes.Providing Clean Water
Can you imagine a life without clean water? Unfortunately, many of the people in Kenya do not know what it's like to have this valuable resource at their disposal. Nearly 10 million people in Kenya do not have access to clean drinking water.
Lack of safe drinking water is the second largest killer of children, and hinders education, health and economic development. Women and children have been known to walk as far as five miles to get water. Only a very small percentage of Kenyans have access to clean water.
During dry seasons rivers dry up, increasing the formidable burden of fetching water, which can consume four hours a day or more.Poor sanitation increases the potential for deadly water-borne diseases. Missions of Hope has a goal of building 5 wells by the end of 2010.
Expanding Help to Farmers
In the past we have helped farmers plant their crops. Read here and here. We would be excited to expand our help to farmers in this area of need. We want to encourage them to catch "fish", rather than simply give them "fish" to eat.
Thank you for your prayer support. If you are able to help us reach these goals in 2010, we thank you and give praise to God.Thanks for supporting us.
God bless,
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Kipngeno Needs You
Hello friends,
Kipngeno topped his class and passed with flying colours from a local school here in Kenya.
The school has barely a working lab or a properly equipped library. He was a day school student and his impressive B grade despite the resource limitations has really made him a hero in the school and in the entire village.
We do believe he could have done better if he was in a better school, with the right equipment and facilities. Nonetheless, we are not looking back.
Kipngeno needs to join university soon and I am appealing for well wishers to come to his help. He just applied to Masinde Muliro University for a Bachelors in Nursing He wants to be of help to the hospitals in our region after he graduates.
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The school needs about $2000 per year or a $1000 each semester (6 months). I wish I could help him, but am not able to do so at the moment though I helped him through high school.
If you are touched by his plight, feel free to contact me. The details for sending money to his university's account will come soon. I am praying someone will be touched by his need. I forgot to mention that he comes from a single parent (mother) family. They have no land and no money. His only hope is education. I have asked him to pray also.
Hoping to hear from you soon,
God bless
UPDATE: June 2011 ~ Kipngeno has now been accepted to Kisiii University. He will need a sponsor to help him start studies in September 2011. Please help us spread the word.
Kipngeno topped his class and passed with flying colours from a local school here in Kenya.
The school has barely a working lab or a properly equipped library. He was a day school student and his impressive B grade despite the resource limitations has really made him a hero in the school and in the entire village.
We do believe he could have done better if he was in a better school, with the right equipment and facilities. Nonetheless, we are not looking back.
Kipngeno needs to join university soon and I am appealing for well wishers to come to his help. He just applied to Masinde Muliro University for a Bachelors in Nursing He wants to be of help to the hospitals in our region after he graduates.
The school needs about $2000 per year or a $1000 each semester (6 months). I wish I could help him, but am not able to do so at the moment though I helped him through high school.
If you are touched by his plight, feel free to contact me. The details for sending money to his university's account will come soon. I am praying someone will be touched by his need. I forgot to mention that he comes from a single parent (mother) family. They have no land and no money. His only hope is education. I have asked him to pray also.
Hoping to hear from you soon,
God bless
UPDATE: June 2011 ~ Kipngeno has now been accepted to Kisiii University. He will need a sponsor to help him start studies in September 2011. Please help us spread the word.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Praising God for School Supplies
We are praising God for the provision of the school supplies that he provided for us through Joyful servant. What a blessing it is to have these provisions and give them to those children in real need. It was lots of joy as we completed this wonderful mission.
I am moved a lot when I go from one home to another to meet these kids; all of them with a great future in their minds.
Continue praying for each one of them so that one day, they can help others.
EDUCATION WILL TRULY OPEN DOORS FOR EACH ONE OF THEM.
Blessings to you all.
I am moved a lot when I go from one home to another to meet these kids; all of them with a great future in their minds.Continue praying for each one of them so that one day, they can help others.EDUCATION WILL TRULY OPEN DOORS FOR EACH ONE OF THEM.Blessings to you all.
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