Tunda is 29 years old and from a polygamous Maasai family with three wives. She has fourteen brothers and sisters in total. She grew up in a small village in the Maasai area called Enaibelibel in the midst of the rich, beautiful, and sometimes cruel and biased cultural practices of the Maasai community. Being born female made her very vulnerable compared to a male child. Today she is one of the few women from the Maasai community who was never circumcised and escaped being married off at a young age.
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Evolution to Post Secondary Program
In 2012, we had our first five students finish high school and in 2013 another twelve students joined their ranks. We have treated this first group of 17 as a pilot project as we worked to shape the Post-Secondary Program.
Based on our mission
The underpinning of the Post-Secondary Program begins with our mission statement which concludes with these words: “so they can transform their lives.” The question is, what is the measure of a life transformed?
[Read more…]Rippleside students inspired to help Kenyans
Rippleside third graders, members of an American Girl Reading Club, were inspired by books from the Addy series and decided to make a difference for Kenyan students. After reading the true story of Addy Walker, a black girl born into slavery, the four, Teagan Piecek and Kayli Bill, along with Teagan’s mom Jen and Rippleside teacher Kayla Hinkemeyer, wanted to do something culturally-based to expose others to the needs of people in other parts of the world. Read More:http://www.messagemedia.co/aitkin/article_c7ab6dee-9330-11e3-8f59-0017a4…
Letter from Paula-Spring Visit
I just returned from my 13th visit to Kenya in the past seven years. My overwhelming impression from this visit is that the core elements of the Primary and Secondary Programs are working incredibly well.
We have focused on improving our selection processes in the past year and I believe we are recruiting an ever-higher caliber of students. This is important as we know that good students in primary school generally have the best chances of success when they become adolescents.
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