Access to Education for AIDS Orphans in Kenya

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Summary

Provide 70 HIV/AIDS orphans in Kenya access to education by supporting student run income generating projects that pay their school fees and teach ‘Rural Entrepreneurship’. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Accessing education for HIV/AIDS orphans in Kenya is very difficult when there are school fees to pay and siblings to support. However without access to education these orphans have little chance of raising their families out of poverty. Practical and educational income generating projects provide a way for orphans to both pay their fees and learn the entrepreneurial and technical skills needed to support their families.

Activities

By expanding and establishing new rural enterprises at Ototo Secondary Schools, 70 orphans will gain access to a secondary education and hands on training in entrepreneurship & sustainable agriculture.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $0
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $12,450
Total Funding Goal: $12,450

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

This project is financially self-sufficient, which means that it will continue to provide access to education for HIV/AIDS students year after year after year. For example within 25 years, betweem 2,500 and 3,000 students will have benefited.

Project Message

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
- Chinese Proverb, Unknown, not applicable

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Jim Stephenson,
Programmes Manager
10 Tollington Park
London, Greater London N4 3QX
United Kingdom
447828189518
Email:

Project Sponsor

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Organization

Teach A Man To Fish
10 Tollington Park
Islington, London N4 3QX
United Kingdom
+44 7890 420205
http://www.teachamantofish.org.uk

Learn more about Teach A Man To Fish and the project team.


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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Kenya and can also be found under Education.

For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 04, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 17, 2008.

Latest Update from the Field

Project Update for 'Access to Education for AIDS Orphans in Kenya'

By Jim Stephenson - Programmes Manager, August 04, 2008 06:13 PM

Teach A Man To Fish recently delivered two 5000 litre water tanks and the materials needed to begin a simple drip irrigation system for Ototo Secondary School’s vegetable gardens.

In usual circumstances nothing can be grown during the long dry season from June to October. However, now that Ototo has an irrigation system to keep their vegetable crops watered during the dry season the project can double its output each year. This means that double the number of students can continue attending secondary school using income generated from this project!

On top of this, students will learn how simple drip irrigation systems can be used to increase output back in their household farms, spreading lessons learnt across the neighbouring community.

Photographs will be coming soon so stay posted for further developments....

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