School Partnerships: Children ill Solidarity with Children through Education
Fostering Students' Engagement in Global Education and Intercultural Understanding

Objectives

• Promote awareness of the plight of education for children in the underprivileged communities of the world.


• Students in both partner schools will learn about the geography, language, and culture of the students in the partner school. .


• Students will develop leadership skills, creativity, responsibility, and the courage to get involved and promote glob a awareness.


• Student engagement will promote global education and cross-cultural exchange.


• Promote philanthropy among young people


• Encourage education resource sharing among teachers across the globe        

Program Activities

• Build friendship among students through the pen pal program


• Schools can exh


• Student resource exchange


• Book drives to contribute to the community library


• Fundraising to support the Jolly Christian Academy as a partner school Site visits and student exchange


• Teaching resource exchange among teachers

The program is open to schools at all levels including Elementary and Grade schools, High schools, Trade/Vocational School College or Universities. A partnership can be initiated by a group of students, teachers, or parents.

Program Description
In Kenya's Slums the literacy rate lags at 69%. Local residents in these slums have expressed the desire to acquire basic literacy skills and requested if we offer programs tailored to their needs. We have integrated an adult education program within the after-school program but it runs on weekends. The children can stay home on weekend giving parents the opportunity to participate in the program.

Our vision is to be a highly valued provider of functional quality educational programs that offer every adult in these slum communities an opportunity to build skills for success in the 21st century Africa and the world beyond.

The Program will Offer

• Basic reading and writing


• Basic Arithmetic


• Small business skills


• Basic computer skills (after they have mastered reading)


• Internet services

Course Entry Requirements

• The desire and willingness to learn

• Minimum of three months. However, the course will continue until the learner feels that s/he has mastered the desired skills and has passed the JCIA standard test.

The children make a wish identifying their most urgent needs. What you donate will go directly to meet that child's specific need to grant his/her wish. You will receive a personal thank you note from the child you help. This is NOT an obligation to sponsor the child; it's a one time donation UNLESS you are offering to sponsor this particular child OR to continue to support the school in various ways. You are welcome to make a general donation.

Creating a Culture of Giving Back to the Community
It is important that our students be raised to become socially responsible citizens. Besides providing students with material and technical support, our students are encouraged to engage in socially aware projects and activities that will promote the good of the community. These projects will help students become aware of the needs of people in communities around them. It is an opportunity to learn and share talents and gifts with those who are underprivileged, especially the elderly, single mothers, widows, child-headed families, and the sick. The resulting end is students who take an active role in community development and have a heightened sense of duty and responsibility. This is critical to raising responsible children and to building a strong nation.

Community Service Programs
Vocational students will involve in some of the following projects:

• Building houses for poor families. The school will be training students in construction skills; so they would be able to use these skills during the vocational school career to give back to the community.


• Making furniture to donate to families in the villages. Courses in carpentry are offered at the school.


• Web designing for local schools, churches, and businesses. Students will use their computer skills to bring technology to other institutions in the area.


• Cloths donation. Those learning tailoring will donate cloths or repair cloths for orphan children in the village.


• Gardening for the elderly


• Shoes donation. The school offers shoe making courses. Shoes made as part of the learning practicum may be donated to poor people in the villages.


• Volunteering at orphanages and homes for the elderly


• Tutoring kids from the villages who may need help with school work