EDUCATION & SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
DIGNITY RESTORATION PROJECT
We kicked off the New year with Dignity Restoration Project that involved providing a hundred pupils with new school uniforms. The aim was to boost the pupils’ self-confidence and contribute positively to their performance. To mobilize funds for this project, we coordinated a one–week charity bike ride in December 2021, from Mombasa to Siaya (A distance of 933km) in support of providing school uniforms to needy pupils in primary schools in Siaya County. Additionally, we received corporate social responsibility support from a fashion stylist, AT FU collection (fashion designer for women, men, and children), and contributions from other philanthropists.
We documented touching stories from the pupils; indeed, a lot needs to be done to support them. A decent school uniform is a starting point for self confidence and good academic performance.
We completed the dignity restoration project in July 2022, by donating uniforms to Bar Kagwanda Primary school, Kirindo primary, and Ulafu Mixed primary in Siaya County. That made 100 donations and 100 smiles from the uniforms we delivered.
READERSHIP/LIBRARY ACCESS
Stawisha Africa Initiative has a community library that is open for reading and educational games for children. We received over 200 books and assorted toys donated from Technology Without Borders Germany. This was a major boost to our library readership program that attracts one hundred children during school holidays.
The mini library is open every day during the school holidays and our kids are free to come to borrow books on school days.
SANITARY TOWEL DISTRIBUTION IN SCHOOLS
To promote access to Sexual Reproductive Health rights commodities, we distributed sanitary towels to adolescent girls at Agoro Oyombe Primary School in Siaya county. This was a partnership project that will see to it that girls do not miss school due to menses experience.
Project supported by ZanaAfrica
AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT
SCHOOL GARDEN ESTABLISHMENT
The school garden establishment project was aimed at saving our environment by planting fruit trees and vegetables in Rural Kenyan Schools. Stawisha Africa Initiative working in partnership with Technology without Borders from Germany in the first phase in March 2022 supported ten schools. The project continued with phase two funded by Rehau, a polymer processing company in Germany. The company supported five more schools in July 2022.
Through the partnerships: Fifteen school gardens were fenced, provision of water catchment equipment, provision of fruit tree seedlings, vegetable seeds, and environmental awareness sessions were conducted with two hundred pupils.
ORGANIC COMPOST MAKING
WORKSHOP
To promote a greener environment in our schools, we received over 1000 assorted tree seedlings from the Siaya county Environment and Kenya Forestry offices. The seedlings were distributed to five partner primary schools. The seedlings included: Maesopsis eminii, Markhamia lutea, Bischofia javanica,Trichilia emetica, and Croton megalocarpus.
One of the agriculture best practices Stawisha Africa Initiative is doing with its partnering schools is organic compost production. During the implementation process of the Agroforestry partnership project with Technology without Borders and Rehau Company, we conducted organic compost production workshops in various schools and trained over 450 pupils from March to July 2022.
TREE PLANTING ACTIVITY
Stawisha Africa Initiative had exciting tree planting activity with pupils from its partnering schools. 1000 trees were planted in five schools. We aimed to boost tree cover within our region and save our environment. We also established school environmental clubs that will help take care of the trees.
DISTRIBUTION OF TREE SEEDLINGS
We strengthen local partnerships to promote our program growth. Working in partnership with the Siaya Muungano network, we distributed two hundred passion fruit seedlings to different youth from various sub locations in South East Alego, Siaya County to promote fruit tree farming among the youth.
