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Issue: EFAC COMMUNITY NEW LETTER #2
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7/21/2009
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EFAC CELEBRATES THE CLASS OF 2013
In April of 2008 we set out to award 20 high school scholarships to bright and impoverished Kenyan students. By January we had raised $180,000 and had awarded 43 scholarships. Our goal for 2009 is to offer 50 more Kenyan scholarships.
We celebrate with you our amazing students and donors!
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STAREHE GIRLS SCHOOL LAUNCHES COMPUTER LAB
June
2009 Starehe Girls' School launched their computer lab. They have secured 30
computers fully supported by Microsoft. Two of our four partner high schools,
Rongai and Starehe, now have supported computer programs and a third will have
a lab by 2010. This is a rarity in Kenya but criteria we look for in
partner schools. In addition we look for schools to support our students when
there is no place to go during school break or during their gap year.
In
Kenya
students admitted into the public universities must wait a year prior to
enrollment. This leaves the students with nothing to do for that gap year.
Starehe now offers housing and computer training to the form 5 girls who
graduated in 2008 and are awaiting enrollment at a university. Congratulations
to Starehe, an innovative leader in Kenyan secondary schools.
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MEET JOHN PESI; FUTURE KENYAN LEADER
John is from a nomadic Maasi family. He has been extremely successful despite attending a primary school with sparse resources. In 2007, when John graduated from eighth grade, his family was unable to raise school fees. John stayed home with nothing to do and although he was discouraged he did not lose his drive to attend high school.
In 2008, John applied for and was granted an EFAC scholarship that has changed his life and given him an opportunity to have a future other than herding livestock.
He began his EFAC scholarship at Kaaga Boys School in January 2009. At Kaaga he quickly became a leader and was elected the class prefect in a class of 240. In the first trimester he ranked ninth in his class. After the first trimester, EFAC made the decision to move him to Rongai Boys' School which is more academically demanding and offers a work program which will allow John to earn money for his transport home, sports shoes and other necessities.
Rongai Boys' School is a private school run by the Franciscan Brothers and is able to keep tuition fees low by having the boys farm and care for the livestock. Rongai has a piggery run by the boys which allows the boys to have pork twice a week. In Kenya meat is a luxury. Rongai is a unique and high performing school located in the Rift Valley.
EFAC Kenya salutes John as a notable student in the first trimester of 2009.
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EFAC GOES NATIONAL: EVENTS TO BE HELD IN DENVER AND CHICAGO
On Sunday July 26th, Ryanne Van Sciver, Sharon Malhotra and Missy Pettit will be hosting a fun and informative African Tea Party to celebrate the children of the world and their ever growing desire for education. While enjoying African teas and appetizers the guests will have the opportunity to learn about what EFAC has already accomplished and to hear the stories of students currently supported by generous donations. The guests will be invited to join us on the exciting journey to change the world through education.
Ryanne, Sharon, and Missy plan to host another Tea Party in Chicago, Illinois later this summer. So the word is spreading quickly, from the East Coast to West Coast.
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RECENT EVENTS:
NH Artist James Aponovich and David Lamb
Join Together to Support EFAC
Education For All Children (EFAC KENYA) was honored to have James Aponovich, renowned New Hampshire painter, and David Lamb, New Hampshire master furniture maker, join together to do a collaborative presentation in support of Education For All Children. The presentation was well received and Aponovich and Lamb spent an additional hour answering questions and mingling with the guests.
Both Aponovich and Lamb have received recognition for their artwork. James Aponovich has achieved national respect for his surreal still life paintings, and David Lamb has won numerous design awards and is a founding member of the NH Furniture Masters Association. Their recent collaborations have resulted in a new area of excellence, the Lambovich.
EFAC Second Annual Golf and Tennis Tournament
On July 14, 2009, Education For All Children (EFAC) hosted its Second Annual Golf , Tennis Tournament and Auction at the Wentworth By The Sea Country Club. Seventy people attended this EFAC fundraiser.
After the golf and tennis tournaments, EFAC hosted a luncheon and auction. Jim St. Jean of St. Jean Auctions was the auctioneer who facilitated the event. Auction items included a two-week stay at a house in Cost Rica owned and designed by William Ross Design York Maine, two one-week stays at a luxury condominium on Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman, dinner at the 100 Club in Portsmouth NH coupled with tickets to the Music Hall, dinner and the night at the Harvard Club in Boston and many more.
Corporate sponsors included Easternquad LLC, Environments At Work, Academy Roofing, Accurate Title, Granite Investment Advisors, Hutter Construction, Slawsby Insurance Agency, Centrix Bank, Game Creek Video, Merrill Lynch-Concord, NH, Orr & Reno PA, Seatrade International, and William Ross Design.
The July 14th event was a success: Twelve four year scholarships of $3000 each were funded; 30 annual student accounts of $50 each were funded; and 7 student mentoring programs costs of $75 each were funded. The class of 2014 with a goal of fifty new students achieved a tremendous jump start with the July 14 fundraiser.
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
July 26, 2009 - AFRICAN TEA PARTY IN DENVER: EFAC goes
national as Ryanne Van Sciver, Sharon Malhotra and Missy Pettit host a fun and
informative African Tea Party to celebrate the children of the world and their
ever growing desire for education.
August 2, 2009 - TREASURE HUNT & COOKOUT ON LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE: The Crowder family hosts an EFAC
Kenya Day at their lakeside compound. The event will begin with a boat ride to Ragged Island
and will culminate in a Treasure
Hunt and gourmet cookout.
September 16, 2009 - EFAC GIRLS' NIGHT: It's a hot Girls'
Night Out at the spacious and elegant seaside home of Dede Cadieux. Enjoy a
night full of fun and surprises, including a consultation with a psychic,
scrumptious skin products provided by Somnia in Portsmouth, NH, and of course
and endless supply of chick flicks!
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MEET YOUR STUDENT AND GO ON SAFARI
May 11 Rod and Nancy Van Sciver hosted Anthony Cheffings, a
Kenyan safari guide, at their home in Rye
NH. All student sponsors were
invited to a program featuring a two week trip to Africa to meet their
students, to meet the African
Nazarene University
team and to go on safari. Anthony planned an exciting trip including a trip to
a private reserve, a home stay on a working ranch and a four day tented camp
stay in the renowned Maasi Mara. The
response was tremendous and several people have already signed up for the March
trip. There are a few spaces remaining so if you have interest please contact
us at info@educationforallchildren.org
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JOIN THE BLOG
Visit
our new blog which is located under the news tab on our homepage. Here
you will find commentary on what's new and what's up in the EFAC
community. New postings may be sent to
info@educationforallchildren.org. Anyone can add to and comment on an
existing thread. It is our hope that this blog will become a viral and
integral communication tool linking EFAC community students, mentors,
donors and friends. Even though we are thousands of miles and many time
zones apart, the blog will bring us together. So join the fun and send
us your thoughts.
http://educationforallchildren.org/blog/
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Education
For All Children believes that the way to enable children to develop
and change the world is through education. We provide scholarships to
qualified and underprivileged secondary and university students in the
developing world. We thank you for joining us in this critical task.
Sincerely,
Nancy Van Sciver
Education For All Children
Education For All Children is a 501c(3) Corporation
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