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2012 YEAR IN REVIEW
As EFAC celebrates its fourth year of operations, we are proud and thankful to all our supporters for the 2012 achievements.
Four years ago when our first students entered school in February 2009 we had a vision for change but we had no idea that in February 2013 we would have substantively changed the lives of 212 students, have built an incredible board of committed and passionate supporters both in the US and Kenya and be supported by over 200 volunteer hours per week. It is the journey of a lifetime for all of us.
EFAC currently sponsors 167 secondary school students and 45 post-secondary students. These students come from all over Kenya and share an ability to succeed academically in spite of having grown up in extreme poverty
Our goal is to provide scholarship and mentoring support to these children so they may complete their education, find a satisfying career and become involved citizens of Kenya, Africa and the world.
Thank you to all the donors, board members, partners and volunteers who have helped to make the EFAC dream a reality.
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EFAC Board travels to Kenya to celebrate first graduates |
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EFAC Launches Community Service Program
While they await the results of their national high school exit exam (KCSE), the 45 EFAC students who graduated in December are currently engaged in service projects in their communities. EFAC believes that by asking our graduates to give back to their communities it will help them develop job skills and foster a sense of giving.
The students have found a variety of opportunities in their communities:
- Mercy is teaching science and English at her former primary school. "My former primary teachers were so happy to that i would be joining them. I could read from their faces they were proud of me because i was the product of their teaching four years ago."
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"Being in Vanessa Grant School is very, very enjoyable." Evans |
Evans is staying with his guardian and working at the Vanessa Grant School for Children with Special Needs. Read more...
- Kahonzi is interning at the National Taxpayers Association to facilitate civic education at the grass root level for the upcoming national election.
- Prideluck is teaching math, English, Swahili and religion at her village primary school. Read more...
- Samwel works at his former primary school, teaching students and helping in the office. "The community service is exposing me to a field I never thought I would be in. Being a teacher is hard work."
We are so proud of the work our graduates are doing and will continue to highlight their stories in our blog. |
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EFAC Forges Important New Partnerships
We are excited to announce two new partnerships with Global Give Back Circle and the Segal Family Foundation.
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USB host Hugh Jencks, GGBC Presenter Margie French, and EFAC Founder Nancy Van Sciver |
Global Give Back Circle is the largest education and mentoring program for girls in Kenya.
In 2012 we partnered with them to expand our mentor program. They have generously shared program materials with us, and in January, Margie French, International Mentor Coordinator at the Global Give Back Circle, led the mentor training workshop for EFAC post-secondary mentors in Portsmouth, NH.
Also, seven EFAC girls have been selected to become members of the Global Give Back Circle and will participate in life skill workshops, gain intensive IT training and more as we jointly ensure their workforce readiness.
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"We're excited to have EFAC, with its cost-effective & holistic secondary sponsorship model, join our growing group of youth-focused partners," Andy Bryant, Executive Director |
The Segal Family Foundation "partners with outstanding individuals and organizations who improve the wellbeing of communities in Sub Saharan Africa" and we are thrilled to be chosen as a member of their Youth program.
In addition to providing funding for our post-secondary program, they have put us in touch with other Segal partners working in Sub Saharan Africa.
Segal partner Lwala Community Health Center, has offered to help us develop our health education curriculum for student workshops and Segal partner Digital Data Divide will provide computer training to some EFAC graduates. |
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EFAC Intern Travels to Kenya in June
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"I have always wanted to visit Africa and I am so grateful to have the opportunity to work with Education For All Children." |
Chloe Mamelok, a history student at Queen Mary, University of London, is this year's EFAC intern in Kenya.
She will spend the month of June in Rongai and teach a writing course to EFAC scholars at partner schools Vanessa Grant Girls School and Rongai Boys School.
When she was younger, she worked as a primary teaching assistant, and she has a passion for writing and journalism. Last summer, she interned at BBC News and has written for her school newspaper.
Her grandparents are sponsors of a student at Vanessa Grant Girls School, and Chloe is very excited to meet her in person and work with all the EFAC students at Rongai and Vanessa Grant Girls School. |
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Moon on Mt. Kenya February 2014
For many children around the world, the road to secondary education is as daunting and far-fetched as climbing one of the world's greatest peaks.
It is fitting then for EFAC to coordinate a fundraising effort that combines the challenge of raising money for secondary education, with the challenge of summitting Mt. Kenya.
We are excited to be working with a respected local outfitter who has a long-standing, successful career in safely guiding climbers to the top of majestic Mt. Kenya.
Along with the challenge of climbing Mt Kenya, included is a three day safari at the fabulous Lewa Downs, and a visit to some of our partner schools where we will engage with some EFAC scholars.
For more information please visit the Moon on Mt. Kenya website and contact EFAC Board member Lisa Teague at lisateague@lisateague.com or 603-493-4516. |
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Upcoming Events
Girl Rising Seacoast Premiere on March 20 at The Music Hall in Portsmouth. VIP reception at 5pm and film screening at 7pm. Proceeds to benefit EFAC and Rain for the Sahel and the Sahara. More details...
EFAC co-presents the Debo Band on March 29 at the Dance Hall in Kittery. Join us for a fun evening of great Ethiopian music. More details...
The Sixth Annual EFAC Golf & Tennis Classic is scheduled on June 25 at the York Golf & Tennis Club. More details... |
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