PLANT-A-BOOK INTERNATIONAL HELPS NAIROBI KIDS

Plant-a-Book International helps Nairobi Kids! This blog represents two registered nonprofit organizations, PAB and KKIN-UK, that provide support for the students at Galilee Primary School and Waddington High School, and children living in the Holly House orphanages in the slums of Nairobi Kenya. We are dedicated to lifting children from poverty through literacy and education. For more information, please visit PAB's website at www.plantabook.org.

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Thanks, I've Been Sponsored!



 
We have been blessed to have a flurry of new sponsorships recently!  Since December 1, we have been able to give 18 of our Galilee Primary School, Waddington High School, and Holly House students (pictured above) the wonderful news that “You have been sponsored!”  Some of these children have been chosen by sponsors new to our group.  In other cases long-term sponsors have chosen a child to replace a one who has graduated from the program, or to add to the total number they sponsor. 

Sponsorship makes a tremendous difference in the lives of our Nairobi Kids.  We noticed last week that while 95% of the sponsored children have returned to school at GPS/WHS this year, that number is significantly lower for those waiting to be sponsored.  For our Nairobi Kids, your sponsorship can mean the difference between whether a child graduates from high school, or drops out early to toil in the slums. 

The children on the Plant-a-Book International website represent only a small fraction of those eligible for the sponsorship program.  Virtually all of the children attending GPS and WHS live in extreme poverty and would benefit greatly from the love and financial support of a sponsor.  One of our primary goals this year is to increase the number of children we have sponsored.  In order to achieve this goal, we need your help.  Please spread the word about our Nairobi Kids to your friends, families, and colleagues.  Thank you all for your support in helping to secure a quality education for our Nairobi Kids!

~submitted by Brooke

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