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 atwww.plantabook.org.
Mary's birthday is September 12, 1999 and she is 12 years old. Her father left and her mother is unemployed, so Mary lives with her grandmother in the slums. Her chore at home is fetching water. Mary's best subject is social studies and she wants to be a lawyer someday. She likes to play football (soccer).
Mary will be in class 8 starting in January. It is a very important year for our students as they prepare to take exams to determine if they can move into high school. Therefore, Mary would really benefit from a sponsor who would encourage her.
We are still offering our Basic Sponsorship Program at only $25 per YEAR! You will receive three letters a year from your sponsored child and can write to her as often as you wish. With an OLS and the ability to send small packages, you can send occasional gifts if you desire. We are also offering Holiday Gift Cards -- for a donation, we will send a Holiday Greeting to the person of your choice. What better gift for both a child like Mary AND someone you care about then to send a Gift Sponsorship! We will send a holiday card announcing the gift sponsorship.
When in December 2007 while post election violence was just beginning to escalate in Kenya, Mary Stravrakakis arrived in Kenya with a mission. Mary celebrated her 60th birthday by climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise awareness and funds for the Galilee children. By obtaining sponsors for her climb she was able to raise enough money to purchase the plot of land where the kitchen is located.
But she didn’t stop there! In October 2010 Mary flew to Nepal and completed a trek up to the Mt. Everest Base Camp! Once again she collected donations to help with the kitchen project! Combined with the donations of other caring donors, we are within $1,051 of seeing Mary’s 3 year dream of a new kitchen come to fruition!!
That is where you come in.You don’t have to climb a mountain to help us reach this very important goal.All you have to do is hit the donate button on the right hand side of the page.
Give a little, or give a lot every $1 gets us closer to finishing the kitchen for the 1700 students at Galilee and WHS.
A little back history about the kitchen….
Fortunately for Galilee school in 2008 Feed the Children agreed to provide food so that the Galilee Primary School children could be assured of a lunch at school each day. However, if they are to work with Galilee on a long term basis they have asked that kitchen improvements be made. The present kitchen facility which is made of tin, has only 3 stoves, serves over 1300 students and three children's home. The need to improve the kitchen is extremely urgent.
In addition, Nairobi Health officials recently inspected the school as part of their annual checks. Because of the growing number of health problems in the slums, in particular the rise of cholera, they have also asked for improvements to the set up of the kitchen so as to improve basic hygiene.
At the start of this project Galilee needed to raise $27,808.00 to purchase the kitchen land and construct a new kitchen. More than $26,500.00 has been raised or pledged so far. We need your help to raise the remaining approximate $1051!
