Har du lyst til å være med å sponse en barnehage i Kenya?

Happy Day Junior School er en barnehage i utkanten av Nairobi som blir drevet hovedsakelig på midler samlet inn i Norge. Initiativtakerne til dette prosjektet er Christin Reinbakk og Annelene Rør. Annelene har familie i Kenya og det er tanta til datteren hennes som driver barnehagen. Pengene fra sponsorer i Norge blir satt inn på en konto i Annelenes navn og pengene går i sin helhet til drifta av barnehagen. Det går 57 barn på tre aldersbestemte avdelinger/klasser. Pengene som samles inn i Norge går til å dekke løpende utgifter, lønninger og mat til ungene. For noen av ungene er maten de får i barnehagen den eneste maten de får i løpet av en dag.

De fattige i Kenya har blitt rammet hardt av tørke og finanskrise de siste årene. I løpet av få år har prisene på helt ordinære matvarer steget til det tredobbelte. Barna som går i denne barnehagen kommer fra familier som sliter med å få endene til å møtes.

Både Christin og Annelene er pedagoger. Maggie, som er sjefen for Happy Day Junior School er utdannet førskolelærer og har flere års erfaring med å undervise førskolebarn. Hun har ansatt tre andre lærere og sammen med en kokke og en vaktmann gjør de alle en kjempegod og dedikert jobb. Annelene har jobbet flere år i UNESCO og Norad og har jobbet med mange Early Childhood Care and Education-prosjekter rundt om i fattige land. Vi gjør alle så godt vi kan for at Happy Day Junior school skal være et godt sted å være og å lære. Barnehagen følger forøvrig Kenyas retningslinjer og pensum for barnehager.

For å klare å opprettholde prosjektet og for å møte stadige nye utfordringer, trenger vi alle de sponsorene vi kan få. Alle monner drar og både engangsbeløp og månedlige bidrag tas imot med stor takknemlighet. Vil du vite mer om prosjektet, sjekk ut “Happy Day Junior school” på facebook, les rapporter på http://happydayjuniorschool.blogspot.no/ eller kontakt Annelene på mobil 40497911. Vil du støtte dette prosjektet, er kontonummeret 1080 47 30856. Husk å merke innbetalingen med navnet ditt :-)

Photos

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HAPPY DAY JUNIOR SCHOOL TERMLY REPORT 2012-07-03

Hello friends, greetings from all of us at Happy Day Junior school. We are all fine and doing everything possible to make it.

We started this year well and we are very grateful to you all for everything you have been doing for us. Our staff is a happy lot due to the good support that you give us. The kids are happy too. There are now 57 kids attending Happy Day Junior school. The school is very popular and we have to turn away kids whose parents want to send to our school due to lack of space and facilities.

In earlier reports, we have shared some stories of the children. In this report we will tell you a little about our teachers: Teacher Kellis takes nursery and pre-unit and she has twenty kids in her class. She has to make sure that they are good in academics and also social issues. She is a good teacher and interacts well with all the children. She has been with us for two years.

Teacher Faith is the youngest of all and though she is an untrained teacher she does her work with passion. She is joining the university in September this year for further studies. She takes the six to seven years old. She has been with us for two years also.

Teacher Millicent is trained teacher in early childhood development and growth. She is a dedicated teacher. She takes three –four years old and they like her very much.

Most of the parents have not bought the school requirements for the kids because the requirements are expensive. The requirements include text books, exercise book, pencils, sharpeners and rulers. We are trying to provide some of the basic needs to most of the children and we hope that we will be able to provide the requirements to all those who cannot afford. We are facing challenges with confidence because we know we have friends who care about us. We are still requesting for small school bags for the kids since most of them carry their books in paper bags and the books are not well taken care of.

The ingredients we got for the modelling clay helped us a lot and all the materials that were brought by the Sund students. Thanks once again for everything.

The cold season has started and one of our classrooms has no door. The windows are made of mesh wire. We plan to put glass on the windows and have a wooden door fixed in that class.

Our children will participate in the athletics competitions with other schools. We want our children to gain both academically and socially. School uniform is also a challenge because most of the parents have not bought uniforms due to financial difficulties. We bought school uniforms for some of the children in the year twenty ten and they are already torn and old.

With all these challenges we are one big happy family.

THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN DEAR FRIENDS AND WE LOVE YOU ALL. If you have any questions about the school or the people involved, please post your questions on our facebook wall: Happy Day Junior School.

                                FINANCIAL REPORT

BUDGET FIRST TERM 2012

JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH (EXPENDITURE PER MONTH)

FOOD                                                                        SALARIES

Maize flour_3bails at 1300= 3,900                         Teacher Kellis       5,000

Cooking fat _5kg at     160=     800                         Teacher Faith        4,500

Charcoal 1 sack at   1,500  = 1,500                         Teacher Milly        5,500

Milk 20 packets at        45 =      900                         Cook                     4,000

Sugar 4kgs at               120=     480                          Care taker             4,000

Tea leaves 1packet at    150=    150                         Teacher Maggy      6,000

Paraffin 5ltrs at              200= 1000

Vegetables at  1000             =  1000

                  TOTAL              9,730                                  TOTAL          29,000       =38,730

APRIL

FOOD(2 WEEKS)                                                            SALARIES

One and half bail maize flour at 1,300  =1,900                  teacher Kellis      5,000

Cooking fat two and half kg at       160=     460                 teacher Faith        4,500

Charcoal half sack                at         750=    750                 teacher Milly      5.500

Milk ten packets                   at            45=    450                cook                    4,000

Sugar 2kgs                            at          120=     240               caretaker              4,000

Tea leaves 1packet                at             70=      70               teacher Maggy    6,500

Paraffin 2 and half litres        at            200=    500

Vegetables                              at           500=    500

                             TOTAL                              4,810           TOTAL          29,500      =   34,310

FIRST TERM TOTAL EXPENDITURE 

INCOME                     EXTERNAL                      INTERNAL                TOTAL

JANUARY                   32,000                                8,000              =          40,000

FEBRUARY                 36,000                                6,800             =           42,800

MARCH                        32,000                                8,200             =           40,200

APRIL                           34,000                                                       =           34,000

TOTAL                                                                                                       157,000

                                FINANCIAL REPORT (2^ND TERM 2012)

MAY, JUNE, JULY (EXPENDITURE PER MONTH)              SALARIES

Maize flour 3bails at 1,300=3,900                                 Kellis          5000

Cooking fat 5kg at        160=   800                                 Faith           4500

Charcoal 1 sack at      1500= 1500                                  Milly          5500

Milk 20 packets at          45=   900                                  Cook           4000

Sugar 4kgs at                120=  480                                   Care taker    4000

Tea leaves 1packet at    150 =  150                                  Maggie         6500

Paraffin 5liters at          200= 1000

Vegetables  at             1000=  1000

TOTALS                                9,730                          TOTALS           29,500        =37,230

INCOME                 EXTERNAL                           INTERNAL                TOTAL

  MAY                      38,000                                      5,600                            43,600