Local Partner: Kipkeino School

Local Partner Director: R. Paul Scott, Administrator 
                            
Area Served:  Serving primary school-aged children from all over Kenya at the school located in Eldoret, Kenya.

Program Goal: To provide an exceptional education and educational opportunities to Kenyan children.

Program Services Provided: Full service primary school facility offering boarding facilities, extracurricular activities, physical education, Vo-tech and agricultural opportunities and nursery school services for the Lewa Children's Home pre-schoolers.

Number of Program Beneficiaries: 288 total students, including 19 students from the Lewa Children's Home and 11 sponsored children from the local community.       
                                                                                    
Current Needs: Funding to complete a sickbay for children from the School as well as from the Lewa Children’s Home.                        

Program Summary:
The Kipkeino School is the culmination of a lifelong dream for Phyllis Keino. Since January 1999, the school has provided a quality primary school education to hundreds of students from the Eldoret highlands in western Kenya. In December 2005, the school ranked #1 in the District out of 400 primary schools for the Kenya Certificate of Education Exam for Grade 8 students. All Kipkeino School students who sat for the exam passed and were called to placements in secondary school.

The Kipkeino School is providing a quality education and first class facilities to the orphans from the Lewa Children's Home and many other deserving children. More than just top-notch education, the school provides employment to 15 teachers and 37 non-teaching staff from the local region, contributing to the local economy. Bread and Water for Africa^® provided critical funds for school construction and for supplemental equipment, supplies and materials such as computers, library books and musical instruments.

Recently, Bread & Water for Africa^®, provided funding for the set-up of a nursery school program at the school for orphaned children from the Lewa Children's Home. Because so many of these children have already suffered many tragedies during their short lives, they are often less prepared for primary school than the students from the local community. This class allows the children from the Home to learn basic skills such as numbers and the alphabet to better prepare them for their entrance into Class One.

Says R. Paul Scott, Kip Keino Administrator, "We all work together as a family to give quality education to the children in our care and to fulfill Phyllis' Keino's dream."