Latest Progress on the New School Project

The new school building is comming on very fast now.  The offical opening in October 27th this year to the prressure is on to get everything ready.

School Closes for Summer Break

Tumshangilieni’s school closed on 12 April and a ceremony was held for the top performers.

Class l: First prize went to Shuvian Njoki with 479 points out of 500. Second prize went to Julianne Mutheu with 458 points.

Class II: First prize: Emmanuel Karioki with 475 points. Second prize: Newton Andanje with 459 points.

Classes III and IV study at the school on the land in Kibagare so the results were not immediately available.

Class V: First prize: Benjamin Mutunga with 390 points. Second prize: Nastali Thiongo with 355 points.

Class VI: First prize went to Andrew Kamau with 396 points. Second prize: Teresia Waithera with 392 points.

Classes VII and VIII study at St. Joseph’s.

Recognition was give to the most disciplined/improved and tidiest children .

All of the above received books and the little ones, toys.

Progress on the School Building Project

The construction of the new school is progressing well. Lot of efforts have been put in place with the aim of completing phase 1 of the building this year.

We are so grateful to all who are supporting us in one way or another. You are all invited to support us.

The photos above are of the latest progress of this project.

The New School Building Starts

New school building project starts!

Following long negotiations, and some setbacks along the way, the construction of the new school building canfinally start.

Due to the increasing construction costs in Kenya we exceeded our available budget. This meant that we had to re-negotiate with several construction companies in Kenya and to redesign the building so that some significant cost savings could be made without reducing the overall quality of the design. With great support from the local architect Beglin Woods who designed the school at no cost, and the fantastic support of the local Kenyan construction company, Cementers, who were able to meet our cost targets, we will finally be able to start construction in the next couple of weeks.

The building costs are being generously covered by the German charity,“Ein Herz für Kinder”. In addition the organisation“Welthungerhilfe” is contributing the complete water supply system.

We plan to have the school completed by September 2012 when and celebrate the opening of a new school for the Shangilia children.

Thank you everyone for your support and assistance in making this whole project possible!

New Web Site

The new web site is nearly ready!

Site progress

Students

A progressive school and children's home in Kangemi Slums in the northern parts of Nairobi in Kenya.

Tumshangilienimtoto blog launched

Well, this is  a big day.  We are hereby launching the brand new Tumshangilieni mtoto blog.  Please come back and visit soon.