Education Support for the Poor and Needy Children of the Community

Just a reminder.  But an important one!

329 children attend school because you care. This project is ongoing and each year you respond. Thank you.

For those who are new, a $15 gift supplies a uniform, back pack, shoes, excercise books, pencils and jacket for a child in need of education but without any financial means to pay for it.

Thank you for your support.

School News

THE  PRESCHOOL
Our first graduation will take place in November.
47 boys and girls will wear caps and gowns and be the first graduates from Cyakabiri School for Small Children. Pictures to follow in November's Newsletter.
The ceremony will take place in Hope House. Parents and special guests will be invited. We hope to make this a special event for our students.

PRIMARY SCHOOL
Stepping out in faiith: enrollment has begun for Faith Primary School for the first term of 2013.

In process: The goal for opening 2 classrooms for Primary 1 is January 10, 2013.

These are our ongoing funding needs:

furniture for 2 class rooms
25 desks and chairs sets for each room.

(photos before the date change on the camera!).

We also need:

2 teachers desks & chairs
2 assistant teachers table and chairs.
2 shelves for books
2 cabinets with doors and locks.

Furniture for one class room will cost $1500 usd.

A matching grant from Tom in Pittsburgh for up to $1500 has been given as incentive to raise the needed funds.
Thank you Tom.

Mission Outreach - Education for Women

We had no idea when we decided to offer English classes for women who had small children in our preschool and wanted to learn English along with their children that the response would be so great.

The class was for mothers but grew to include all community women who wanted to learn English as a second language and to read and write.

120 women responded.

Monday through Friday at 2 pm you will find more than 90 women in class at Hope House, our multi-purpose building.

The teacher Maggie is doing a great job and for the first time these women who do not live close together but are in the same community are getting to know each other. They talk, share concerns and work together to solve them.

Maggie, the ESL teacher.

More Outreach

Adopting a rural school has turned out to be a great experience for Urukundo Learning Center.

To begin the last term of the 2012 school year Urukundo presented chalkboard and chalk, exercise books, paper, pencils, crayons, coloring books and some clothes to the students and families of our adopted school.

I am in awe.  With all their needs they wanted to show their gratitude and presented Urukundo Learning Center with a rabbit.  Such a wonderful gift.

Legal representative Alain, Jean Marie from Urukundo and Marieta, head teacher at Cyakabiri Nursery School.

It is a compliment to Cyakabiri Preschool to be in partnership with a sister school where the help is so needed and we share a purpose worth so much.  Our community outreach continues.

A Letter Received

We received this letter from the school. As you can see they have chosen to use our Preschool name as a sign of partnering with us.

Progress on the Primary School

Progress on the first three classrooms of the Primary School.

Funding is needed.

Inside walls ready for finishing.

Front view - the metal sheet roof will be added soon.

Preschool Teachers Encouraged

Robin and Carol do teacher training.

Pastor Lee working with Sunday School teachers.  The flannel board concept is new to our teachers. 

Primary School - First Building

There will be three classrooms, an outside toilet, a water harvest tank & outside paint.  The extra classroom, rain harvest tank and outside paint were not included in the cost of the first building we constructed for the preschool. These costs were added after construction was finished. The cost will be more than the anticipated cost and that pledged by our friends in Canada. We need additional funds to have the school ready by January 2013. Three classrooms is the requirement of the District.

Plan for our school

Dream along with me and the 6 year olds at Cyakabiri Preschool.   The 6 year olds will graduate from Preschool at the end of the next term if the Primary 1 classroom is ready to receive them. I am not sure the classrooms will be ready as we need assistance to get the school classrooms constructed.  The road giving access to the land is finished and the land is leveled and waiting. 

Big Event in the Life of Urukundo

Juliette : one happy girl and one very proud mama.

The graduate : the tassel on the cap makes the difference.

Sharing

Our preschool students shared  stuffed animals, a special doll and cookies with the preschool students at Kiyumba. This small village was home to Urukundo's Secretary Jean Marie.

Path to Learning

The Path to Learning continues to grow. Four new stones were added in June with two more on order.

UMW Saint Paul's State College, Pa.

Chanel is Mama's great-granddaughter. This stone is to honor her graduation from High School and start of University.

In Loving Memory.

This stone was a gift from Anita and Hyong Kim, who believe that education is the path to the future.

The children are some of the students who will attend the primary school. 

Development in Progress

Site of the future Primary School.

The land for the primary school is being leveled and a local contractor is willing to go ahead with the building having faith that Urukundo will receive the funds needed for the project and will pay him. I am awed by his faith. 

There will be three class rooms in this first building project.  They will extend the length of the bamboo fence in the picture. This building will be similar to the Preschool building but with an additional classroom. 

Help is certainly needed to build this school. 

From this area the volcano is visible on a clear day. The view is breath-taking.

Please pray with us for the success of this project.

Mama