Tunda is 29 years old and from a polygamous Maasai family with three wives. She has fourteen brothers and sisters in total. She grew up in a small village in the Maasai area called Enaibelibel in the midst of the rich, beautiful, and sometimes cruel and biased cultural practices of the Maasai community. Being born female made her very vulnerable compared to a male child. Today she is one of the few women from the Maasai community who was never circumcised and escaped being married off at a young age.
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Letter from Paula-Spring Visit
I just returned from my 13th visit to Kenya in the past seven years. My overwhelming impression from this visit is that the core elements of the Primary and Secondary Programs are working incredibly well.
We have focused on improving our selection processes in the past year and I believe we are recruiting an ever-higher caliber of students. This is important as we know that good students in primary school generally have the best chances of success when they become adolescents.
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Each year, students finishing 8th grade take the Kenya Comprehensive Primary Exam (KCPE) the results of which determine the caliber of high school they will attend. Prioritizing success, we dedicate resources to maximize KCPE performance, recognizing its significance in shaping students’ future prospects.
For instance, the initiative motivates 8th graders to engage in focused tutoring, enhancing their readiness for the upcoming examination.
The KCPE is a 500-point exam; the national average in 2013 was 244.
[Read more…]Reflections on My Second Visits to NRCF
By Sally Kenney
During my first visits to Kenya, we visited a compound where Masai women could flee to avoid being cut or married off as girls to old men. On this trip, I wanted to learn more about women’s activism and microenterprises. As always, I was on the lookout for new birds. But mostly, I wanted to spend more time with the children I sponsor.
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