Gitathuru

Greetings from Gitathuru!

Greetings from Gitathuru Center! We would like to share some of the term activities and highlights that we greatly appreciate God for enabling us to achieve during the first term of the year 2024. Thank you for your support and partnership as we work together to transform lives through the hope of Christ.

Gladys Musili
Head Teacher Gitathuru

Flood Update:

Since this Community Update was written before the extreme rain and flooding took place in Kenya, we want to provide a quick update.

Although we recently experienced heavy rains and flooding, we are thankful to report that our center was not damaged. Unfortunately, however, several of our students and their families were directly affected by the flooding. We are connecting with them to provide support.

If you'd like to donate to MOHI's flood relief efforts, you can donate here.

Hope Transforms: A Success Story

Rose*, a single mother, has been a dedicated parent at Missions of Hope Center Gitathuru since its inception. When she first met MOHI, she was facing immense challenges and felt hopeless. With two children to support, Rose struggled to make ends meet as the sole provider for her family, unable to afford the steep school fees in other schools.

Her life took a turn for the better when her children were accepted into the MOHI program. Her eldest is now in their third year in university studying accounting, while her second child is in Grade 11 in high school benefiting from the MOHI sponsorship program.

Enrolling her children in the MOHI education program not only ensured they received a quality Christian education but also provided them with essential meals they often went without at home. Through MOHI’s  Community Health Education (CHE) program, Rose participated in community empowerment initiatives at our Gitathuru Center. Here, she learned valuable skills in soap making, mat weaving, and other business skills like savings, table banking, and entrepreneurial management.

Inspired by what she learned, Rose and fellow participants formed a group, initiating table banking and saving schemes among themselves to support their businesses. Their collaboration led to a contract with MOHI to supply soap to the center, significantly boosting their economic standing. With the profits earned, many members, including Rose, ventured into their own businesses, providing newfound stability for their families.

Today, Rose gives back to her community by training other women at Gitathuru, sharing the skills that transformed her life and empowering others to become self-reliant.

*Name changed for privacy

Term Highlights

• We are glad that our drama club participated in the National Drama Festivals competition. They emerged in first position in two dramatized items. We shall proceed to the next level.
  
  
• We thank God that all our 58 Grade 6 and 68 Grade 8 students transited to junior secondary school and high school respectively.
  
  
• All our academic activities went on well and we thank God for the opportunity to transform lives through education.124 students joined our school this year in the kindergarten class. Our students also had an opportunity to elect student leaders and participated in inter-school football competitions at Missions of Hope Baba Dogo Center.

Partner Connections

• Neikola from Amity Christian Church, visited during this term. Neikola conducted training sessions on devotion teaching for our teachers and observed six classes as they utilized the materials she generously provided for instruction.
  
  
• We extend our gratitude to The Gideons International team for their generosity in distributing New Testament Bibles to 353 students ranging from Grades 4 to 8. It's a blessing to have such support in nurturing the spiritual growth of our students.
  
  

Prayer Requests

• Please pray for the safety and well-being of our students, parents, and staff members.
  
  
• Pray for our students as they pursue academic excellence, believing that through education, our children will break the cycle of poverty.
  
  
• Pray for the families affected by the floods. May God provide for them and meet them at their point of need.