KINI MARA ACADEMY NEEDS YOUR HELP
KINI Mara Academy has opened 2021 with 31 students in our Kindergarten class (at present there is only one class - a second class will start in July). Because the children live quite a distance from the school Barbara picks children every morning from the local centre and return them when school finishes.
Sadly the vehicle we use has a lot of work and the engine has become tired and needs a lot of work done to it to get it running again.
Repairs will be $2,000.
However because of the number of children now needing to be picked, it would be better to purchase a small van. This would cost $5,000 and would allow us to more comfortably transport the children as well as cater for the increased enrolment that is expected in July. The other vehicle could be sold and the money used to revamp any new vehicle purchased.
WOMAN IN MISSION TO END MASAI FGM
Barbara Parkins is a woman in mission to end MASAI Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision in Kenya, FGM is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the external female genitalia.
Annual Report (2017-2018)
2018-2018 Kini-Kenya Annual Report
The 2017-2018 year for KINI was very busy with its growth and partnerships causing many needed positive changes to communities, education and the lives of the vulnerable. The number of children being sponsored by KINI (some without specific sponsors) has increased greatly to over 90 children in 21 different schools. This is itself is a huge challenge and one the Board Chair and Project Manager Barbara Parkins, has done with relish and expertise. Many lives have been changed for a better future through KINI’s innovation, educational programs and sponsorships. KINI’s involvement with local schools has provided facilities and resources which have helped the schools to provide a much higher educational standard than previously. This involvement is crucial to the future success and expansion of these schools in providing essential education opportunities to remote and low socio-economic communities.
