The Difference We’re Making

Kisumu Children Trust, a small UK charity established in 2002, supports and cares for orphans and severely underprivileged children through education and into a productive vocation, free from charity.

How do we do this?

We’re helping our children achieve their best at school!

In Kenya, the Kisumu Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) test takes place at the end of Primary School (typically 14 years old). Our graph here shows that our cared-for children, with our love and support, are achieving better KCPE grades over time.

Average KCPE results of our children

Making the Most of Secondary Education

The career pathways of our over-18s (to date) is shown below. These figures are significant, given these young people are some of the most deprived in an already poor district:

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Key Achievements and Future developments at Tieng’re Primary School

On top of the full and ongoing support we provide to our current child and young adults, we have set ourselves key projects.

2019

 

✓ Build a protective 2m fence around Tieng’re Primary School to keep the children safe from outside interest

✓ Build a Borehole (100m depth)

✓ Certified clean drinking water

✓ Support of 10 extra under-privileged children through primary school and beyond

2020

✓ Build 4 new school classrooms

✓ Reduce Teacher/child ratio from 1:106 to 1:70

24 New toilet cubicles for 850 pupils (and their teachers)

Girls’ washroom

Upgrade existing classrooms

Lay piping to the water tower at the school

Support 20 further under-privileged children through primary school and beyond

2021 (or earlier if possible)

Hire a qualified Social Worker for the Children’s Home

Support an additional 10 under-privileged primary school children

Kitchen equip (once the community have a kitchen for school meals)

Lay piping for school fields irrigation – for cultivation of school meal ingredients

Support 20 further under-privileged children through primary school and beyond