Rotary Club of Kiwatule joins the Rotary Club of Lang’ata for a Gift Caravan to St. Paul Primary School, Kanyakwar- Kisumu

It is said that writing and reading are the key to tomorrow and in 1985, Rotary declared basic literacy to be a pre-condition to the development of peace.  For more than a decade now, the Rotary Club of Nairobi Lang’ata (D9212) and Rotary Club of Kiwatule (D9211) have collaborated and successfully completed a number projects in an effort to promote literacy.
 
Once again, on the bright sunny morning of 6th February 2016, the Rotary Club of Kiwatule joined the RC Nairobi Lang’ata to address a range of literacy challenges for primary going children, teachers and parents of St. Paul Primary School, Kanyakwar, Kisumu, Kenya.  Under a program named the ‘Gift Caravan to St. Paul Primary School, Kanyakwar’ the two clubs carried out a number of activities intended at improving the learning environment in the school and inspiring the younger generation.
 
Working with the Computer for Schools Kenya, the Caravan provided and launched a new computer laboratory for the school with 20 computers fully networked.  Other donations provided included 80 student desks and an assortment of textbooks.
 
As part of the program each of the Rotarians in attendance partnered with a pupil from the school to plant a tree, an activity that saw over 50 trees planted.  The purpose of partnering with a pupil from the school to plant a tree is to ensure that pupils look after the trees that they have planted and also get acquainted with the importance of protecting trees as part of our natural environment.
 
In other activities, Rotarians engaged the pupils from lower classes into smaller play groups while the pupils from higher classes were taken through interactive sessions on career guidance, life’s basic skills and reproductive health. Rotarians from the two clubs who had diverse professional backgrounds provided inspiring stories and what it takes to make it among the best.
 
To crown it all, the Rotarians recognized the three top performing students in each of the classes from Standard 1 to Standard 8, the best performing teachers and the most exemplary pupils in terms of tidiness and discipline by providing each of them presents.
 
The caravan is intended to provide motivation, guidance and inspiration to the pupils and Rotarians worked with children, parents, and teachers to ensure that this is achieved.
 
 ‘Undertaking a project in partnership with the Rotary Club of Lang’ata does not only enable us to carry out bigger projects that are beyond our club’s financial capacity but also helps us to learn from and benchmark ourselves against our partners who seem to do a lot more and better service programs’   acknowledged Ann Begumisa (President RC Kiwatule).