CLOUT CARES in Kasavai, Kenya

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With the help of people like you, CLOUT Cares sends AIDS orphans to secondary school. 

CLOUT Cares also provides vocational and life-skills training for the widows and orphans. 

And, in 2011 CLOUT Cares helped the widows set up a pilot pre-school education program. 

Secondary school education is not free in Kenya. Students are selected by the schools based solely on their performance on tests given at the end of Standard 8 (eighth grade).  Thus, the better the student's test scores, the more likely he or she is to be selected by and be able to attend a more competitive (and expensive) high school.  A typical yearly cost is about $500 - $600 for a student in boarding school and a little less in day school.  Costs for our students in the best National schools can exceed $2000.  For safety and academic reasons, we encourage and pay for students to attend boarding schools if they are academically capable. 
 
CLOUT Cares pays full tuition and fees, no matter what school the student attends.  In 2010, ten CLOUT Cares students completed high school.  In 2011, twenty new students started high school, bringing the 2011 total to 42 students (21 girls and 21 boys) in 23 different schools.  Of these students, one girl is attending a National school, 19 students are attending Provincial schools, and 22 are in District schools.
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You can help fund the secondary school education of one or more
children orphaned by AIDS.  In addition, if you wish, CLOUT Cares
can put you or your organization in touch with students in Kasavai.
 
   

To give, please see:  Contact Us

 

 

This page was last modified on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 06:14:09 PM

Vocational training and life-skills instruction, including instruction in sewing, help the widows become self-sufficient and help their children develop marketable skills before it's too late.

 

CLOUT Cares established a sewing training center with and for the widows in 2007.  There, the widows and their daughters learn to sew and make items like school uniforms for sale in the community.  They also learn how to manage a small business.  CLOUT Cares encourages the widows to sell their products locally so they do not become dependent on us to market the fruits of their labor.
 
                   
 
The number of sewing machines increased from two to four in 2008, but poor eyesight hindered many widows who wanted to learn to sew. 
 
In 2008, CLOUT Cares obtained eye exams, glasses, medication, and, if needed, cataract surgery for the widows and anybody else in the villave needing these services - all at no cost to them.  We thank the Kakamega Lions Club and the Sabatia Eye Hospital for their help.  We also know that this brought some of the widows and others one step closer to the self-sufficiency they enjoyed before AIDS took it away. 
 
We are happy to report that at the beginning of 2010, the sewing center became self-sustaining and no longer relies on CLOUT Cares for funding.  We are proud that the widows have made this big and difficult transition.  In February 2011, there were four students learning to sew and working toward Class III certificates.
 
A pilot pre-school education program was started in 2011 for the young children and grandchildren of the widows.  It's based in the front room of the two-room sewing-center building in Kasavai. 
 

 
  

 

 

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