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OoH-News March - April 2025
Both March and April have been quiet months both in Kenya and here in Norway. At school, everyday life goes on as usual. In Kenya, all schools have a longer three-week holiday now in April. Since we follow the schedule route for the public school in the country, it has also been school free here. It is good to know that the students who really need it get food even though there is no teaching. And as we know from earlier, they see the school as their home. The students come to school during holidays and weekends, to be together, play, eat and talk with the teachers, who also show up faithfully.
In Norway, we have had our first presentation of the school project for the Østenstad congregation, after they chose us as an aid project. This was a good experience for everyone and the offering that came in was of great importance.
The school building is finished, but there are still a few things left before our engineer can complete the project completely and put his final signature on the paper. We need to paint the walls inside all the classrooms to preserve the brick walls and put up a solid fence with a gate around the school grounds. When we have built a school building according to all regulations for a large sum, we should be able to do this as well.
On April 28th, the second term of the school year starts. It lasts for fourteen weeks. We know that our students look forward to this day and we are happy with them.
OoH-News January - February 2025
On January 6th, all primary schools in Kenya started a new school year. So did our school. At Oasis of Hope School, the excitement is extra great because the school has now been expanded with the Junior Secondary School. This means that we will also have grades 7, 8 and 9 with us over the next years. And we are grateful that we will be able to keep them with us for another three years. Three years of food, teaching and care. We have also got new teachers, who are qualified to work at JSS. Both have worked with us before, and know the school well, which we are very grateful for.
Here you can see a picture of this year's grade 7. They are happy and proud of their school.
At the beginning of February, our school was visited by an organization that provides drinking water tanks for schools. These are small tanks with a filtration system, Lifestraw. Water can be collected directly from Lake Victoria, poured into the tank, and, voila, it is ready to drink! We received four tanks, each holding 50 liters. One tank will be enough for about 100 students. Quite impressive and very useful.
Here in Norway, the situation is quiet, without any big events. So far this year, we have had a church offering in Heggedal, and more are expected in the spring. These church offerings are of great importance to us, since prices continue to rise in Kenya at the same time as the Norwegian currency is getting weaker and weaker. We are eagerly awaiting what will happen in the spring.
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