On 8 th December, 2017 the A-Lot Change Intervention gave the parents of
Viwandani yet another chance to benefit from an exchange in a Parental Open
Day that was held in St Elizabeth. The aim of the event was to make a
presentation of the A-Lot Change project within the two years that it had been in
existence by 2017. The event saw many stakeholders coming on board to help in
support of this noble course. These stakeholders included; APHRC Staff, U-Tena
Staff, Mentors, Teachers and Parents from the community as well as the select
participants of the A-Lot Change Project.
Being a successful day, the activities laid down were very nice despite the cold
weather and little hitches that came with the operation. The boys and girls had the
chance to recite poems, sing and act hence breaking the monotony of having an
ordinary serious meeting.
Mr. Jonathan Nzuki, the Director of U-Tena, who was also the Master of
Ceremonies for the day, made an introduction of the project and the reason as to
why the event was held.
Peter Mokaya then gave a brief history of how and why the project was started.
“In 2013, the Girls Education Challenge was launched to provide after school
support to girls in Viwandani, girls from the ages of 13-19 years, those in classes 6,
7 and 8. They were given facilitation in Mathematics, English and Life skills.
Since the project turned out to be a huge success and saw at least two thirds of the
participants go to high school, they felt the need to have a project to include the
boys as well. Only that this time there was an additional benefit of Leadership,
Motivational Talks and Exposure Trips. This was all in the aim of establishing the
impact of leadership skills training on various outcomes like learning outcomes and
taking up leadership roles among these boys and girls.”
One of the mentors in the project, Orengo Joan, spoke and encouraged the parents
that the A-Lot Change was a legit project. She pointed out that they constantly
work with professional teachers within the community in the aim of making the
transfer of information effective and efficient and to ensure that the participants
get the same content that is provided in school.
The other stakeholders from the community were very grateful for the opportunity
U-Tena provided for their children with a chance to thrive be better people in the
society and also improve on their behavior.
Viwandani yet another chance to benefit from an exchange in a Parental Open
Day that was held in St Elizabeth. The aim of the event was to make a
presentation of the A-Lot Change project within the two years that it had been in
existence by 2017. The event saw many stakeholders coming on board to help in
support of this noble course. These stakeholders included; APHRC Staff, U-Tena
Staff, Mentors, Teachers and Parents from the community as well as the select
participants of the A-Lot Change Project.
Being a successful day, the activities laid down were very nice despite the cold
weather and little hitches that came with the operation. The boys and girls had the
chance to recite poems, sing and act hence breaking the monotony of having an
ordinary serious meeting.
Mr. Jonathan Nzuki, the Director of U-Tena, who was also the Master of
Ceremonies for the day, made an introduction of the project and the reason as to
why the event was held.
Peter Mokaya then gave a brief history of how and why the project was started.
“In 2013, the Girls Education Challenge was launched to provide after school
support to girls in Viwandani, girls from the ages of 13-19 years, those in classes 6,
7 and 8. They were given facilitation in Mathematics, English and Life skills.
Since the project turned out to be a huge success and saw at least two thirds of the
participants go to high school, they felt the need to have a project to include the
boys as well. Only that this time there was an additional benefit of Leadership,
Motivational Talks and Exposure Trips. This was all in the aim of establishing the
impact of leadership skills training on various outcomes like learning outcomes and
taking up leadership roles among these boys and girls.”
One of the mentors in the project, Orengo Joan, spoke and encouraged the parents
that the A-Lot Change was a legit project. She pointed out that they constantly
work with professional teachers within the community in the aim of making the
transfer of information effective and efficient and to ensure that the participants
get the same content that is provided in school.
The other stakeholders from the community were very grateful for the opportunity
U-Tena provided for their children with a chance to thrive be better people in the
society and also improve on their behavior.