WE EDUCATE
The Lunchbowl Network educates 250 children at Angel Kindergarten and 185 children in our partner schools.
We provide a specialist class for Hearing Impaired children and also a class for children with physical and cognitive challenges.
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ANGEL KINDERGARTEN
The vision of Angel Kindergarten is to uplift young children out of hopeless poverty, to feed the bodies and minds of the youngest and most vulnerable children and to give them hope and a brighter future.
Early years education for 2 to 9 year olds has been provided at Angel Kindergarten, which provides daily sanctuary, education and food for the most vulnerable children from Kibera, including integration of children with hearing impairment and other additional special needs.
The kindergarten is a clean, bright learning space which provides a stimulating learning experience with well qualified, sensitive and experienced Kenyan teachers. We want every child in our Kindergarten to develop emotionally, physically, spiritually and academically.
From Grade 2 the children transfer to a partner school called Langata Barracks School, which is partially funded by the Government. Children are sponsored until the end of their secondary education and follow the Kenyan Competency Based curriculum.
Our hope is that the disadvantaged background of all our children is compensated by an excellent education.
ROSELYN'S STORY
Roselyn was born to a teenage mother and now lives with her grandmother and mother.
She joined our first kindergarten cohort in 2014 and was one of the first children to be sponsored at the age of four years. Now 13 years old, she has benefited from continuous quality education provided by The Lunchbowl Network.
Despite childhood illness, she is now a straight A student and will likely be admitted to a top national school with a high probability of a university place. This will change her life.
HOW WE'RE HELPING BRYTON
Bryton lives in Kibera with his mother, father and one sibling. He was diagnosed as profoundly deaf when he was 5 years old after previously being misdiagnosed by a doctor as having an allergy.
Up until March 2019, he had no school provision as nowhere could meet his special educational needs. This meant he had no way of communicating with anyone.
Bryton attended our unit for the deaf and received a strong communication foundation. He has learnt Kenyan sign language, allowing him to communicate for the first time with his friends and teachers. Thanks to donations we were able to provide him with hearing aids. Bryton now attends a school for older deaf children and will eventually be able to attend a boarding school for the deaf.
Bryton also has a sponsor which allows us to plan for his long term wellbeing at school, providing extra support to him in class and sign language classes for his family!
OUR INSPIRING PARTNERS
We work with local and international partners to enrich the education of the children at our schools.
Kings Rugby Development Academy
The Kings Rugby Development Academy K.R.D.A is a beacon of hope for the boys and girls of Kibera and a route out of extreme poverty through sport and education.
The K.R.D.A has established a Homework Hub which runs every school day and Saturday morning for children in grades 5-8. This has significantly improved exam grades.
The aim of K.R.D.A is to teach positive life skills and aid the development of the whole person; physically, emotionally, intellectually, socially and spiritually. We provide healthy role models via positive coaching and peer relationships, providing a positive alternative for the youth of Kibera.
Our principal aim is to lift the youth of Kibera out of poverty and to provide them with the opportunity to see their individual worth and fulfill their potential.
Artists For Africa
Artists For Africa enhances the lives of children living in the most impoverished areas of Africa through arts programmes and educational opportunities.
They have provided a creative outlet on a weekly basis to the children in all three of our schools. Every Thursday, the children benefit from lessons in ballet, African dance, music, visual arts, creative writing and drama from a dedicated team of arts teachers.
The vision of Artists For Africa is that the children they serve will be nurtured on their journeys into adulthood, through the opportunities they receive, to become global citizens who promote and foster positive change in their communities in support of others.
Riding for the Disabled Associaition
RDA Kenya, a branch of RDA UK, provides horse riding lessons to a selection of our Zawadi class every Wednesday.
RDA focus on the therapeutic and health benefits of bringing people and horses together.
Their activities are recommended by Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists and we have seen massive improvements in our students core strength, balance and coordination, as well as an improvement in their communication skills since they began riding regularly.