Board Meetings

Our board of directors met this past Sunday to establish our vision and mission statement for the Ndohivyo Special Needs School. We meet often to discuss new ideas to help us ensure that all of the students in need of sponsorship can attend school. We will continue to meet regularly to discuss any updates or revisions, and they will be posted.

Sponsorships

We currently have a board of directors working very diligently trying to get individual and group sponsors to enable the students at Ndohivyo Special Needs School to attend school. There are currently 60 students attending this school in Kenya, Africa of which 24 students need a sponsorship to enable them to attend. Without this sponsorship, they would not be able to attend school.

An individual sponsor would donate just $150 for the student to attend school full time during a school year. This would allow the student attending full time to stay in the dormitory and have 3 meals provided each day.

We are also seeking donations from corporations and individuals to allow these students to attend school.

For more information about donations and sponsorships, visit:

http://www.kenyakeys.org/Area/Projects.aspx

For further information or to pledge a donation, contact Bill Self at:

billandpeggyself@comcast.net

To view video of students at Ndohivyo, go to:

Nohivyo Special Needs School

Trip to Ndohivyo school in Kenya

My name is Bill Self. In November of 2009 I had the opportunity to travel with Brent Hayes, director of Kenya Keys. It was during this time that I had the opportunity to personally visit the Ndohivyo school in hopes of finding a way I could help this unique and very needy school. After spending just two full days at the school with the students and staff, the experience had a life-altering impact on my life. It is very difficult to find the words to describe the life-changing and profound experience one has in visiting this school for the first time and watching these kids struggle to get a good education to prepare them for the future. I was able to see first hand the sweetness and innocence of these special children. Even though I have a son with Downs Syndrome and have worked with persons with disabilities my entire career, I had never felt anything quite like I felt being with these children and their dedicated, loving teachers and care takers. The hardships they face are unimaginable to us from the developed world!

It has inspired me to devote my time to organizing a group of friends and neighbors to implement a fund raising program to help meet the needs of this school and the students who attend. In just the three months since I returned from Kenya, our group has already met several times and raised sufficient funds to ensure that every special needs student in the Ndohivyo school district will attend school during 2010. The 24 students that have been unable to attend due to extreme poverty, will now be able to start school. It will also make possible the hiring of more staff to meet the needs of this growth. Not only will this significantly change the lives of these kids, their families and the community, it will forever change the lives of those of us who are now working diligently to ensure that the program will be viable in the future. We have been immeasurably blessed by the opportunity we’ve had to connect with these beautiful children across the world.