{"id":171,"date":"2020-05-19T17:32:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T21:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/?page_id=171"},"modified":"2021-07-04T14:24:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T18:24:25","slug":"education-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/?page_id=171","title":{"rendered":"Education Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Women\u2019s Empowerment Centre that we built in 2016 has surpassed our expectations. It was built to be a place for girls to find refuge, safety and education. A place where girls who have undergone FGM, rape or have been sold off into marriage at a young age, can learn skills to better their lives, their families and their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KH built the facility with classrooms, an office, kitchen, showers, toilets and sinks. There is electricity and a kids classroom for those with children. There is a large security wall surrounding the Centre so that everyone stays safe. Eleven of the twelve girls that first came to the Centre have all found full time jobs. They live and learn here and when they are finished, they move on to find work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carol Interview\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/423775312?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Centre is so successful that we have a waiting list. So, why not make it bigger?! In 2020, KH returned to Kenya to help build an extension on the Centre so we can offer the program to more girls. They learn computer skills, sewing, hairdressing, farming and agriculture. Our goal, only made possible with <strong>your<\/strong> help, was to build an extension&#8230;and because of <strong>YOU<\/strong>, we did just that! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THANK YOU!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Grandmother.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"948\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Grandmother.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/?attachment_id=948\" class=\"wp-image-948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Grandmother.jpg 642w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Grandmother-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Kenya Help supplies food and supplies to 50 Grandmothers in Ngong Village<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GlobalHelpBoys.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"947\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GlobalHelpBoys.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/?attachment_id=947\" class=\"wp-image-947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GlobalHelpBoys.jpg 960w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GlobalHelpBoys-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GlobalHelpBoys-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Visiting with the boys from Global Hope Rescue Centre. They are doing so well.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SponsoredGirls.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"946\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SponsoredGirls.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/?attachment_id=946\" class=\"wp-image-946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SponsoredGirls.jpg 960w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SponsoredGirls-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SponsoredGirls-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Checking in with our sponsored girls.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Reunion.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"945\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Reunion.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/?attachment_id=945\" class=\"wp-image-945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Reunion.jpg 720w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Reunion-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Reunited with a young girl from the village.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mile.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"944\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mile.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/?attachment_id=944\" class=\"wp-image-944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mile.jpg 720w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mile-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Walking just a mile in their shoes&#8230;and did not make it. So much respect for the women and young girls doing this daily.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DoorsOpen.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"943\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DoorsOpen.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/?attachment_id=943\" class=\"wp-image-943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DoorsOpen.jpg 720w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DoorsOpen-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Doors are open for more girls!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECOutside.jpg\" alt=\"Completed Women's Empowerment Centre\" class=\"wp-image-177\" width=\"419\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECOutside.jpg 900w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECOutside-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECOutside-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Women\u2019s Empowerment Centre provides vocational education for vulnerable girls with little to no education. Some of the girls have been married off at a young age, undergone female genital mutilation, and\/or have been subjected to multiple abuses. They have not had the opportunity to be educated, or learn new skills. The girls are taught computer skills, sewing, farming and other various trades, therefore being able to change the path for their future, their families and even their community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Center now has a security wall and gates, along with new pig pens, complete with pigs, for an income generating business. We have now completed an outdoor kitchen, put in a 10,000 liter water tank, shower, and sink and toilet area, all within the walls of the WEC, keeping the girls safe. The outdoor living area was completed the summer of 2017. The Women\u2019s Center is self-sustaining! Thank you for all of your support!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECWall-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"179\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECWall.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/?attachment_id=179\" class=\"wp-image-179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECWall-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECWall-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECWall-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECWall.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Security Wall<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECGate-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"174\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECGate.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/?attachment_id=174\" class=\"wp-image-174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECGate-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECGate-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECGate-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECGate.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Security Gate<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECcomputers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-173\" width=\"365\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECcomputers.jpg 900w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECcomputers-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECcomputers-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><figcaption>Installed Technology for Skills Development<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Most children are not getting the basic education they need to become empowered adults who can pull their families and their communities out of poverty. When children are educated, they will have the courage and self-confidence to better themselves and their families, their communities, and ultimately, the next generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even having just basic reading skills can lift you out of poverty, boost economic growth, increase income, and make you healthier. They learn how to prevent illness and improve overall health, build and maintain infrastructure, manage personal and professional relationships, understand and advocate for basic rights, and secure a livelihood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What started as building a small classroom in 2008 has now grown into building schools to hold hundreds of children. With your help, schools in Kenya are being repaired, re-roofed and filled with desks. Kenya Help helps sponsor children to go to school, supports women to make school uniforms, and provides water tanks so the children have clean water to drink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watching the children grow and learn over the years has been incredible! With your help we have been able to build so much, so <em>thank you!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dragon Boys Band\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/423777560?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECWashroom.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"180\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECWashroom.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/?attachment_id=180\" class=\"wp-image-180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECWashroom.jpg 315w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECWashroom-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Finished Bathroom<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECWater-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"181\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECWater.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/?attachment_id=181\" class=\"wp-image-181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECWater-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECWater-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECWater-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECWater.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Water Tank<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECStove.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"178\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECStove.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/?attachment_id=178\" class=\"wp-image-178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECStove.jpg 315w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECStove-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Stove<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECNancy.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"176\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECNancy.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/?attachment_id=176\" class=\"wp-image-176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECNancy.jpg 315w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECNancy-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Completed Building<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECGirl.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"175\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECGirl.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/?attachment_id=175\" class=\"wp-image-175\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Learning Opportunities<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECBathroom.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"172\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECBathroom.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/?attachment_id=172\" class=\"wp-image-172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECBathroom.jpg 315w, https:\/\/kenyahelp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WECBathroom-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Bathroom in Progress<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Women\u2019s Empowerment Centre that we built in 2016 has surpassed our expectations. It was built to be a place for girls to find refuge, safety and education. A place where girls who have undergone FGM, rape or have been sold off into marriage at a young age, can learn skills to better their lives, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247,"parent":66,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-171","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"rise-blocks_excerpt":"The Women\u2019s Empowerment Centre that we built in 2016 has surpassed our expectations. It was built to be a place for girls to find refuge, safety and education. 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