One of the subjects studied at our Chelezo High School is Agriculture. Over the years our students have undertaken numerous successful planting and harvesting seasons, and more recently a goat keeping project for their Agriculture practical exams. In an effort for Chelezo High School to work towards food self-sufficiency, we have transformed what began as simple exam projects into larger scale farming where we grow our own vegetables and livestock to feed our school. This involves collaboration between our support staff and students so that our farming projects benefit the whole Chelezo community.

For more than 8 years, Mr. John Muigai, one of our school security guards, who is also an excellent farmer, has taken on the responsibility of caring for our school vegetable garden. The vegetables being grown are sukuma wiki (a form of kale), spinach, amaranth, a little cabbage and managu which is an indigenous bitter herb (African nightshade). All of these vegetables have become a part of the nutritious meals that we feed our students and staff at our high school throughout the term, with the added benefit of reducing our overhead costs. In 2020 our students' final year exam project involved goat keeping. After the class finished with their exam project, one of our other security guards, Mr. Bonface Okoit, took on the care of our goats, supervising their successful growth from 10 to 17 goats.

When you give to eduKenya, you are supporting students in a practical, robust education. An education that inspires students as they see how a project that starts off as something for "passing exams," with some skill, effort and perseverance, can become a source of livelihood for themselves and their community.

"Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before. Then people who are not believers will respect the way you live, and you will not need to depend on others." 1 Thessalonians 4: 11-12