Kwa Watoto Class Two has 20 students, 6 girls and 14 boys, ages 7-8 years. Computer lessons are Class Two’s favorite subject. They do not want to miss a single minute on the computers and remind their teacher about computer class early in the day! The teacher says, “Technology is making a great impact on my pupils.” These boys and girls excel in Social Studies, Christian Religious Education and Drama Club. They enjoy reading library books and downloading books onto Kindles.

Mr. Nzoka is currently teaching Class Two because the regular teacher, Mrs. Mtalii, is on maternity leave. Mr. Nzoka has taught at Kwa Watoto School for eight years and usually teaches the Nursery Class. He became a teacher because “There were not many male teachers teaching little children. Many of these children do not have fathers and lack a good male role-model in their lives.”Mr. Nzoka’s favorite part of teaching is the early childhood development activities, Social Studies and Science. He believes that Christian Religious Education is a vital part of the curriculum and “likes to focus on the children’s spiritual growth.” Of his students he says, “These pupils have shown great potential and have performed well this term with a mean score of four hundred out of a possible five hundred. This is not an easy accomplishment, so it shows they have worked very hard.”Meet Samuel

Samuel is 8 years old and one of nine children, four of whom are married. Samuel, four siblings, his mother, and another adult, live in a one-room house in an extremely overcrowded and poverty-stricken neighborhood. This single room serves as a living room, bedroom and kitchen and all activities of daily living happen in the same space. The family has only two beds; Samuel and his four siblings share one of them.Samuel says that Kwa Watoto School is “like a home” to him and he enjoys every moment of his time there. The two meals he receives daily are the highlight of his day! His favorite subject at school is Social Studies, and he likes learning to speak English.When Samuel is not at school, he collects used bottles and sells them to make money for bread. He wants to become an “area chief” when he grows up to “deal with bad people who disturb and steal our things all the time and also to protect my family.”eduKenya is passionate to see children like Samuel break free from the cycle of poverty and reach his or her God-given potential. We work to make this a reality by empowering children and their families with the opportunities to transform their lives.