I realized we’d been walking for over a mile. After walking a little further and going around a small densely populated patch of trees and brush, we finally arrived at Neema’s alternate water source.
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Over 150 people from 11 countries (Kenya, USA, Canada, France, Italy, Belgium, United Kingdom, Singapore, Luxembourg, Norway, and Switzerland) and 4 states participated in this year's Solidarity Stomp, as we all together trekked "to Kenya!" And because of you, the programs at Neema are thriving and our students and their families are being supported.
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Now that she’s back in school, Sarah’s father says that she has hope. Because he didn’t have the money to pay for school fees, Sarah was supposed to just stay home. But after they heard about Neema and she started, it has transformed her in terms of education and good health, and he’s grateful for that. His desire is for Sarah to have hope and a bright future.
Sarah says she is grateful to God for bringing her to Neema because she knows after she is done with school she will have to give a helping hand to the father who does everything single handedly.
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But because of one young woman healing from past trauma, getting educated, and learning a trade, she’s able to support her family and help those in the same generation get the formal education she missed out on, an education that will hopefully have multiplying returns in the future.
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During one-on-one counseling, a first year student asked me to teach her how to love because she doesn't know how to receive or give love. She had never been hugged in her life, and she was not [open] to being hugged in the first sessions of individual counseling. I asked her if she could allow me to demonstrate it through listening and giving her a hug twice a day in the morning and in the evening. By the end of the week, she looked brighter and had learned to hug with ease.
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Because life has been difficult for her, Rachel said she would rather get married than go back to living with her step families. Marriage brings status and financial gain into a girl’s family. And while the legal marriage age in Kenya is 18, 23% of girls are married before that age, sometimes against their will (Educating Adolescents Around the Globe). Others, like Rachel, think about it as a way to escape unhealthy households.
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Third year student Brenda’s mother says, "Neema has been the source of joy to me and my family through the education of our daughter and the care she receives. She has good morals, [and] she is a role model to other young girls at home.
Read MoreNeema was able to collaborate with InNOVAtion 一 a team of students Civil Engineers from Villanova University working under the supervision of Dr. Virginia Smith一 to begin the process of getting detailed design ideas for a new, potential “Neema campus,” as well as estimated material and building costs.
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