We held a Groundbreaking Ceremony a couple weeks ago to lay a stone foundation before starting construction of our new campus. We were thrilled to welcome twenty guests from the community!
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One of our donors has generously offered to lend us funding so we can start construction of our new campus immediately! Instead of waiting until all funds are raised, construction will begin now and we’ll double the number of young women at Neema as early as 2024!
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The nine third year students marched towards the graduation square at 10:00am. They looked beautiful. One of the highlights of the day was when the graduating students stood to share something, and it was such an emotional moment for them. As they looked back at the progress they had made since joining Neema in 2020, and now three years later, they could see such change.
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Just a few weeks ago, Florence was crowned Miss Neema 2022 at our annual Fashion Show. And today, she’s preparing to take her highest national dressmaking certification exam before graduating. "I now believe that truly God cannot forget his children. I cannot believe that he has made me who I am today,” Florence says. But life did not always look so bright.
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Maureen benefited greatly from her time with Neema’s trauma and guidance counselors who helped her heal emotionally. In Maureen’s third year at Neema, one of our counselors shared, "Maureen said her love for God grows each and every day that passes because of the second chances God gave her through Neema."
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By 10:00am, students, staff, and guardians had arrived at Neema and were waiting for the festivities to begin. Neema’s annual Fashion Show is a special time of year for students, staff, and alumni, and the Kenya staff team was thrilled to celebrate the students’ hard work and encourage their creativity!
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Jackie Birungi, one of Neema’s counselors, is living out her great passion of “putting a smile on somebody’s face” in a profession where genuine smiles are hard earned but a definite sign of hope for the future.
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While each individual Neema student has her own story surrounding her life prior to Neema—who she was raised by, how she survived, etc.—they all collectively carry the burden of extreme material poverty. And even though coming to Neema, with adequate food, lodging, clothing, healthcare, etc., has relieved some of that burden personally, they still carry that burden for their families.
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