The Opening Ceremony Of Tenderfeet Education Center.

At a colorful Ceremony, the new Tenderfeet school was officially opened. In attendance were the Collette foundation team, the children, teachers, parents and few invited guests. The Collette foundation has been instrumental in the funding of the purchase of the new plot of land for Tenderfeet that is large enough to hold the school buildings and also a playground for the children.

Tenderfeet education center has developed to aid Orphans and other vulnerable children of pre-school age in Nairobi, Kenya. Tenderfeet Education Center focuses on creating a positive environment for the children. The center was founded and directed by Margaret whose motivation is to improve the living situation of the country in the years to come.
Originally located in Kibera, The largest township in in East Africa, the school was forced to move due to the unrest In early 2008. Tenderfeet is now located in Riruta, a suburb of Nairobi, currently has 80 students. Although the location has changed, the passion of Tenderfeet is very much alive.
It was a privilege to be a part of this eventful day and just seeing the Joy on Margaret face and those beautiful smiles on the children's faces was just amazing. You could see a great future for the children.


While Margaret was giving her speech, one could not notice the joy felt from her words, she expressed the gratitude she had for all those who has enabled the project to to where it is now , she also highlighted on some of the steps the project has gone through to the current state.
The greatest achievement for the school so far has been the actualization of their own facility which has facilitated the fulfillment of Margaret's mission and vision.
We give God all the glory for this far he has brought them and pray for all other projects still pending like electricity to be installed and the completion of the Toilets.

progress with the new building

some of the pictures of the new building. The roofing has been done already.

Progress With The New Building.

Timber For roofing
The new Building

New Building

Metal bars for the doors and the windows.

New Building for Tenderfeet.

It’s very true that the shovels and the hammers are busy at Tenderfeet. The construction begun last year December and there has been great progress. It has taken the longest time but finally they are there. The Tenderfeet dream of owning their own place is finally becoming a reality.

Going back to history from kibera where they have been displaced uncountable times , then the post election violence that brought confusion to the whole country affecting tenderfeet big time, to satellite-Riruta in the small rooms and finally in few months coming they are going to have their own spacious classes.

Yesterday we were very busy laying the stones with the help of professional people who have been in building field for a long time therefore with more experience.

Though the wait has been long, the tenderfeet new school construction is underway. It all started with one visit which opened up doors to many other blessings .the building which has been constructed in a rural environment will be a very conducive environment for the young ones. The air around there is very fresh free from urban pollution and noise. The area is very large thus the children will have enough space to play and run around something they have not been able to do due t o lack of space. Also the newly constructed classrooms will be capable of holding a larger number of students. This means that more needy children will be able to receive assistance which is quite a step for the project towards assisting less privileged students

Updates!

After a long holiday, the children are now back to school. The school reopened a week ago. above is Brian mwangi who is supported by urban outreach one of the students at tenderfeet graduated and now he is in grade three. He now goes to one of the school not far away from tenderfeet school.
Tenderfeet school is under construction in the new land that was purchased sometimes back. there has been tremendous change at the center. i will update more on the building with pictures soon.

Tenderfeet 10th Anniversery.

Tenderfeet family gathered yesterday to celebrate its 10^th anniversary and 1^st graduation of Tenderfeet Education center. When Margaret was giving her speech to the congregation, she thanked the almighty God for sustaining them that far from when the school was young until now, the joy for this achievement was to celebrate there 10^th anniversary.

There was a lot of food and refreshments for all

18 children graduated from pre-unit to grade one. They were so proud of what they had achieved.

Both the teachers and the children are always working hard day by day and are anxious to excel in education. They also engage them in all activities areas for education. Discipline has generally been great over the past years. The guardians were encouraged to instill discipline to the children as it is one of the fundamentals towards excellence.

The school has qualified dedicated teaching staff. Tenderfeet children have been good role models wherever they go. Some are in primary and secondary school and they are performing very well. The school sources donor support from friends and well wishers to support children from vulnerable families and orphans. It also supports families in need with; food supplies, rent and pay medical attention to the children with special needs. It also provides breakfast and lunch that help the children grow healthy. Children are also provided with stationary (learning materials) to enhance smooth running.

The school has been facing many challenges like receiving threats from the City Council to close down since it is located in a residential area. Although with all challenges that they have been facing, they have been so strong in prayers and determination and God has spoken to friends who helped to purchase a plot for the school and the construction may start any time from now.

Updates

The nurse at the dispensary
One of the child was sick, she is resting at the dispensary bed.

Dispenasry

Looking at the chats they have at the dispensary

Checking on the medicines records

The picture above is when we had a conference in Uganda for one week.

The past month we had a conference in Uganda and i had a chance to attend it. This was attended by people from east Africa and had more than 30 members. It was great to go through each and every partner visoin and mission statement. The other interesting part is when we went through each and every partner like Tenderfeet and IWASSRU Books of accounts. It was wonderful to see all the work and effort they put so as to make sure that they are accounatble with all the money they get from the donor and how they use the funds. We also advised them it diffrent areas where they are not very strong at and they appreciated that very much and we hope for more improvements in future.

After the Conference we had a chance to travel to Sudan. It was wonderful to see the children that they have grown so fast in just few months. I was very much interested with the dispensary and i was so greatful that the medicine i bought the last time is still there. I bought enough medicine that could last them more that a year. i t was also great that some volunteers from the state brought some more medicine to the dispensary and they also assist at the dispensary to take care of the sick children. the omly problem they are facing is funds to pay the nurse who is fully employed to take care of the childern and the dispensary.

Tenderfeet school has been doing great the past few months. it is amazing how God is doing great things through urban outreach and other oganization like Lahash to make sure that things run well and most of the needs for the children are met. The Children appreciate very much with the education they are getting from Tenderfeet and the great support that you are giving them.

Very soon they will start building the school when the funds are available.