Love School Centre
- Kenya
- Evangelism, Children, Education
One Hope Church has developed a special Kenya Connection with Love School Centre, a Christian school in the heart of the Kawangware slum of Nairobi. In December, 2011,
One Hope Church facilitated the renovation of the Love School Centre. Renovations included installing cement floors, new roofs, gutters, walkways and painting of the entire exterior of the school. In January 2012, One Hope Church helped to launch the "fortified porridge" lunch program at the Love School Centre, providing each of the 350 students with a cup of warm nutritious cereal. OHC's donation helped to construct a small "cooking shed," purchase the necessary kettles and charcoal burner and hire a cook. This is an ongoing program in which OHC will continue to support. In July 2012, a team of teachers from One Hope Church traveled to Kenya to give help and encouragement to the 14 teachers at Love School Centre. Money is in short supply at Love School Centre and some months there isn't enough money to pay the teachers, so some teachers do private tutoring in the evenings so that they can continue to teach at Love School Centre and still be able to meet their families' needs.
A number of the students at Love School Centre are orphans. Members of One Hope Church are now sponsoring some of the orphans - providing for food, school fees, school uniforms and medical care. The OHC Team of Teachers were able to meet with the orphans being sponsored by OHC members during their visit in July. The OHC Team of Teachers was also been invited to help at the Kibera Luther Academy, which is run by the Spring of Life Lutheran Church in Kibera slum.
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