Joseph Mbugua and G-BIACK

Pathfinder Academy gets books for new library

Tuxpan breakfast program

The New Tecolote Kitchen

Letter from Pathfinder Academy: Thanks to all who helped!

Common Ground Program

PO Box 2487

Kitale 30200

18^th June 2010

Dear Karen,

RE: COMPLETION OF THE GROUND FLOOR.

On behalf of Common Ground Program and Pathfinder Academy fraternity, may I sincerely thank you for the all effort that you have put in place to ensure that the infrastructure at Pathfinder Academy is improved. This demands denial and self sacrifice on your part.

The ground floor of the building is now complete- hosting a library and six seven classrooms, which are all in use. The library is easily accessed by all students and the staff.

We no longer have congestion in our classes since the new classrooms are specious enough with two students occupying a desk. It is very unusual in most Kenyan schools to have two students on a desk. At most, a desk is occupied by three to five students and even some sit on the floor for lack of desk. Thanks for such a wonderful gesture.

Due to your efforts, our school was selected by the Ministry of Education as Center of Excellent and E-Learning Center for Primary schools. This gives us an edge over other schools as news ideas/methods are first tested at our school before spreading to other primary schools in the district. This is greatly improving our academic standards and extra-curricular activities.

I am confident that the new classrooms and library at Pathfinder Academy will enable us remain among the top performing schools in our region in national examinations. Our only greatest challenge now is to find more books for the library.

It is the first time ever to have an official library time instituted in any Primary school. Pathfinder Academy is the first school in the region to have official library time approved by School Management Committee. Thanks for your efforts.

You have made the lives of many students in this school to change positively. They used to feel rejected but now the have fit in the society. Praise be unto God.

You deserve a credit for all that you have done for Pathfinder Academy and the community at large.

Once again, may I thank you and well-wishers for tirelessly denying yourself for the sake of our orphan and vulnerable students. You will ever remain in our minds and may the Almighty God shower his blessings upon you.

Your sincerely,

Joshua Amwai Machinga.

Valentines for Zimbabwe

On February 13 the Toledo First Seventh-day Adventist Church held its third annual benefit banquet, this time for Amistad’s Murwira Orphanage project in Zimbabwe. The featured speaker was Carl Wilkens, nephew of Murwira director Paula Leen. Wilkens was the only American relief worker who chose to stay in Rwanda during that country’s hundred day genocide in 1994.

Volunteer chef Ray Riley and his lovely wife Judy prepared a special meal for the 100+ guests in attendance, complete with red velvet lace-embossed cupcakes. In recent years the Toledo First Church has put service and issues of social justice at the forefront of its mission, reflected in events such as the annual Valentine’s banquet. Community guests came away deeply moved by the stories Wilkens told about Paula’s work in Zimbabwe and the plight her children face each day. Although figures are still being tallied, the church estimates that approximately $3500 was raised for Murwira Orphanage.

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