Welcome to the official website of Okela School Charities, Inc. Our organization is dedicated to improving the lives and educational environment of the children in Okela Primary and Secondary Schools located in Okela Village, Nyanza Province of Kenya. The children live in poverty, and many are orphans. Their schools are in dire need of more space, materials, equipment, and books. We sponsor an ongoing program that provides lunches and uniforms for the youngest children, we assist the schools by contributing to one major project every year, and we have launched a scholarship program to send top-scoring Okela graduates to Kenyan universities. The needs of the children are great, but their potential is immeasurable.
Our Mission: To create self-sufficiency through education.
Current Goal: A scholarship program that pays tuition to a public university for a limited number of Okela students who otherwise could not continue their education. These students are then expected to give back to their community after earning their degree
Watch the video below to see students at Okela dancing as a way to thank visitors who have contributed to their schools.
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Our charity has completed the following projects:
built and fully equipped an early childhood education classroom for nursery-age children
built a water collection system for both schools
sent science equipment and books
bought tables for the science laboratory
supported a women's group for five years
purchased a generator for the schools
purchased a laptop computer for the secondary school, their first
provided for five years (and will continue to provide) food and clothing for children in the early childhood education program.
Here are some of the results of our work:
School attendance and academic performance have increased since lunches and uniforms have been provided.
The new classroom has alleviated some of the problems of overcrowding.
Nursery-age children now have more space and better facilities, a much-improved learning environment.
As a result of the installation of a water collection system, female students miss fewer days of school.
With the gift of a laptop, many students have been introduced to technology, and officials can keep records and connect to the internet.
Several students have scored high enough on the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam to qualify for half-tuition government scholarships. Teachers attribute higher test scores, especially in science, to new equipment. (Five years ago, the science lab had no science equipment or tables.)
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and many are orphans. Their schools are in dire need of more space, materials, equipment, and books. We sponsor an ongoing program that provides lunches and uniforms for the youngest children, we assist the schools by contributing to one major project every year, and we have launched a scholarship program to send top-scoring Okela graduates to Kenyan universities. The needs of the children are great, but their potential is immeasurable. 