The Children’s Garden School Nairobi, Kenya December 2005

The Children’s Garden School

Kenya Facts Population: 34,000,000 GDP per capita: 800 Life expectancy: 48 HIV/AIDS 6.7% Unemployment 40% Poverty 50% Religion: Christian 80%, Muslim 10%, other 10%

An airview of Kebira slum

Typical slum housing

World financial statistics 40,000 37,800 USA 30,000 29,600 UK 28,480 Bratislava 20,000 13,300 Slovakia 10,000 8,200 World 800 Kenya 0

World Ranking GDP USA37, Canada29, United Kingdom 27, France27, Slovakia 13, Romania 6, Ukraine 5, China 5, India 2, Iraq 1, Kenya 1, Afghanistan Somalia 500

Life Expectancy - world ranking

Welcome to the Children’s Garden School. Come on in.

Each class now has desks and a blackboard.

Head Teacher, Edward

The Teacher’s room, office and storage room

School library and Text book supply

A new building for the pre-school and first class.

A new school kitchen for school lunches

A self-made toy - a little doll made out of a plastic bag and cloth

A new classroom - for pre-school children

A few toys for the youngest children

The children have cleaned the area and planted a garden.

In the garden, the children have made a map of Kenya with models of typical tribal houses

A typical house for the Maasai people (model)

The children and teachers are growing plants and trees to sell in order to raise money for school needs.

Jakob Valentine Musa Oliver Emanuele

Moses Lucy Mariam Stellah Dennis

Garden School Teachers with Narnia Teacher, Caulene

Working together - teacher training

School Director, Moses, explains the school’s efforts to clean up the community.

Money collection from Narnia and C.S. Lewis Schools 13,889 SKK 30,000 KES (Kenyan shilling) SKK 4500 for school supplies SKK 9389 gift for textbooks and other expenses -

The Children’s Home

Simon Fodi

Thank you. Asante sana.