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Bright Star School
Nairobi, Kenya 2003-08
Mission statement: to provide a safe, productive learning environment for the
children of the Fuata Nyayo slum, to
feed the students a hot lunch, to provide a secure shelter for homeless or
orphaned children, and to teach the Word of God to all.
Updates
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Our March '08
Mission trip |
Items being collected
for June trip |
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Bill Kring has
donated the money to build our Science lab and 3 classrooms.
Betty Campbell's family has donated the money
to build the sewing center/medical clinic.
Thank you all so much! Construction started May 5th.
Click here
to see photos. |
Check out the
Kokomo Tribune article about the American
Sewing Guild - Kokomo Chapter and Shirley Hoy making uniforms for the
students. You can also read
Danielle's article in the Jan. 21st edition of the
Kokomo Tribune about the political
unrest around Bright Star. |
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Feeding the children supplements,
like this peanut butter and bread, is essential to learning. |
Ben Davis 9th
Graders Shave Mr. Upton's Head |
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The latest photos of our boarders |
What will $100 buy at Bright Star? How about
$20?
You will be amazed! |
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Needed!!!!
Laptops (new or used) and educational
DVD's.
Thank you, Daniel, Becky, Susan, and the Propes' for their laptop donations.
Huge benefit to the kids! |
We have 4 homeless
girls living with Pastor John and a church member because we have no
room for them in the girls' dorm. With recent donations from
Onward Christian Church Women's Fellowship and Goldsmith U.M.C., we
can start planning the expansion of the girls' dorm! I'm so
excited! |
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With the huge
donation of school supplies from Steve Currens, 1800 toothbrushes
from Western Middle School students, over 200 t-shirts
from the American Cancer Society (through the efforts of Vicki
Boles), and the sizable number of donated socks and underwear from
the First Church of the Nazarene, Delta Kappa Gamma, LWML, and
others, we
can now focus on
various other items. |
The boys' dorm is
completed, thanks to the generosity of
Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer. Click
here
to see photos. Thanks to
a donation from my
Rotary Club, the boys' dorm will get furnished with
chairs, study tables, lamps, and flooring to make the dorm a "home."
Thank you all! |
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For information
about another worthy effort to help children, click
here. |
Thank you,
Indiana
State Reading Association, one more time for the 250+
canvas bags in addition to the 314 you donated last fall.
Thank you
all! |
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L.I.F.T. (Ladies in
Fellowship Together) not only made a generous donation to Bright
Star, they also donated 248 pairs of socks! Thank you very much! |
December '07 Newsletter
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You can visit my
personal web page
here. |
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