EASTER GREETINGS AND MELON UPDATE

We take this opportunity to wish all our Melon friends a happy Easter holiday.We are happy with the progress melon has had since our last posting which was last year, when we had a lot of crisis in our country. We take this opportunity to thank all who headed to our cry and assisted us in the turmoil times.

We are happy for the harmony we are now enjoying in Melon though we must

say that many of the melon children were affected, and it was

so sad for me when I was putting up some profiles for the children and realized there are now so many children with single parents due to the post election violence.

We will not dwell in the past, it’s gone and we don’t expect such times again, it affected much in the country and Melon, since then we have not been having foreign volunteers come continually as they used to come, but we are hoping they will start coming.

We have had much going on in Melon and I will highlight on some progress and also downfalls we have had so far.

To begin with, academically we have had a good continuing education procedure in that we have had volunteer teachers from melon neighboring community, offer themselves to come

and volunteer in Melon ,we currently have 15 teachers who have dedicated their time to be with the children and teach them accordingly.

We have had three subordinate staff two assisting in the kitchen and one assist in management.

We have been able to maintain three hundred children and also have had twenty children who come to melon for their meals and go to government schools, the children who go from Melon have had impressing results in their posted government schools and this has really encouraged us when we realize how bright the children are.

Something good and encouraging is that this year we have had one of our children in Melon and the first one joining high school,

Mary Andiego 14 years old is a bright girl who joined melon in 2005.Mary has two sisters Filda and Sharon, and one brother Norbert .They stay with the aunt and all of them are in Melon.

In 2006 Mary was sponsored by two volunteers Clare and Lindsey and she joine

d the government school in standard six, she did her best while in school and became a good icon for other children in Melon.

In 2008 Mary sat for the Kenya Certificate of Primary education which she passed well and received admission at Maombi Girls Secondary school in Nakuru.Its a boarding school which her sponsors Clare and Lindsey are continuing sponsoring her.

It was great joy for Mary and Melon when she joined high school. It was clear on her first day in secondary school that Mary is one of the children in melon who is excited to have the opportunity to have education by being sponsored.

We really thank her sponsors Clare and Lindsey for the golden chance they have given Mary and I know she will live to remember them. Let us also take this opportunity to request others to take interest in sponsoring children knowing they will be transforming the children’s lives.

Mary joining high school has been such a great encouragement to us when we see the trend Melon children look forward to.

We thank all those who have been greatly part of us just to mention Mary Beth, Ian Swinton, Daniel Voshart, Andy Milner, Abion, Mrs. Becky, Clare and Lindsey, Emma Silker, Rosina, Len Batty, and others who have seen us through difficult times and have continually been there for Melon by giving donations of food, stationery and also through others melon children can now correspond with children in UK and get to learn more about their school and country differences.

We are happy with the few achievement we have attained, however we have also had some downfalls one being, when we had volunteers coming they were able to bring us stationery and teaching materials that really assisted us, now since they seized coming we have a shortage of stationery.

We have also had a big challenge on food they has been a great problem of food in the country something that has also affected Melon since initially the government has been donating relief food but since the shortage of food was experienced we have had no food being given to Melon at all, this has left us a big challenge of feeding the children and we must say that the children have not been receiving enough food something that has kept us so uncomfortable.

However these downfalls have not distracted us from our chore mission of looking after the dear children entrusted to us. We have been doing our best and will always do our best to fully care for them.

Thank you for taking your time to go through our update and keep on looking for more detailed updates.

Once more we take this time to wish all the melon friends Happy Easter Holiday we Love you and are happy to have friends like you.

Happy Easter!!