SOAR-KENYA ACADEMY

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OUR MOTTO:

Light to the Needy

OUR MISSION:

To Provide Knowledge and Skills to Children in Need

and the Community At Large
OUR VISION:

To Have a Happy Self Sustaining Community

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
BACKGROUND INFORMATION.................................................................................................1
SCHOOL OBJECTIVES.................................................................................................................2
EXPANSION PLAN........................................................................................................................3
SCHOOL PROGRAMME...............................................................................................................5
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS........................................................................................................5
CHALLENGES.............................................................................................................................15
SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT..........................................................................................................16
APPEALS......................................................................................................................................18
APPRECIATION...........................................................................................................................19

INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
SOAR-Kenya Academy is a Non Profit day private registered by the ministry of education
(Registration Number PE/9720/13), pre and primary school which runs under the Directorship
of Mr James Yegon.
The main objective is to provide knowledge and skill to the children in need and the community
at large. The school is named after SOAR-Kenya Organization based in US for the great
contributions they have been to the school and the community at large. The school is situated to
the Southern side of Nakuru town and borders Lake Nakuru National park to the west about 12
kilometers from Nakuru town.
Soar-Kenya Organization Based In United States Of America Led By Mary And Don Is A
Developing Partner Of Soar Kenya Academy
SOAR-Kenya academy was started in 12th January 2011 with the help of SOAR -KENYA
Organization based in US who donated two acres of land. The School started with a mad
classroom which was given out by the person who sold the land to the school. Only 25 pupils
came for the interview together with two teachers

Images of first class room and latrine at Soar Kenya academy when it started in 12 th January
2011

his number started to increase as there was rapid development in the school within a very
short season. The same year Steve Werner and

Pat Werner (US) provided the school with permanent

latrines and a gate while Benjamin Stanz (US) helped
to build one extra mad classroom. Judy Merwin
provided the school with a sewing room in memory
of his late husband Dale Merwin.

Construction of school was done through a different donors and organizations who include:-;
SOAR-Kenya Organization(US), Kenya make a different group(US), Benjamin Stanz (US), Judy
Merwin (US), Pat and Steve Werner(US), Don and Mary (US), Sarah and Tobi (German), Linah
(German),Mason(US), Ashley(US) and saving from the school Director, James Yegon (Kenya).
The school has now 220 pupils from the surrounding community and the neighboring.

SCHOOL OBJECTIVES
To provide an Education that will enable the community develop their potential in basic
academic skills, social and self help skills/activities of daily living (A.D.L) and
vocational training for self reliance.
To provide individual development and self fulfillment.
To provide a good learning environment to children in need the community for the
development of the community.

MISION
To provide knowledge and skills to the children in need and the community at large.
VISION
To have a happy self-sustaining community
SLOGAN
Today's preparation determines tomorrow's achievements.
CORE VALUES
Integrity
Transparency
Quality service delivery
Commitment to duty
Professionalism
Teamwork
SCHOOL
'S PHYSICAL FACILITIES
Three permanent classrooms
Three mad classrooms
Powerhouse /security rooms
Borehole with full treatments plants
Two latrines blocks
Water kiosk
One store made of mad
Stand tank.

EXPANSION PLAN
We need: More classrooms
Administration block
Permanent kitchen
School van
Furniture
Text and exercise books
Sponsorships towards individuals pupils from very poor families.
Expand irrigation system to provide enough food to the school and vulnerable member of
the community.
STAFFS ESTABLISHMENT
The school has 5 teachers who are trained and committed to their noble job of assisting children
who have been placed under their care.
SUPPORT STAFF
The school has 4 support staffs who help in varies section of the school, they include;
Farm manager
Cook
Security
Water Officer
MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE
The school is managed by the Director of Mr. James Kiprop Yegon with the help of the
committee, elected by the parents (P.T.A) with the head teacher being the secretary. The school
also has a Deputy Head teacher who helps the Head teacher in coordinating work at the school.

The Director, parents and children welcomes other sponsors/donors on board to supplement its
heavy responsibility; of offering education to the pupils and the community at large.
Special mentions go to;

SCHOOL PROGRAMME
ADMISSION
We admit small pupils at the age of 3 to 3 1/2 at the beginning of every year while the rest
proceed to another class. With this, the number of pupils as well as for the teachers increase
yearly hence increasing expenses of the school in different field.
1. PRE-PREMARY
In pre-primary level, the school has three classes namely; Baby class, This is a class of the kids
from 2 1/2 years to 3 1/2 years. They are fresh from home and they cry a lot for the first week of
their admission. The teacher here have rough time in taking care of them but just for a few
weeks before they get familiar with the environment. The next class is middle class, they are
between the age of 31/2 to 41/2.They are middle class in per-primary level and the last class is
top class. They are the senior most kids in pre-primary level who join class one or grade one after
one year.
In pre-primary level, the kids are taught communication skills, social and self help/activities of
daily living.
2. PREMARY LEVEL/ELEMENTARY LEVEL
In this level the pupils have 6 years to 15 years of age. So far we have we have class one and two
or grade one and two, we shall have the pupils proceeding to the next level and have a new once
every year. In Primary level, they are taught basic academic skills, communication skills and
prevocational skills.

DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
1. SOAR-KENYA ORGANIZATION (U.S.A)

Through Mary and Don SOAR-Kenya Organization is assisting with the payments of the
teachers and support staffs through willing donors.' Currently Soar Kenya organization is unable
to pay wages to the teachers and support staff due to shortage of funds. We are therefore
requesting for additional assistance from donors and well-wishers in order to meet our goals and
objectives and ensure that the pupils get quality education.

2. FRANKLIN WELLS FOR THE WORLD FOUDATION (SOURTH AFRICA)

ssisted with the funding a borehole and all its accessories, treatments plants, stand
tank and water kiosk through Mr Attie Jonker. This is a wonder and of great help
not only to the school but to the entire community, there was no water within our

community and the neighboring, The community could travel for a long distances in search of
water, Women could go in the morning and come in the afternoon carrying both the young ones
and water at the back but now the community is all smile thanks to the communities
contribution. The project is also another source of income for the school with the earning got
from it are used to pay electricity, water Officer as well as making some saving for repair and
maintenance for the pump.

3. PAT, STEVE AND ROTARY CLUB OF FONTANA (USA)

Through Pat and Steve Werner from Rotary club
of Fontana and founder of sanitary towels
and pads project. SOAR-Kenya Academy
has been distributing sanitary pads and towels
to the school going girls in 13 schools found in
Barut division. This has really improved the
performance of girls as well as their confidence compared
to the previous time.
They also funded metal gate, permanent latrine and helped
Funding school fence.
4. F.K.A STUDENTS, DON, MARY AND RHONDA KRAPE (USA)
Through F.K.A students, SOAR-Kenya Academy has been able to put an irrigation system in the
school that support food program. The school
provides breakfast in term of porridge and
lunch in the afternoon, either rice and beans
or ugali(mixture of water and flour) with kale.
Majority of the pupils depends on this meals
hence increasing the number of the pupils
joining the school. Our garden looks great
during this time of drought with the availability
of water in the school, So far we have irrigated
a quarter an acre and hope to do in the future, in which the surplus will be supply to those with
H.I.V and AIDS to improve their health.

5. LINDA, AND ROTARY CLUB OF WANAUNKEE, AND SOAR KENYA

ORGANIZATION.
For helping with the construction of latrines and modern
toilet for the pupils, teachers, support staffs and
the visitors. They also helped by
purchasing text books
and school furniture.

6. CONNOR, JOAB, MARK AND HIS FRIENDS

For helping with providing over 100 kids
with uniforms and pairs of shoes,
majority of our kids have been attending
latrines without shoes but now they are
free from getting diseases from latrines.

7. BEN STANZ, JAVAN AND KAREN

For helping with funding of the on-going three classrooms,
the school has been facing great challenges
of classrooms and we hope these three
classrooms will help solve this problem.
(new building )

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8. MR CLAUS AND PENSFORKIDS PROJECT

For helping with providing the school
with over 2000 pens, this has really increase the
performances of the kids, they have also promise
to help the school with balls. (pens for kids)

9. BRUCE AND THE FAMILY, DON AND MARY

For providing the school with over 10 laptops,
this enabled the school in conjunction
with (DOT KENYA) Digital Opportunity Trust to provide
over 200 young people in community and
the surrounding with certificates.
(computers studies and certificates & graduation)
10. MARCI, DEB, JUDY AND JOANNE
For providing the school with sewing machine
and training of women in the community,
this has enabled the women make uniforms
to the kids and learn something for upkeep.
(knitting and sewing)

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11. AILEEN, JACK, KAREN, RUTH, FRANK, DON, MARY AND BENTON CHURCH.
For sponsoring students within
our community, this has really improved
education standard in our area and we hope
to have a group of young people who will
help in transforming lives of many in
future hence improving standard of living.
(sponsorship program)

12. BRUCE, MARCI AND BEN STANZ

For helping purchased a two extra
two piece of land adjacent to
the school, the school has planted (farm)

13. RUTH AND ST. MARY OF HOLY ROSARY CATHOLIC CHURCH

For helping funding power
house and guard house. (Power house)

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14. CHRIS AND PEACEFULL SOLUTION EDUCATION CHARACTER

For helping with peaceful solution
education character, funds for purchasing
printing materials and purchase of
a printer, this program has really improved
behavior of our kids since it is full of teachings
of moral behavior. From the books we hope
to have a well-behaved and an upright
society full of great leaders. (education character)

3. COMPUTER LESSON
In collaboration with DOT (Digital Opportunity Trust) Kenya Organization,
SOAR-Kenya Academy has been able
to provide computer trainings to
over 200 students from the community
and the neighboring. This has really
expanded the use of computer among youths.
Some have used the certificates in
acquiring jobs and different organizations
hence improve their living. The school has of late
received a donation from Bruce, Don
and their families over 10 lap top computers.

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4. WIEVING, SEWING AND KNITTING AMONG THE WOMEN

The school has three sewing machines
that were donated by JoAnne, Marci
and SOAR-Kenya Organization (U.S.A),
The parents and the community women
comes to the school and make uniforms to the pupils.
The school provides them with materials
and a token fee as a sigh of appreciation.
The project is not only provide the pupils
with the uniforms but also provide empowerment
and employment to the community women.
The women too do knitting after
Marci and Debbie (U.S.A) taught and provided
them with knitting equipments now they
can make sweaters and marvins,
They sell product to the community
and visitors from abroad, They use the income
to purchase more materials and to sustain their families.

5. SPONSORSHIP
SOAR-Kenya Academy is not only provide help at
the pre and primary level but at a high school level.
Through SOAR-Kenya Academy,
eight students can now smile as their
dreams have come true, We have eight students
who are being sponsored by different sponsors namely;
Marci, Mary, Aileen, Karen and Benton Methodist Church (U.S.A)
while one is done with his high school level.
The school has two handicapped boys who are in
a boarding schools undertaking special learning and

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are being sponsored by Jack Voss from German.

The school too provide sponsorship to the
pupils from a very poor background at both
Pre and Primary level where we have different
sponsor who contributes a school fees of $15 a terms,
We encourage well wishers to help boost this program
to keep the pupils in school,

This fees goes directly towards feeding program

where the pupils are provided with porridge at 10am
and lunch either rice with beans or
Ugali (mixture of maize flour and hot water)
with vegetable at noon.

6. FARMING PROGRAM
Food in one of the vital challenge face
many African nations, to deal with this.
SOAR-Kenya Academy has put quarter an
acre into irrigation while the rest is been used to

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plant maize and beans, The kids take porridge of flour and millet at 10am
while lunch at noon. They either have ugali (a mixture of flour and hot
water) with kales four times a week or rice and beans once a week.
This has really improved performances and attendances of the pupils since most of them depend
on this food.

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CHALLENGES
1. OVERSTRETCHED FACLICILITES
Increase enrollment, parents awareness towards education have been enhanced and many
parents are seeking for a place for their children in our school hence the school faces shortage of
facilities such as classrooms, latrines, furniture etc. The school has no administration block; there
is only one extra room that acts as an Office, sewing room, computer room, library as well as the
food store.

2. ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN

We have children who have lost their parents and vulnerable have no one to pay their token fees.
3. LACK OF FUNDS
Majority of our donors are not permanent, apart from SOAR-Kenya Organization and Marci that
help with the payment of teachers and support staffs the rest are temporally.
4. IGNORANCE FROM PARENTS TOWARDS THEIR CHILDREN
Majority of the parents and the community are illiterate when they do not value education and
their children, This has really given the teachers and support staffs a lot of work in doing extra
duties like washing some of the pupils in the school.
5. SHORTAGE OF MAN POWER
Due to lack of funds, the school has few staffs and support staffs to do extra work. Some work
like cleanness of latrines, classes, compound is being done by the teachers and administration
hence slows down their normal duties.
6. UNDERMINE AMONG STAFFS
Some stuffs and support staffs undermine others due to the high level of education they have, this
has tends to slow down work in the institution.

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7. CLIMATE CHANGE
The school sometimes faces drought due to change in climate hence cost high cost of food
forcing the school to use some fund towards food program which would have been used to
develop the school.

SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT
The school has achieved the following of late;
School irrigation/farming system by Kraff, Sandy, Karen and F.K.A students (USA)
Borehole, treatment plant, stand tank, water kiosk, two water tanks, three phase
electricity and cattle trough. By Mr Jonker and Franklin Wells for the World Foundation.
(South Africa)
Purchase of two more acres piece of land. By Bruce, Marci and Benjamin Stanz (USA)
Construction of latrine/toilet block. By SOAR-Kenya Organization, Linda and Rotary
club of Wanaunkee. (USA)
Provision of pens for kids By Mr Claus and pens for kids project (UK)
Shoes project by Mark and friends (USA)
Knitting /sewing project by Debbie and Marci (USA)
Computer program by Bruce (USA)
High school sponsorship program by Mary, Aileen, Karen and Benton Methodist Church
(USA)
Purchase of text and exercise books by Stacy, Timothy and SOAR-Kenya Organization
(USA)
Sanitary project and pads by Steve, Pat and Rotary Club of Fontana (USA)
Handicapped project by Jack Voss (German)

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SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2013-2014

Priority areas;
RESSOURCES
-Materials and equipments for teaching
-materials and equipments for vocational classes
-Equipment and inputs for the school farm
-Furniture, tables, chairs and benches
-more playing materials
- funding of teachers and staffs

INFRASTRUCTURE
-Funds for new classrooms
-funds for a school van
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Funds for gutters and water tank for rain water harvesting-

Funds for storage tank for borehole water

Funds for Administration block

-Funds for green house

- Fund for building a dinning hall

CAPACITY BUILDING
-To organize in school training programs for the community on the importance of using treated
water for drinking and cooking instead of untreated water for their health and their young once.
-To organize training for the teachers and support staff s on the importance of saving for their
future generations.
-To organize seminars for both men and women on the use of local materials to make products
that can be sold hence generate income for them thus making their future lives better and for
their coming generations.

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Curriculum
-Improve numeracy in all classes as is possible
-practical skills in prevocational and vocational classes
-To improve performances of pupils as they proceed to the next level.

APPEALS
On behalf of the administration, parents, teachers, support staffs and the pupils. I wish to make a
passionate appeal to well wishers to come to the aid of these new needy children by donating
generously so that we may be able to realize our vision and mission and implement our strategic
plan.

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APPRECIATION
Special appreciation and thanks goes to the following people for making our mission and vision
come true.
Mary Hoffman (USA)
Don Hoffman (UAS)
Benjamin Stanz (USA)
Bruce (USA)
Mr Attie jonker and Franklin Wells the World Foundation (South Africa)
Karen (USA)
Linda and Rotary Club of wanaunkee (USA)
Steve,Pat and Rotary club of Fontana (USA)
Kenya Make A Different Group (USA)
Aileen and Benton Methodist Church (USA)
Marci (USA)
Debbie (USA)
Ruth and ST. Mary of Holy Rosary Catholic Church (USA)
JoAnne (USA)
Mason (USA)
Lisbeth (Denmark)
Claus and Pens for kids Project(UK)
Mark (USA)

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APPRECIATION CONT.D
Judy and Panther Catholic Church (USA)
Stacy and Timothy (USA)
Sandie and Sandi Aljudro (USA)
Mason (USA)
Corner and Ann (USA)
Matt (USA)
Phill (USA)
Lucy (USA)
Nancy (USA)
Tobians Sarah (German)
Jack Voss (USA)
Amos (Kenya)

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