Unsere Partnerschule, die Mbagathi Waldorf School in Nairobi, Kenia, bedankt sich mit folgenden Brief bei unserer Schulgemeinschaft für die WOW-Day-Spende 2009.

THANK YOU FROM KENYA

We wish to write from the Rudolf Steiner School, Mbagathi, Nairobi, to say a big thank you to all the Waldorf pupils from around Germany who have donated their time and energy for projects such as those being carried out at our school in Kenya. These generous deeds are highly appreciated – real changes can come about in the lives of our children here in Kenya. Through your efforts we have managed to make furniture such as desks, benches and buy a wood burning oven, allowing our children to eat good quality fresh bread every morning – which they love! Through your gift this December the money will go towards erecting a water tower and tank, thus ensuring that clean fresh water is at hand.

Our school has around 300 pupils and our classes are nearly full. Children come from afar; 84 of our children are boarding. The majority of them come from disadvantaged backgrounds through poverty, but there are also children who do not have parents to care for them.

The school is situated close to a large suburb of Nairobi, and families come from all over Kenya in an endeavour to find work in this area. Life is hard for them as there is food to buy and rent to pay. Daily wages for work will scarcely cover these basics needs. Only low-paid casual work is available e.g. washing clothes or working on building sites; even this work is often hard to find. Selling vegetables and second hand clothes are other means of earning money.

Thanks to our many Friends from abroad we are able to offer Waldorf Education to our children. This includes good nutritious food – hot millet porridge at break-time and wholesome lunches with fruit.

We urge young pupils from Germany to continue their very important work which has a direct effect for these children in need. With renewed thanks to you all,
Judith Brown, on behalf of the Mbagathi Rudolf Steiner School.