RUSH stands for Reaching the Unreached through Self-Help and is a project that was the vision of Lucy Amukoa a friend of Jenny's who she met when working in Kibera slum on a 3 week project back in 1998!! - Lucy, her husband Andrew and their family moved to Kakamega 5/6 years ago and through Jenny's mum and various other fundraisers there is now a huge project going on there ... check out
www.rushuk.org.uk for more information!
Here are some of the first year girls in the tailoring school! - they are funded for 2 years and take a certificate at the end!
Here is the new school building ... the roof has recently been added ... they just need windows and a concrete floor and then Standard 1-4 classes can move in!!
With 148 children in the RUSH Academy on the current site ... it will be a welcome relief for some to move here on completion!
Here are some of the results of the carpentry school ... 7 beds ... which we saw presented to some of the RUSH members at a service (along with shoes, mosquito nets, clothes etc!) to those members of RUSH who don't have these things ... they were all so excited to receive them ... some even did a little jig!!
The current RUSH Academy ... lining up ... to wash their hands before receiving lunch! - none of these children would receive an education if it wasn't for this project ... and like the kids-to-kids programme Jenny visited in Nairobi ... the children would receive 2 meals a day at school as well as an education!
Here are is a snapshot of a RUSH meeting ... all the women (the men were hiding at the back!) dancing, singing and praising God! - there is a real sense of community here, everyone looks out for everyone else!!
Just a snap shot of lunch in one of the classrooms at the RUSH academy!! - it was beans and maize corn boiled up ... a favourite meal of Lucy's!!!
Here are some of the first year girls in the tailoring school! - they are funded for 2 years and take a certificate at the end!
Here is the new school building ... the roof has recently been added ... they just need windows and a concrete floor and then Standard 1-4 classes can move in!!
With 148 children in the RUSH Academy on the current site ... it will be a welcome relief for some to move here on completion!
Here are some of the results of the carpentry school ... 7 beds ... which we saw presented to some of the RUSH members at a service (along with shoes, mosquito nets, clothes etc!) to those members of RUSH who don't have these things ... they were all so excited to receive them ... some even did a little jig!!
The current RUSH Academy ... lining up ... to wash their hands before receiving lunch! - none of these children would receive an education if it wasn't for this project ... and like the kids-to-kids programme Jenny visited in Nairobi ... the children would receive 2 meals a day at school as well as an education!
Here are is a snapshot of a RUSH meeting ... all the women (the men were hiding at the back!) dancing, singing and praising God! - there is a real sense of community here, everyone looks out for everyone else!!
Just a snap shot of lunch in one of the classrooms at the RUSH academy!! - it was beans and maize corn boiled up ... a favourite meal of Lucy's!!!
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