The purpose of the exercise was to assess and improve the spelling skills of kids through a dictation exercise, creating a supportive and engaging learning environment for students to enhance their sp…
Activity Reports
Open Life Skills Session at the Remand Home
We had an open discussion about the common challenges young people are facing in the community, especially the boys. This was a personal question and everyone had an opportunity to express himself.
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Achego Orphanage Chapati Festival
Chapati Festival is a quarterly activity we run in partnership with Jijenge youth organization to reach out to the less privileged. It is composed of entertainment, opportunity to share delicious meal…
English Class “Translation from Swahili” @ Remand Home
The class activity for this day was meant to test the kid’s knowledge and understanding on tenses and translation.
Some kids tend to know some words in Swahili language but not able to translate the s…
Life Skills Talk “Balancing Confidence and Ego” @ Jijenge Youth
The main purpose of this talk was to enlighten youths on the two distinctive meaning and how significantly they affect our personal and professional growth. Additionally, we aimed to explore the diff…
Life Skills + Kitchen Garden @ Remand Home
The session’s topic was the non-verbal communication….
English Class “Irregular Forms” @ Remand Home
Tuesday’s English class focused on regular and irregular forms of the simple past tense….
Football Session at the Remand Home
We had a football session in which we practiced the passing skills And the reaction time.
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English Class – Practicing Irregular Verbs @ Kisumu Children Remand Home
Our aim for this class was to focus on two different aspects.
1. Teach the children the present and past form of irregular verbs and how to build sentences with them.
2. Expand Vocabulary of the child…
Talking about Self-Stigma and Selfcare @ Jijenge Youth Organization
Every Thursday, we gather with our close partner organization, ‘Jijenge Youth’ in Kisumu Town. This Thursday, our discussion revolved around the meaning of Self-Stigma, concluding the session with ins…
Diversity and Empathy – Life Skill Session @ Kisumu Children Remand Home
Our purpose was to sensitize the children to the topic of diversity, aiming to enhance their ability to tolerate and understand people who are, or may seem, different from themselves. When discussing …
Nyalenda Youngstars Football Training: 7 & 9 November 2023
– In Tuesday’s session the boys and girls focused on their passing skills.
– On Thursday we did some passing exercises and shooting training with
both teams…
English Class “Reading Skills” @ Remand Home
Our aim was helping the children to improve their reading skills as well as improving their knowledge on the different tenses….
Nyalenda Young Stars vs. Remand Home – Friendly Football Match
We organized a friendly game between two of our beneficiaries, the teams of the Remand Home and Nyalenda Youngstars.
Talentshow @ Kisumu Children Remand Home
Our purpose to facilitate the talent show at the Remand Home was to give the children a chance to perform and express their talents. Our aim was to plan a day that lightens up their moods and empowers…
Life Skill Session “Diversity” @ Remand Home
The purpose of the session was to discuss identity and diversity with the younger boys, making them aware of the different nuances of the topic….
Girls & Boys Football Training @ Nyalenda Young Stars
In Tuesday’s session, the boys focused on their passing skills while the girls got a lot of playtime to get a feeling for the game. On Thursday we organized some fun games which improved the reaction…
English Class “Reading and Text Comprehension” @ Remand Home
In today’s English class, our aim was to support the reading and text comprehension abilities of the children. Therefore, we focused on teaching new vocabulary and pronunciation that the children enco…
JIHIMARISHE Festival (Funday!) @ Kisumu Children Remand Home
The purpose of the activity was to offers the children in the Remand Home, whos everyday life partly gets hit from resignation and depression regarding their lack of freedom, a day of FUN, DANCE, GAME…
English Lesson @ Kisumu Children Remand Home
In last Fridays English class our purpose was to educate the children on how to write a letter in English. …
Life skill Session “Healthy Relationships” Pt. 2 @ Remand Home
The topic of the session was “Healthy Relationships”. We talked about the values of any kind of relationship….
Korando School Closing Ceremony 3rd Term 2023
The celebration day of the school marked the last day of the academic year and signaled the beginning of the holidays. We played games, held a celebration ceremony, and organized lunch….
Life Skill Session @ Shauri Mojo Primary
The purpose of our life skills session at Shauri Moyo was to facilitate an interactive talk and activities toward the topic of healthy relationships. Our aim was to give the students a general idea of…
Case Conference @ Kisumu Remand Home
The Case Conference is an important element of the Social Work that Better Me does in the Remand Home. It is an indispensable part regarding the different cooperations that the Remand Home has with se…
Life Skill Session “Healthy Relationships” @ Kisumu Remand Home
The purpose of the session what to have a conversation with the children about healthy relationships and find out what they know and don´t know about the topic. Furthermore, we focused on personal iss…
English Lesson “Homophones” @ Remand Home
Students learnt about homophones. After explicitly discussing what it is and brainstorming, we conducted three different activities. 1 – worksheet, 2 – exploring a picture book with homophones, 3 – wo…
Nyalenda Youngstars Life Skills & Football Training
Saturday was a life skills session & Sunday we had a friendly match…
Grade 4 Ubuntu Art Class @ Korando
Student’s completed an artwork resembling a colourful style portrait. The students listened to instructions step by step until the colouring stage where they were given an opportunity to make their ow…
Non-Violent Communication “Giraffe Language” @ Korando
Our aim was to educate the children on how to deal with conflicts situations by introducing to them the four steps of non-violent communication and having a deeper look into the different needs that h…
English Lesson “Antonyms” @ Remand Home
The students learnt about Antonyms which are opposite words. We participated in multiple activities to consolidate the different words they were learning. The activities included worksheets, writing i…
Life Skill Session on Gender Equality @ Kisumu Remand Home
Our purpose was to educate the older boys at Remand Home on the importance of gender equality and sentizice them on the topic of stereotypes towards women and men. We also pointed out that in relation…
Nyalenda Young Stars Football Training
The training on the weekend was meant to improve the children’s individual technical skills and quality of passing in Soccer. …
Korando Life Skills Session on Consent
The purpose of this life skills session at Korando School was to educate 6th graders on the importance of consent and boundaries. …
English Class “Rhymes” at the Remand Home
The topic of this English class was to teach the youths how to rhyme in the English language….
St Williams Life Skills Session on Boundaries
The lesson objective was helping the students understand what boundaries are. We explored what physical, emotional and spiritual boundaries are. They wrote down what each of their own boundaries are i…
Music Therapy at Jijenge Youth Organisation
The Music Therapy was a coaching for us and was meant to have a break and relax with the help of music….
Art Class Korando
Students were given step by step instructions to complete an artwork of a woman using different coloured pencils. Natalie was meant to give instructions via video call but she could not connect. Dahli…
YUMP Session “Personal Boundaries” at Kuoyo Secondary School
The purpose of this life skills session at Kuoyo Secondary School was to educate students from Form 1 through to Form 4 on Consent, Personal Boundaries, and touch on Cancer prevention strategies in re…
Remand Home Life Skills Session “Personal Boundaries”
The purpose of this life skills session at the Remand Home was to educate the boys and girls on consent. For the younger boys we focused largely on consent in day to day life and personal boundaries, …
Remand Home English Lesson
The purpose of this english lesson at Remand Home was to help students to recap and revise their knowledge of last weeks grammar, spelling and topic of the human body, as well as teach students how to…
Day Of The Elderly Persons 2023
Celebrating the Day of the Elderly holds profound significance in our society. This observance serves as an important reminder of the immeasurable contributions, wisdom, and experience that older indi…
Life Skill Session on Hygiene @ St. Williams Primary (#2 Group)
Educating the students in hygiene practices and emphasize the importance of how to keep their body clean. …
St Williams Life Skills Session on Hygiene
The purpose of this life skills session at St Williams Primary School was to educate the students on the importance of personal hygiene and how to best stay hygienic. …
Remand Home Life Skills Session on Puberty and Adolescence
The purpose of the English lessons at Remand Home are to educate the boys and girls on puberty and adolescence …
Life Skill Session on Self-Confidence at Korando
The purpose of this life skills session with the Korando students was to educate them on self-confidence, and how to best gain self-confidence and utilise it. …
Case Conference
The purpose of this case conference was to gather all the partnering organisations that work with the Remand Home to discuss past, current and future cases that are being handled. …
English Class in the Remand Home
Educating the kids in the different body parts and contrubuting to their english vocabulary knowledge. …
Life Skill Session on Self-Confidence
The purpose of the session was to educate the kids on how to gain self-confidence and explaining why it is an important life skill….
Art Class “Composition Theme” @ Korando
Contrubuting to creative skills and art knowledge of the children. …
Kuoyo Secondary School Life Skills Session
The purpose of this life skills session was to educate high school students on exam anxiety and how to cope with such issues. …
Remand Home Life Skill Session “Feelings”
The students become more literate in expressing their feelings, they have an idea on how to deal with overwhelming feelings and what to do about it.
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Emotions in Football
Teaching the children ways to deal with negative emotions and how to keep a positive mindset through examples in football…
Korando Life Skills Session
This life skills session at Korando Education Centre is held on a weekly basis for the purpose of enhancing and educatin…
WORLD CLEANUP DAY 2023
World cleanup day unites volunteers and partners worldwide to rid our planet of trash, litters and mismanaged waste. By joining hands together we are able to achieve incredible things. The idea for th…
St. Williams Life Skill Session
Life Skill Session on the topic “Feelings”…
Life Skills Session at Tieng’re Sec School
The purpose of this life skills session was to educate students on exam stress and provide coping mechanisms to these issues. …
Remand Home Life Skills Session
The topic was mental health and sports…
Case Conference
The purpose of this case conference at the Remand Home was to assess and evaluate past cases and address new cases that …
Lifeskill lesson with the topic “Friendship and Trust”
Lifeskill lesson with the topic “friendship and trust”
– Talked about friendship and trust with the help of various questions and tasks
– e.g. What is important for you in a friendship?, searching fo…
English Class with the topic “my dream house”
English Class with the topic “my dream house” at the Remand Home
Life-skills Session “Studying” @ Shauri Moyo Primary
Life skill lesson about studying.
Study Methods, Types of studying, Time Management and Tips for Studying….
Jijenge Mentorship on Non-Violent Communication (NVC)
Input in Emotions and Nonviolent Communication (NVC)…
Jijenge Mentorship “Healthy Relationships”
Life Skills session on healthy relationships and what an unhealthy relationship looks like within friendships, families and romantic relationships….
Armstrong Women Empowerment: Girls Mentorship Session
The aim of the session was to discuss the topic of Resilience…
Nyalenda Slums Football Tournament
The primary goal of the 2-day football tournament was to provide the children from the Nyalenda area with a platform for…
CommuniQuest Communication Skills
In today’s session, we dove into the world of Communication. We explored its importance and the various ways to enhance …
Korando Counseling Session on Expressing Emotions
The purpose of the meeting was to do a practical activity that would help the children to express their emotions in a mindful and fun way through art.
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Life skill class about mental health at Korando and St.Williams
In this life skill lesson we talked about Mental health. We started with a game outside, named “step over the line if…” We gave the kids situations or questions and if they experienced this or they fe…
Remand Home Life skills Session on Critical Thinking
During this session we discussed the topic of critical thinking. This
included the 5 steps of critical thinking; decision making, problem
solving, reasoning, evaluation and analyzing. Ruth Obilo and Y…