Last Tuesday, we continued the discussion class previously led by Anja, focusing on enhancing the students’ memory. The session was crafted to engage the boys in interactive exercises that not only bo…
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English Class”Dictation on distance ” @ Remand Home
The purpose of this dictation activity is to engage participants in both memory and writing skills while exploring the theme of forgiveness. As the words are displayed on the wall, participants must f…
English Class “Word association” @ Remand Home.
On Friday, we held an English class at the Remand home, focusing on Word Association—a dynamic activity designed to help students connect words to specific themes. This exercise not only expanded thei…
Retooling Exercise for Korando Junior Secondary School Teachers
The retooling exercise, organized by the Curriculum Support Officer for Otonglo Zone, took place on January 23rd and 24th, 2025, at Hampshire School, located opposite Kisumu airport. It brought togeth…
Life Skills Session @ “KAA Sober” Event
The event was organized by Blue Cross and other stakeholders to empower children and youth through various activities, aiming to ensure they have a healthy and safe environment free from alcohol and o…
English Class “Adverbs” @ Remand Home
On Tuesday, we facilitated an engaging English class with the older boys at the Remand, centered on the use of adverbs, specifically focusing on their application in manner, time, and place. The prima…
English Class “Leisure Activity Assessment”
On Friday, we held an English lesson with the older boys at the Remand home, focusing on leisure activities. The session included an assessment to evaluate their grammar skills and the practical use o…
Mobile library @ Nyalenda Slum
The mobile library program aims to promote literacy and provide access to educational resources in rural and underserved communities. Its core mission is to inspire a love for reading among children a…
English Class “Hot Seat” @ Remand Home
The Hot Seat session was organized to encourage participants to openly share thoughts, ideas, and address any questions or misconceptions in an interactive format. “Hot Seat” is designed to help indiv…
Continuously Supporting German Class @ Kudho Secondary School
The purpose of these activities was to continue the current work of preparing 10 fourth-grade students to pass their final national exam in German. This included several rounds of comprehensive unders…
Supporting German Class @Kudho Secondary School
The purpose of these activities was to continue preparing fourth-grade students for their final national exam in German. This included dictation exercises based on a simplified article about Kenya fr…
Art Class “Piet Mondrian” with Grade 4 @ Korando
We had an art class with the Grade Four students at Koramdo School. The class created artwork inspired by Piet Mondrian. We provided them with crayons, marker pens, rulers, and plain paper for drawing…
Art Class @ St. Williams Primary
At first, we introduced ourselves to the class by sharing our names and the countries we come from. Afterwards, we showed them the results of the previous arts class, which they really enjoyed. To kic…
Art Class with Grade 4 @ Korando
We had an art class with the fourth-grade students, and it was quite interesting. They were provided with colored pencils, crayons, and marker pens to assist with their drawings. Additionally, they we…
Art Class “Style of Klee” @ Korando
We had an art class at Korando Educational Center, partnered with the Ubuntu Family Initiative. The focus was on drawing in the style of Klee, known for his simple stick figures, suspended fish, moon …
Tuesday For Fun @ Remand Home
Today’s activity was playing different games that the kids enjoyed a lot. It was their request to have an outdoor activity today, being a Tuesday. They enjoyed the games we organized so much. We organ…
Virtual Art Class with the Ubuntu Family Initiative @ Korando
The purpose of the activity was to help the children become better artists and to support those with a passion for art to perfect their skills for life. It also aimed to help the children relax their …
English Class “Daily Routines” with the Big Boys @ Remand Home
The topic of discussion was daily routine. The purpose of the class was to enlighten the students on the importance of having a daily routine, how to come up with it, and key elements to consider when…
Wellness Session at Kisumu Fire Station
The wellness session held by the Better Me team on Friday, 12 July 2024, at the Kisumu fire station aimed to create a supportive and positive working environment for firefighters. This session was des…
Swimming Class with Grade 3 @ Korando
We decided to go with grade 3 today. We divided the group into two again and continued practicing swimming on their backs correctly. After this, we started to learn how to swim on their stomachs facin…
English Class “Hospital Things” @ Remand Home
Jake taught a lesson about hospitals based on a sheet of paper that Vivian and I had designed. The paper contained a hospital, ambulance, doctor, x-ray, pharmacist, medicine, and bandage (graphic and …
English Class “Simple Past” with Older Boys @ Remand Home
After the last class on regular verbs in the simple past, this time we shifted our focus to irregular verbs. The lesson began with a quick recap of our previous work, followed by a worksheet on irregu…
Solving English Puzzles @ Remand Home
This is to help the children improve on how to identify English words from a group of different letters and also to learn how to form English words from scattered letters….
English Class with Older Boys @ Remand Home
The topic of this English class was the simple past tense. We introduced this topic to the students by explaining how and when to use it correctly. After this, we collected different verbs on the boar…
Grade 3 Swim Lesson @ Korando
During the swim lesson, the third graders focused on strengthening the basics of swimming as they practiced streamline, kickbacks, and floating….
English Class with the Younger Boys @ Remand Home
We began the class by introducing the new topic “simple past.” Then we explained when and how to use this tense. After that, we did an exercise together with the kids. We finished the lesson a bit ear…
Art Class with the Ubuntu Family Initiative @ Korando
This is meant to help the children know and learn how to draw well. Some of these children would love to grow up to become good artists and maybe earn their living from it. Apart from learning from it…
Creative Arts “Self Portrait” @ Korando
There is a lot of joy when practicing art. It’s a way to express yourself through drawing an object or anything of your choice. This is where children get to learn how to draw and express their talent…
Swimming Lesson with Grade 7 @ Korando
We began the lesson with 5 minutes of playtime for the kids to boost their confidence in the water before starting any exercises. This also gave the kids a chance to have fun in the water together bef…
English Class “Nouns and Types of Nouns” @ Remand Home
The purpose of this English class was to make the learners familiar with nouns and the different types of nouns. This is just to help them become fluent speakers of English and enable them to express …
Swimming Lesson with Grade 4 “Water Confidence” @ Korando
We met with the whole class at the Korando educational center and then we walked to the swimming pool. Everyone changed into appropriate swimwear, and then we divided the class into two groups. Lucy s…
English Class with the Big Boys @ Remand Home
In our recent English classes at the remand home, we focused on the topic of phrasal verbs to help the boys improve their ability to create and understand these expressions. The session was designed t…
Swimming Lesson with Grade 5 “Water Confidence” @ Korando
First, we walked the 10-minute stroll to the nearby swimming pool. Upon arrival, everyone changed into their appropriate swimming attire and took a quick shower. Once ready, we divided the kids into t…
“Wounds of the Heart” – Thursday for Wellness with Jijenge Youth
We had a valuable opportunity to collaborate with our partner, Jijenge Youth Organization, engaging in an open discussion about emotional wounds and social challenges, which are critical psychological…
Swimming Lesson with Grade 6 @ Korando
First, we tried to build up their water confidence by starting with the sea star exercise. They had to lay on their back and spread out like a sea star. This exercise is meant to teach them that the w…
Swimming Lesson with Grade 7 @ Korando
We started the swimming lessons with grade 7 by trying to build the water confidence. An important part of water confidence is to learn that the water will carry you and that you need to stay calm. On…
English Class with the Younger Boys @ Remand Home
We started the class by reviewing the present continuous tense. We explained how this tense is formed and when it is used, providing signal words such as “at the moment,” “now,” and “next weekend.” Af…
Swimming Lesson Rules with Grade 6 @ Korando
To prepare the students for their practical swimming lesson, we visited the 6th grade to explain the essential swimming rules. It’s crucial that we adhere to these rules to ensure a safe and enjoyable…
Swimming Lesson with Grade 8 @ Korando
We met with the entire class at the Korando Educational Center and then walked to the swimming pool. Everyone changed into appropriate swimwear, and we divided the class into two groups. Lucy supervis…
English Class with Younger Boys @ Remand Home
We started by reviewing the simple present tense. We went over when to use it, how to form it, and the negative form. Then, we introduced the present continuous tense, explaining when to use it and th…
Theory Swimming Class with Grade 7 & 8 @ Korando
This theoretical lesson about swimming was a preparation for the practice lessons, which are starting next week on Monday. During this lesson, we gave the students a little overview of what is going t…
English Class “He/She/It” with the Younger Boys @ Remand Home
Today, we taught the younger boys and girls how to use the present simple tense correctly. We focused on the fact that you have to add an “s” when you use he/she/it. We also explained how to create a …
World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2024
The primary purpose of this activity was to commemorate World Menstrual Hygiene Day by raising awareness about menstrual hygiene management and providing support to young girls in the Nyangande commun…
English Class “Crosswords” with the Young Ones @ Remand Home
Today, we taught the students how to do a crossword puzzle. We started off with a simpler one about words in the past tense. After the students finished, we explained one-on-one how they had to do the…
English Class “Grammar” w. Older Boys @ Remand Home
We started the class by showing the corrections to the students. We explained the meanings of different words. After that, we began explaining the zero and first conditionals to the students. We taugh…
Life Skill & Outdoor Activity @ Remand Home
Life Skills class: first-aid class about injury and infection. With images and drawings, we explained the different layers of the skin, how to clean a superficial and deep wound, and the different ste…
English Class (Older Boys) @ Remand Home
First, we corrected the exercises that were done last Friday (in the previous lesson). After that, we handed out two exercises: one about synonyms and one about opposites. The students completed these…
English Class with Older Boys @ Remand Home
First, we started with a grammar exercise. Anna explained the comparative and the superlative to the class. After this, they started the exercise. When the students finished, they got a vocabulary exe…
English Class with Younger Boys @ Remand Home
We started the lesson by introducing the new topic to the class, which was homophones. We gave the students different examples of homophones, and they tried to explain the meaning of each word in Engl…
YUMP Session (B) @ Ken Obura Secondary School
We conducted an introductory YUMP (Youth Unleashed Mentorship Program) session at Ken Obura Secondary School. The primary focus of this session was to introduce the program and discuss the first topic…
Spelling Made Easy- Younger Boys and Girls @ Remand Home
Teaching English spelling and word puzzles to younger boys involves starting with the basics. We start by teaching them how words are put together and how to spell them correctly, which helps them und…
English Class A2 Reading – Older Boys @ Remand Home
We started off the class with a comprehension and reading exercise at an A2 level. Everyone read a few sentences out loud, then they had a few minutes to complete the exercises regarding the text. Aft…
English Class “Tenses” With The Younger Children @ Remand Home
In the last class, the students enjoyed the word puzzle as it helped them jog their minds before the class, and they requested to have word puzzles in every class before starting the actual lesson. We…
English Class “Preposition” with the Small Boys and Girls @ Remand Home
The class started with us, the facilitators, explaining what prepositions are and providing examples to the class (e.g. in, on, under, behind). We then proceeded to do a preposition hunt, taking the b…
English Class “Prepositions” with the Big Boys @ Remand Home
In the recent English classes, we have been building on a curriculum where the boys can progressively follow and understand the topics of study. Usually, the previous topics handled inform the next to…
Kuungaanisha – Meaningful Teens Program with Students from the Community.
This is a recurring program that has been running for the last year. It involves local high school students and other international high school students, especially from the United States. It acts as …
English Class “Verbs” with the Big Boys @ Remand Home
The facilitator started the class by introducing a new topic to the students. We discussed the different types of verbs in English grammar. First, the facilitator explained the “action” verbs to the s…
English Class “Clauses” with the Big Boys @ Remand Home
We started the lesson by writing an examination about the previous topic, which included the knowledge about using idioms correctly. After finishing the exams, we went over to the topic “Independent a…
Chapati Festival @ Sitotwet Children’s Home Kericho
Chapati Festival is a social protection program organized by Better Me and Jijenge Youth Organization to promote Corporate Social Responsibility among CSOs and companies. The festival provides a platf…
Hospital Vocabulary @ Remand Home
Had an English session with the young kids. We discussed hospitals and their vocabulary, and I provided them with many hospital-related words. We also translated the words into Swahili to help them un…
English Class with big boys “Idioms” @ Remand Home
Today’s topic of discussion was Idioms, which are used figuratively in a sentence to convey a new meaning. The purpose of the class was to educate students on the use of vocabulary to enhance their En…
English Class “Question Tags” with the Big Boys @ Remand Home
The purpose of the English class on question tags was to enhance students’ understanding and usage of this grammatical structure in English conversation. By mastering question tags, students would be …
Dewo Ngima Term 1 Review
The idea was to conduct counseling sessions for our bursary-program sponsored children. These sessions enable us to understand social issues that our students face that may affect their ability to eng…
English Class on “Plural” @ Remand Home
The class started with some stretching to make everyone alert. Then it proceeded with an explanation on the board, first about regular plural form and then about the irregular plural form, which was t…
English Class on “Listening Comprehension” @ Remand Home
The lesson started with a game of Simon Says to engage the children. The topic of the lesson was listening comprehension, where the assignment was to answer questions after listening to a book being r…
Art Class with the Kids @ Korando Educational Centre
We had an online meeting with the art teacher. Teacher Natalie interacted with the kids and taught them how to do their drawings step by step….
English Class on “How to Write a Letter” @ Remand Home
The lesson started with a warm-up game where the students had to arrange themselves in order of height from tallest to shortest without talking. Then the lesson proceeded with a lecture on how to writ…
English Lesson “Future Tense” with Younger Kids @ Remand Home
I started the lesson by introducing two kinds of future tenses. I explained how the will-future and going to-future work and we made example sentences for each….
Art Class with Grade 4 @ Korando Educational Centre
Today we had an art class with Grade 4 at the Korando Educational Centre. The kids had to draw King Tut’s mask together with us….
English Class “Simple Past” for Younger Class @ Remand Home
Today, we started the lesson with the game ‘Simon Says.’ Following that, we conducted a brief review of the last two lessons. Subsequently, we delved into the topic of the Simple Past tense and discus…
“Simple Past” English Lesson with Younger Kids @ Remand Home
First, we reviewed the last two lessons focusing on subject-verb agreement with “He/She/It” and the use of “Has/Have.” Following that, we discussed the simple past tense….
English Class on Future Tense @ Remand Home
The class was taught how to use the future tense in English. Initially, a thorough explanation was provided on the board, collectively discussing the usage of “will,” “will not,” and “going to” in com…
English Lesson “Have/ Has” with Younger Kids @ Remand Home
We began the session with a short game involving a ball to energize everyone, during which we asked some questions. Following this, we proceeded with explanations about when to use “have” or “has.” To…
English Lesson “He/She/It the „s“ must fit” @ Remand Home
In our English lesson at the Remand Home we talked about He/She/It the „s“ must fit….
Vision and Goal Setting @ Remand Home
The activity was held to help the kids know their goals, desires, and their visions for the future. We introduced the lesson to the kids by defining what goals and vision meant. We gave examples in ea…
“Rugby Roar” English Lesson @ The Remand Home
This week, we began Chapter Two of “Rugby Roar” with the older class at the Remand Home. We kicked off with a game, followed by a review of both old and new vocabulary. Then, we read through the first…
English Lesson “Fruits” with the Younger Kids @ The Remand Home
We began the lesson with a round of introductions and a game. Following that, we collected names of English fruits with the kids and constructed sentences using them. Afterwards, they were given a tas…
Effective Communication Skills Lesson @ The Remand Home
Today, we had a YUMP session at the Remand home. Spencer and Zoey facilitated a lesson on effective communication, specifically in heightened emotional states. They facilitated this lesson with the ol…
Rugby Roar English Class @ Remand Home
We used the unknown words from last weeks reading of Rugby Roar, to facilitate more English teaching. We played fishbowl, talked about the words, and completed written sentences. …
Academic Success and O.K.Rs @ Kuoyo Secondary
There were two focuses of this session. There was a YUMP talk given about Academic success and O.K.R.s in HighSchool. There was also a survey conducted with 20 girls about menstrual hygiene. …
Emotional Painting @ Remand Home
The children were asked to describe the feelings they had at that moment and paint them with watercolor….
Lesson on Language Comprehension @ Remand Home
We met with the older kids in the Remand Home and led an English lesson working on listening comprehension skills using charades, a short story, and then sentences. …
Decision Making in 6 Steps @ Korando
We taught our decision making in 6 steps as a YUMP session at Korando. We discussed how to differentiate between a good and bad decision and how to approach big decisions in life. …
Life Skills on “Decision Making” @ St. Williams
We had a very fruitful YUMP lesson about how to make good decisions….
Art Class “Cambodian Dragon Masks” with Ubuntu @ Korando
Today in art class we drew and colored Cambodian dragon masks. The kids each drew the intricate masks and then colored them in with bright colors. …
Life Skills “Decision Making” @ Kudho Secondary
With the help of a team from Jijenge, we taught a YUMP lesson on decision making in 6 steps. …
English with Older Students @ Remand Home
We taught 15 words from a chapter book we are going to be reading using charades, discussions, and worksheets. …
“Topical Review” English Class @ Remand Home
We had a class with the little kids, reviewing two topics that we had taught earlier. This was done to check whether the kids could recall what they had been taught. It was really necessary for the ki…
Cultural Competency @ Jijenge Youth
-The purpose of this talk was to educate the youths on the role of cultural competence as the ability of an individual to understand and respect values, attitudes, beliefs, and mores that differ acros…
Academic Talk on Goals Using OKR Framework @ Kisian Secondary
The purpose of discussing the OKR ( Objectives. Key results ) framework with high school students was to give them practical tools for achieving academic success. By teaching them how to set clear goa…
Introductory Session: Kudho Secondary School
Since it was the first session with the group, the idea was to introduce the Youth Unleashed Mentorship Program to the group of Form 1 and Form 2 Boys.
We also wanted to find out what topics the stude…
Computer Classes for 7th Grade @ Korando Educational Center
This is the follow up of computer classes for the 8th grade at the Korando Educational Center, taking place on 3 days this week. Each session included a quick recap of the previous session at the begi…
English Class @ Remand Home
We worked with worksheets to facilitate the development of speaking in the English language, and then worked on translating words from Kiswahili to english while looking at grammatical tenses….
Translating Swahili to English @ Remand Home
We continue the successful work that has started the past weeks. This report covers two activities of the same kind as part of a string (Tue, 30.01. / Fri, 02.02.). Like the past weeks, it is still a …
German Alphabet and Numbers @ Kudho Secondary School
This week a number of follow up sessions were held for students in “Form 1”. These students do have their first German language classes these days. This time the following topics were covered
* Alpha…
Computer Classes for 8th Grade @ Korando Educational Center
This is the follow up of computer classes for the 8th grade at the Korando Educational Center, taking place on 3 days this week. Each session included a quick recap of the previous session at the begi…
Initial German Class @ Kudho Secondary School
It was the very first German class for this particular class. It was also the very first school class held by anyone from within the Better Me organisation.
Students did have their initial German cla…
Mapping Your Future Success in Education @ Kudho Primary
Due to the low results, the last year students had in the final national exams, the school saw the need to invite speakers to help the new lot and to strategize on how best the students would be motiv…
Computer Class for 7th Grade @ Korando Educational Center
Two initial computer classes for the 7th grade at the Korando Educational Center in 2024 were held, similar to grade 8. After a short introduction by the volunteer we started an open discussion about …
Translating Swahili to English @ Remand Home
We continue the successful work that has started the past weeks. This report covers two activities of the same kind as part of a string (Tue, 23.02. / Fri, 26.02., each from 10 am to 12 pm).
It turne…