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…
Training
Facilitators Training with our partners,Jijenge Youth Organization
We wrapped up a two-day orientation and training program for new student facilitators joining Jijenge Youth Organization for their attachment. Each day featured a two-hour session aimed at understandi…
Visit of Make Me Smile’s Permaculture Farm and Planting of 150 Trees
We had the chance to visit the permaculture farm of Make Me Smile Kenya, where we gained valuable insights into their innovative and sustainable agricultural practices. During our visit, we explored t…
Art Class “Romero Britto” @ Korando
This week’s art class was bursting with color, creativity, and excitement as the children were introduced to a new artistic style. We explored the work of Romero Britto, an artist celebrated worldwide…
Holiday Swimming Class @ Korando
Children participated in a supervised swimming session. They were guided by volunteers and the swimming teacher, who provided instructions on basic swimming techniques and water safety rules. The acti…
Player Profiling and Equipment Distribution @ Nyalenda Youngsters Football Club
The primary purpose of this activity was to collect the height and weight of all players in the Nyalenda Youngsters Football Club to update their player profiles. Additionally, the event aimed to dist…
Mental Health Empowerment @ Umoja Foundation Boys Camp
The Umoja Foundation Boys Camp aimed to provide a safe and supportive environment for adolescent boys from various high schools in Kisumu County to engage in personal development and mental health awa…
Creative Arts Class @ Korando Educational Centre
This was to improve the skills of the young ones in art. It’s quite interesting to see how the young children create art when given an opportunity to. When provided with paper, a pen, crayons, and tim…
Football Training @ Nyalenda Youngstars
Increasing the player’s pace and skills….
Swimming Lesson with the Kids @ Korando
Teaching the kids how to swim….
Wheel of Life @ Friday’s for Wellness
For the last three Fridays, we’ve been participating in a wellness program called Friday For Wellness with other community practitioners. It’s a supportive platform where we can learn, network, build …
Swimming Lesson – Mixed Grades @ Korando
Many children were away at sports games today, so we had a mix of ages and skill levels come with us to the pool. Students practiced floating and breaststroke technique….
Ubuntu Art Class “Leonardo Da Vinci” @ Korando
This activity was designed to help the children improve their art skills and learn to draw better. It’s not just a lesson, but also a great opportunity for the children to bond and share some good mom…
Swim Lesson with Grade 8 @ Korando
Practiced essential skills and swimming with students!…
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…
Holiday Swimming Lesson @ Korando
Continue to develop the children’s swimming skills, provide physical activity, and have fun….
Fun Swimming Class with the Korando Kids
Due to the demonstrations, we couldn’t hold our usual swimming classes. As a result, we took half of the kids from the boarding school to the swimming pool (the other half went on Tuesday). During thi…
Facilitator Empowerment blended with Art Wellness Therapy ( Fridays For Wellness) @ Jijenge
We had an opportunity to interact with other facilitators from the two organizations (Jijenge Youth Organization and Soulevement ) and discuss the role of art in therapy. We talked about how art provi…
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….
Team Building: Korando Teachers and Better Me Team
We recently organized a team-building session for both our own staff and the staff of the Dolfine Korando Faith Foundation, our main partner, which includes teachers and support staff. The purpose of …
Swimming Class with Grade 4 @ Korando
We started the swimming class with a 5-minute playtime to give the kids a chance to get comfortable in the water. They had a blast making big splashes and blowing bubbles underwater. After a few minut…
Swimming Class Grade 5 @ Korando
During the swim lessons, we worked on water confidence by improving basic swimming fundamentals. The kids practiced the beginning streamline position, starts, kicking technique, and kickbacks….
Swimming Class with Grade 6 @ Korando
The main goal of the class was to practice and improve their swimming skills. We achieved this by doing different exercises, and we also had the swimming noodles as a support for the kids. At the end …
Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (OCSEA) Training
We recently attended a comprehensive training session on Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (OCSEA), organized by the Kisumu West Children’s Office in collaboration with Pamoja Community-Based…
Swimming Lession with Grade 5 @ Korando
Swimming lessons for the children….
Swimming Lesson Grade 2 & 1 @ Korando
It was the first time for a lot of the kids in the pool, so our main goal was to encourage the kids in the water at first and build up their water confidence. We spiced up the lesson by giving the kid…
Swimming Class with PP1 & PP2 @ Korando
We split into three groups, allowing the volunteers to focus on their own group. We started the swimming session by giving the children time to adjust to the water. We did this by splashing around and…
Swimming Lesson with Grade 3 @ Korando
We had a swimming class with the third grade, so we all headed to the nearby swimming pool together. It was the class’s first swimming lesson, so we split the group into beginners and advanced swimmer…
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…
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…
Day 2 of Psychological First Aid Counselling Session with Red Cross and Volunteers.
We held a second day of Psychological First Aid with a second group of Red Cross first responders staff.
1) We again used speed dating to try a cathartic method of emotional release. From yesterday’s …
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…
Psychological First Aid and counselling session for the First responders at Red Cross branch in Kisumu
We had an opportunity to offer counseling sessions for Red Cross volunteers and staff. We held a 1-hour session of speed dating, just to give them a chance to get to know themselves better, understand…
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…
Psychological First Aid/ Well-being Session @ Kisumu Fire Station
We have been holding sessions at the fire department occasionally, and they have made a formal request to have a monthly session on the last Friday of every month. To kick it off, we are ending Mental…
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…
YUMP Session (A) @ Ken Obura Secondary School
To introduce YUMP to Ken Obura Secondary School and support the school’s guidance and counseling department….
Team Wellness Session: Family Shields
Family shields serve as a powerful tool for team building by providing a visual representation of shared values, heritage, and aspirations within a family or group. These symbols not only instill a se…
Team Building Introduction @ City Crest Primary School
We had an impromptu invitation to discuss with the school on how and when we could conduct a team building for the teachers. The co-director visited our office and was interested and keen on what we a…
Team Building Session with Homeless of Kisumu
We had the opportunity to do a joint team-building workshop lead by Zoey, Katrin, and Freja with our partners at Homeless of Kisumu. The day was filled with many laughs during all the fun games and th…
Team Building Fun Session @ Jijenge Youth
We completed part one of a two part activity on Thursday. We facilitated a very fun team competition to illustrate team work and how people can work to achieve the same goals in different ways. The da…
Mindful Firefighters: Nurturing Mental Wellness
The objective was to promote wellness and resilience among firefighters through a mindfulness and stress reduction activity…
Yoga Class with Jijenge Youth
It was a great opportunity to introduce yoga for everyone who have never done yoga before….
Computer Class for 8th Grade @ Korando
This was the initial computer class for the 8th grade at the Korando Educational Center in 2024. After a short introduction by the volunteer we started an open discussion about computers in general. T…
Psychologists Meet Up and Debriefing Workshop
This event brought together Practising Psychologists from Kisumu County to discuss issues relevant to the delivery of their services, and emerging trends to create a stronger platform that fosters col…
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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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…
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…
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.
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…
Nyalenda Youngstars Life Skills & Football Training
Saturday was a life skills session & Sunday we had a friendly match…
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. …
Art Class “Composition Theme” @ Korando
Contrubuting to creative skills and art knowledge of the children. …
Emotions in Football
Teaching the children ways to deal with negative emotions and how to keep a positive mindset through examples in football…
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…
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….
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 …
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…
“Thank you for saving my life” – Success story from the Kisumu Children’s Remand Home
“Thank you so much for saving my life”. These simple words coming...
Hope for Homeless Children
Homeless of Kisumu We have been committed to transforming the lives...
Spring Camp “Adventure Begins”
The Camp Adventure Begins: “Unusual, exciting, daring” The camp was...
Korando Kids join to beat pollution and cause the plastic revolution
Inspiring creativity and Innovation in Children A journey that...
Fablab Digital Fabrication Training
Introduction to digital fabrication training An intense four-week...
The Next Generation of Innovators
We are proud to announce our partnership with FabLab Winam, an...
Homeless of Kisumu
Back in August a group of young people sat around the table in the...
The power of Theater reaches Korando!
When we first started thinking about the possibility of implementing...