YUMP Session (A) @ Ken Obura Secondary School

Ubuntu Art Class “Leonardo Da Vinci” @ Korando

Jul 15, 2024 | Activity Reports, Korando, Training

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…

Friday Wellness Session with Our Partners

Jul 12, 2024 | Activity Reports, Life Skills

The purpose of this activity was to help individuals find themselves, as the topic of stress and depression was the main focus of the day. People go through a lot of things and face different problems…

Visit to Mama Ngina Children’s Home

Jul 12, 2024 | Activity Reports, Advocacy

On Friday afternoon, the Better Me team visited Mama Ngina Children’s Home, located next to Kibuye Market, to explore potential partnership opportunities. The institution primarily cares for children …

English Class “Daily Routines” with the Big Boys @ Remand Home

Jul 12, 2024 | Activity Reports, Education, 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

Jul 12, 2024 | Activity Reports, Advocacy, Education, Training

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

Jul 11, 2024 | Activity Reports, Education, Life Skills, Training

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…

Circle Training with the Big Boys @ Remand Home

Jul 10, 2024 | Activity Reports, Life Skills, Remand Home

After a brief explanation of what we had planned to do in class, we went outside and started with a quick warm-up by doing some stretches. That activity was followed by a circuit training consisting o…

Life Skills Lesson on “Truth” @ Remand Home

Jul 10, 2024 | Activity Reports, Life Skills, Remand Home

Discussed the concept of “truth” with the children in class, then we did an outdoor activity for fun and to symbolize the importance of telling the truth….

Holiday Swimming Lesson @ Korando

Jul 9, 2024 | Activity Reports, Korando, Training

Continue to develop the children’s swimming skills, provide physical activity, and have fun….

English Class “Hospital Things” @ Remand Home

Jul 9, 2024 | Activity Reports, Education, 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

Jul 9, 2024 | Activity Reports, Education, 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

Jul 5, 2024 | Activity Reports, Education, 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

Jul 5, 2024 | Activity Reports, Education, 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…

Life Skills Lesson on “Fear” @ St. Williams

Jul 5, 2024 | Activity Reports, Life Skills, St. Williams Primary School

This activity was meant to help the children overcome their fear that prevents them from doing things perfectly. It’s good to help them understand that fear is not a bad thing, but to see it as a good…

Life Skills on “Emotional Health” with Grade 5 & 6 @ St. Williams

Jul 5, 2024 | Activity Reports, Life Skills, St. Williams Primary School

The topic of the lesson was emotional health, with a focus on what to do depending on how you’re feeling. The kids were able to learn about such a serious topic through games like hangman and charades…

Fun Swimming Class with the Korando Kids

Jul 4, 2024 | Activity Reports, Korando, Training

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

Jul 4, 2024 | Activity Reports, Advocacy, Jijenge Youth Organization, Training

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…

Stretching Class with the Older Boys @ Remand Home

Jul 3, 2024 | Activity Reports, Life Skills, Remand Home

The class started with a theoretical part on the importance of stretching before doing sports, led by Tess and Catharina. It was followed by a practical part consisting of a full-body stretching and s…

Life Skills Lesson on “Fear” @ Remand Home

Jul 3, 2024 | Activity Reports, Life Skills, Remand Home

The main purpose of the meeting was to teach the children how to overcome their fears and how they can always work their way around it. Fear is a barrier to many things in the lives of these children….