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Run for Rwinkwavu 2016
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Alain Uwumugambi, Anne Stevenson and Claire Wagner are Running for Rwinkwavu - support them in this effort!
1) Donate to support Alain, Anne & Claire using GoFundMe
2) Pledge a mile-by-mile rate, through GoFundMe or by email
3) Run with Alain, Anne & Claire! Sign up here -- http://www.bostonsruntoremember.com/boston/index.html
Evariste and Eric, two Nkondo Enrichment Program students, practice reading together.
The Nkondo Enrichment Program started in 2011 in order to improve school quality for 6th grade students and their teachers at Nkondo Primary School. The goal was to give them a shot at secondary school, which students enter via exam. The program was so successful we've expanded to the 4th and 5th grades as well.
Since its start, the program has relied on volunteers: Rwandan community members, teachers, village chiefs, as well as Partners In Health staff from around the world.
Claudette and Louise practice writing in English.
We've had amazing success:
Since the start of NEP in 2011, Nkondo has gone from being the worst performing school in the sector to being the best. In 2015, 22 out of 54 participants (41%) gained access to boarding secondary schools; in 2014, 34 out of 75 (45%) did so. This is up from 0% in the years before the program.
The overall passing rate in the national exam - the gatekeeper for all types of secondary education - exceeded 80% in the past two academic years. And this for a school that had not graduated a single student four years ago.
In order to build on this work and ensure that not 45% but 100% of students have access to the best schools, we need your help.
Our annual costs are $6,000. With this, we:
1) provide weekly academic support to 300 Primary 4, 5 & 6 students in key academic areas tested on the grade 6 promotional exams: English, math, science, social studies and IT.
2) provide capacity building for targeted Nkondo Primary School teachers by conducting workshops on lesson planning, curriculum design, and course material preparation as well as ongoing teaching mentorship
3) provide training in English language and teaching pedagogy to all Rwinkwavu sector teachers in collaboration with the US Embassy
4) engage in an educational exchange with students at the International School of Boston through the Harvard Graduate School of Education
5) engage and develop relationships with parents to encourage their active participation in their children's learning. We also link them to literacy courses at the local library.
6) provide scholarships to secondary school students who have excelled in the program and passed their exams but are unable to enter secondary school due to financial constraints.
7) celebrate learning through an annual trip for students and teachers to nearby Akagera National Park - a place many of them have never visited.
Help us continue this important work and continue to transform the lives of children in rural Rwanda!
With gratitude,
Alain, Celia, Jean Marie and the Nkondo Enrichment Program team
Olive, Pascal and Murisa Raila explore a globe of the world during social studies class.
Like the Nkondo Enrichment Program on Facebook!
About Alain Uwumugambi:
Alain is a Co-Founder of the Nkondo Enrichment Program. He worked at Rwinkwavu Hospital from 2010-2013 and is currently a senior resident at Boston Medical Center.
About Anne Stevenson:
Anne Stevenson lived and worked in Rwinkwavu, Rwanda for a year and a half on behalf of the Harvard School of Public Health. While there, she witnessed firsthand the impact that the Nkondo Enrichment Program had on the lives of children in the village. She is now the Program Director for the Massachusetts General Hospital Division of Global Psychiatry and is proud to run for Rwinkwavu.
About Celia Reddick:
Celia Reddick is a Co-Founder of the Nkondo Enrichment Program. She worked as the Partners In Health Curriculum & Training Specialist in Rwinkwavu, Rwanda from 2010-2013, during which time she developed NEP. She is currently a doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
About Jean Marie Habimana:
Jean Marie Habimana is the ICT Program Coordinator at Ready for Reading and the Nkondo Enrichment Program Manager. He is an advanced diploma holder in ICT and has a passion for education and social justice. “I love working with kids and learn a lot from them. In my two years of working in rural education programs, I have seen a great need to improve literacy and English language skills as the key to good performance among primary school students "
Note: All money donated will go directly to program activities, which take place in Rwinkwavu, Rwanda. The location in Boston, MA is solely for fundraising purposes.
1) Donate to support Alain, Anne & Claire using GoFundMe
2) Pledge a mile-by-mile rate, through GoFundMe or by email
3) Run with Alain, Anne & Claire! Sign up here -- http://www.bostonsruntoremember.com/boston/index.html
Evariste and Eric, two Nkondo Enrichment Program students, practice reading together.
The Nkondo Enrichment Program started in 2011 in order to improve school quality for 6th grade students and their teachers at Nkondo Primary School. The goal was to give them a shot at secondary school, which students enter via exam. The program was so successful we've expanded to the 4th and 5th grades as well.
Since its start, the program has relied on volunteers: Rwandan community members, teachers, village chiefs, as well as Partners In Health staff from around the world.
Claudette and Louise practice writing in English.We've had amazing success:
Since the start of NEP in 2011, Nkondo has gone from being the worst performing school in the sector to being the best. In 2015, 22 out of 54 participants (41%) gained access to boarding secondary schools; in 2014, 34 out of 75 (45%) did so. This is up from 0% in the years before the program.
The overall passing rate in the national exam - the gatekeeper for all types of secondary education - exceeded 80% in the past two academic years. And this for a school that had not graduated a single student four years ago.
In order to build on this work and ensure that not 45% but 100% of students have access to the best schools, we need your help.
Our annual costs are $6,000. With this, we:
1) provide weekly academic support to 300 Primary 4, 5 & 6 students in key academic areas tested on the grade 6 promotional exams: English, math, science, social studies and IT.
2) provide capacity building for targeted Nkondo Primary School teachers by conducting workshops on lesson planning, curriculum design, and course material preparation as well as ongoing teaching mentorship
3) provide training in English language and teaching pedagogy to all Rwinkwavu sector teachers in collaboration with the US Embassy
4) engage in an educational exchange with students at the International School of Boston through the Harvard Graduate School of Education
5) engage and develop relationships with parents to encourage their active participation in their children's learning. We also link them to literacy courses at the local library.
6) provide scholarships to secondary school students who have excelled in the program and passed their exams but are unable to enter secondary school due to financial constraints.
7) celebrate learning through an annual trip for students and teachers to nearby Akagera National Park - a place many of them have never visited.
Help us continue this important work and continue to transform the lives of children in rural Rwanda!
With gratitude,
Alain, Celia, Jean Marie and the Nkondo Enrichment Program team
Olive, Pascal and Murisa Raila explore a globe of the world during social studies class.
Like the Nkondo Enrichment Program on Facebook!
About Alain Uwumugambi:
Alain is a Co-Founder of the Nkondo Enrichment Program. He worked at Rwinkwavu Hospital from 2010-2013 and is currently a senior resident at Boston Medical Center.
About Anne Stevenson:
Anne Stevenson lived and worked in Rwinkwavu, Rwanda for a year and a half on behalf of the Harvard School of Public Health. While there, she witnessed firsthand the impact that the Nkondo Enrichment Program had on the lives of children in the village. She is now the Program Director for the Massachusetts General Hospital Division of Global Psychiatry and is proud to run for Rwinkwavu.
About Celia Reddick:
Celia Reddick is a Co-Founder of the Nkondo Enrichment Program. She worked as the Partners In Health Curriculum & Training Specialist in Rwinkwavu, Rwanda from 2010-2013, during which time she developed NEP. She is currently a doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
About Jean Marie Habimana:
Jean Marie Habimana is the ICT Program Coordinator at Ready for Reading and the Nkondo Enrichment Program Manager. He is an advanced diploma holder in ICT and has a passion for education and social justice. “I love working with kids and learn a lot from them. In my two years of working in rural education programs, I have seen a great need to improve literacy and English language skills as the key to good performance among primary school students "
Note: All money donated will go directly to program activities, which take place in Rwinkwavu, Rwanda. The location in Boston, MA is solely for fundraising purposes.