Active Learning

Kara Carline and Lara Cochrane singing "Making Melodies in My Heart" with teacher Nelius and the students of the second Iftin English literacy class.

On Thursday morning, Kara Carline joined Erica in Eastleigh for a job-shadowing assignment with one of her high school classes at Rosslyn Academy. It was a lot of fun for the Iftin girls to have Kara and Lara, another volunteer visiting from Louisville, Kentucky, teaching them an interactive lesson on personal hygiene.

Subow, one of our student helpers, assisting a small group during a cooperative learning assignment during class one.

One of our goals within Iftin is to find ways of empowering women to become active learners. Within each class we use various problem solving and cooperative tasks to encourage confidence and independent thinking. Research has shown that developing such critical thinking skills is key to helping people over come the trap of poverty. We are very proud of each of these women as they take such initiative to improve their lives and the lives of their children.

The street in front of the community centre showing both the bounty and the bane of the rains which are now mercifully falling throughout Kenya. Despite the challenges of navigating the mud tracks, God's blessing of rain has brought new life into a dry and weary land!