There is a lot of hope for our government’s new standard curriculum. Our previous curriculum involved Grade 8 and Form 4 (grade 12) national testing. The new curriculum is slated to introduce similar national exams in Grades 3, 6 and 12. The aim of the new curriculum...
I had just got to work and was settling down when I heard a knock on the door. One of my female students was standing at my door with a worried look. I invited her inside and closed the door quickly—my instincts told me all was not well. We’ll call my student Angela....
Our third annual Making Schools Awesome teacher’s conference was a resounding success! This year, about 130 teachers from our twelve Village Impact schools attended in July at our new venue, the spacious Royal Green Gardens Resort. We decided to make the day more...
After rigorous months of planning, the long awaited finally arrived: We were hosting our 12th grade students from all three of our high schools for our first ever Students Entrepreneurship Summit! A "Heaven on Earth" kind of day. Our main objectives were to coach our...
Why I Love My Job Hello! I'm Milkah, and it's my pleasure to introduce myself to you! I'm many things— wife, mother and counselor with Village Impact. When I began pursuing a career in counseling, psychology was considered a study for those with “problems." The stigma...
Milkah is the latest addition to the growing staff of Village Impact and all of us here foresee us impacting more villages with her on the team. When it was time to have an additional counsellor, the challenge was to get a person who loved people...
At the end of every school year, the top grades at both the primary and high school levels take part in the national standardized test. These exams are crucial in a learner’s life because it is standardized across the whole nation and places their academic performance...
Woohoo...We made it to 2019! Happy New Year, everyone! First and foremost I must say it’s a blessing to be alive and well this year. We can’t take it for granted. This year also seems to be more promising and we are really optimistic about achieving more than in the...
To say that I was excited about it is understatement. I had been waiting for the trip since 2017 and when it was postponed to 2018, I got more excited rather than discouraged. It was going to be my first experience so I had all kinds of emotions and thoughts… “Will I...
The news concerning the annual Donor Trip sparked a lot of anxiety among all stakeholders within the two communities where we were camping. This meant impromptu meetings with both locals and the local administration in both areas and also the parents/teachers...
BARAKA SHALOM PRIMARY SCHOOL Baraka Shalom continues to be one of the best communities to benchmark. The school now enjoys facilities such as teacher desks, recently acquired thanks to Village Impact. They also have a fully functional computer laboratory, which has...
Rain is more often regarded as a blessing but to others blessings that exceed their expectations end up being a curse. While the rains might have had a negative effect in different areas of the land, in our school communities they have proved to be a blessing in...