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BUC Mission Project

Kajiado Girls' Rehabilitation School, Rift Valley Province, Kenya.

On the 28th of June two members of our church, Jason and Lorna,  flew out to Kenya for

three weeks with a team headed by Des Boldeau, and funded by ADRA.

Their mission?

           ♥ To build a classroom extension on a school that provides primary, secondary,

              tertiary and vocational education for girls who are orphans, rescued from early               marriages and others escaping from female genital mutilation.

          ♥ The team are also planning a community health project that they will be taking to              schools to heighten both health and educational issues.

          ♥ Finally, they will work with the Personal Ministries Department in the Central Kenya              Conference in public evangelism projects.

Both Jason and Lorna were very excited when they were accepted to become a part of a team that

will bring hope into the lives of the children in the Kajiado school.

Work is still being done to make lives better so please keep the teams in your prayers. You may not be able to go into the mission field, but your prayers can!

Jason went along to help out with the building work, lifting the heavy lintels and resizing the holes for the windows.  Chiseling away at the frames, Jason managed to get a sizeable piece of mortar in his eye and needed a visit to the local hospital - what an eye-opener!  Luckily, with one badly scratched eye, but no permanent damage, Jason carried on with the work on the trusses and galvanised sheets for the roof of the new building.

Once the plastering  had been completed and all the  rubble removed, Jason and a Kenyan builder, organised a football game.  During the game, Jason performed a tackle sliding across the ground taking off most of his skin - and after that his team still lost..  

Lorna was given donations of toiletries to take with her - so many that she had to gain special permission from Richard Branson to have excess luggage on their Virgin flight.

After a bout of sickness and missing some of the classes, Lorna enjoyed her teaching role, showing the class HIV awareness, oral and personal hygiene.  She used flip charts and colour posters which she covered the bare walls with.  “We had an interactive personal hygiene lesson, with loads of hugs and shaking hands to show how easily germs are spread and the importance of hand washing etc.  I had a hygiene routine worksheet that we worked through, and the children enjoyed” Lorna said.