OLPCorps UniversityofBritishColumbia Kenya

Friday, March 27, 2009 OLPCorps_University of British Columbia_Kenya_Dumont

Introduction

We are two graduate university students in the department of Education at the University of British Columbia located in Canada. We are interested in spending 10 weeks at a rural school in Kenya working with the grade 6 and 7 classes. The school we will be working with is called: and there are approximately 100 students in grade 6 and 7. We will be in Kigali, Rwanda from June 8th till the 17th for the training and then we will be at the school from June 19th till August 28th. During this period the students have a 2 week break during the beginning of August.

Working with Children

The students

Local Partner

We have a variety of NGOs that we will be working with in Kenya. Our hosting organization will be the Suba Teachers Guidance and Counselling Association (SUTGUCA). We will also be working with the African Center for Women, Informations and Communications Technology (ACWICT) as well as with the rural schools Computers and Education Materials Program (RUSCEMP) www.rural.or.ke

Teachers without Borders Canada will also be present for a few weeks during this period and will be providing additional teacher professional development support.

Impact on Children

Finances

Travel Costs: Plane Tickets: Vancouver- Kigali (June 8th-17th) Kigali-Nairobi (June 17th- August 28th) Nairobi-Vancouver (August 28th)

Communication