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Gift Schools

Educating Children Since 2002

Gift Schools
Education Is A Hidden Treasure

Gift school was established in the year 2002. It is situated in the slums of Bangladesh along Mombasa - Nairobi Highway, in Jomvu Sub County, Mombasa County, Kenya.

Currently the school is registered as APBET, Alternative Provision Of Basic. 

Education and Training is done under, MOEST, the Ministry Of Education Science and Technology. 
The education follows the Kenyan syllabus for Pre-primary and for Primary school.

The school works from early ages in Nursery to Primary school class 8, 
with a population of more than 500 pupils. It is a mixed school.
 

Motto

Education is a hidden treasure.

Vision

Train a child in a godly way in order to have a godly nation and a godly world.

Start children off on the way they should go and even when they are old they will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6

Mission

To bring up children with a holistic approach to see each child grow emotionally, socially and spiritually. To enable each child to discover God's given talents in themselves and to explore them fully.
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Major objectives

To provide high quality education and guidance to the pupils, so that they can be able to fit in our dynamic society. We want our pupils to be able to get National and Provincial entry requirements by using quality and qualified teaching staff to help our pupils.

About us

Background
Gift Schools serves orphans and vulnerable children from Bangladesh, Kwapunda and Kibarani slums. It started as a ministry to the children, for as a Sunday school teacher I was burdened by the fact that many children from poor humble background were not able to get education. That made them end up as street children, dust bin searchers, pickpockets. Many ended in drugs and drug abuse. Many of the children were indulging in early sex, teen age pregnancies or even early marriages. It is determined to change the slum through educating school age going children, as that in the long run will change the slum and change their lives for God. Since it's inception in 2002, more than 1000 vulnerable children have been educated in Gift Schools. These would not be educated otherwise, because their education depends on someone who give them education. 
Linah Samba, Founder of Gift Schools
Gift Schools Today
Gift Schools are working in mud houses in the slum area Bangladesh outside Mombasa. More than 500 children are pupils in the 11 classes, from KG 1 to Std 8 (Preprimary 1-3 and Class 1-8, ages 1-15 years old). 

A lot of the children come from families where the parent or the parents lack jobs, are poor and illiterate. There are a lot of drug problems in the slum and a lot of children end up bringing up themselves. This means that the children need all the help and care they can get in school. All education and homework has to be done in School as most of the children can’t get any help at home for studies. The school is the best place to be at for a lot of children in Gift Schools. This also means that a lot of children have got parents or caretakers as has a big problem paying school fees.

Since we have been recognized as an APBET school a lot has happened. 
In 2015 9 children 6 girls and 3 boys sat for KCPE (National exams) and 8 went to high school. 
In 2016 17 children 13 girls and 4 boys did KCPE and ALL of them have joined high school. 
2017 20 children will seat for KCPE. 6 girls and 14 boys. We hope they all will join high school next year.

Gift Schools has been sponsored of an organization and private persons with building mud houses, a well, salaries for employees, school books, sanitary products and other equipment for the school.

The school has also, since the school got status as an APBET school, got help as a water tank, toilets, jikos and school books.

Sponsors of Gift school has during the years been
Australian sponsors, Andrew Sargent with family
Swedish sponsors through the project Pay-it-forward 
DFID through AKF
US-aid 
UK-aid
Tumaini Homes of Hope UK
Friends from Tumaini Homes of Hope UK
& now
SCM - Sweden Children Mission

Nothing Is Impossible To God
Gift Schools is most thankful for all the help sponsors give to the school to make it run. 
Gift Schools also thank God every day for providing for the school in many hard situations. 
Shukran! Glory to God!

The challenges are now 
• to raise the salaries for employees
• to have enough rooms in school
• go increase the education equipment, as school books, story books, etc

To be able to do that 
• the income for the school has to raise, as there haven’t enough money to do this yet. But we are looking positive at the future and are working for and praying for this.

Though all the challenges Gift Schools is 
• proud of the education the school gives pupils every day.
• proud of test results as are going up.
• proud of that the amount of pupils are increasing, as people around can see that the school is giving good education and is good to the children.
• proud of the buildings and furniture donated.

We know that 
“Education is a hidden treasure” and we will “Never, never, never give up”.

Staff

Linah Samba
The founder of the school

Gift Munga
Administrator
The rest of the staff in the school are
Phelister Takaa - Head Teacher
Job Okoth - Deputy H/Teacher
Jane Ojowi - Senior Teacher
Munyoki Mutua - Teacher G6
Caroline Kabisa - Teacher G4
Perez Oketch - Teacher G2
Elizabeth Namvua - Teacher G3
Edinah Paul - Teacher G1
Charles Ochieng - Teacher Upper
Damaris Njumwa  - Teacher PP1
Lavine Atieno - Teacher PP2
Caroline Mwaisaka - Helper PP1
Willickstar Dama - Helper PP2
Walter Odede - Cook
Erick Kimaile - Cook
Janet Tobino - Cook Helper
Daniel Ecklar - Security

Testimonies

"Gift school has helped my children to get education. 
I was not able to take my children to school and a 
parent who had taken her children to Gift school 
and had her children taken in to get free education 
advised me to go and talk to Linah saying this lady understands our problems and can help our children 
to get education. I went and she took my children 
and I only pay exam money for my children. 
Gift school is a blessing to Bangladesh."

Elizabeth Apondi
Parent in Gift Schools

My name is Omari Kasera Khamis. I am in primary 7. 
I live with my mother Sarah my sister Rukia Khamis in primary 6 and my brother Ahmed Khamis in primary 4. 
Our father walked out on us when my mother was pregnant with our last born Ahmed. My mother struggled to bring us 
up since she has no education to be able to get employed. She works for people doing all house hold jobs. It was very difficult for us to get education. One mother told my mother about Gift school and she brought all of us to Nursery in 2008. Since then we have been given free education and we do not pay even for exams. My mother looks for food and other essential things in life. Am always number 1 in school since primary education and I hope to pass well in 
my KCPE and join Secondary education.
Without Gift school we would have been without education. Long live Gift school.

Omari Kasera Khamis
Pupil in Gift School

School fees in 
Gift Schools

Nursery (PG-PP1&2) 300 KES/month
Lower Primary 400 KES /month
Upper Primary 500 KES /month

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Contact Us

Email
giftschools@gmail.com

Telephone
+254700842701
+254728881626

Address
Gift Schools, P.O Box 88719-80100, Mombasa, Kenya