|  ACTS does not just rely on the
international community to help us fundraise for the many children
who need an education.
Here in Mombasa,
we have generous support from the local community, which comes in many
shapes and formstyle, even from the children in the local schools. ACTS
began a ‘Children helping children’ programme over five
years ago and since then the support has been fantastic with the more
privileged children raising significant funds each year to help those
for whom education cannot be taken for granted. Just have a look at
the activities on this page to see what the local children of Mombasa
are doing for each other……
 Here
are just some of the many children who have benefited from the
annual sponsored read held in Mombasa. Children from 11 schools
get sponsorship to read as many pages as they can and all the money
raised goes to pay for books to be used in the schools which ACTS
supports. Children as young as 4 enter this fantastic sponsored
event and in the 2003 sponsored read they managed to raise an amazing
Ksh 488,470 which is equivalent to approx GBP3,723. or EUR 5,324.
 The
benefit that the children in the ACTS supported schools get from
this annual supply of books is immeasurable. As you can see from
the picture on the right, the money buys text books for all subjects
and all ages as well as story books for the younger children. Without
this supply of books the resources that the teachers can rely on
are negligible and the education offered can suffer as a result.
Each year, we try to involve as many children as possible in the
hope that the resulting books will reach many children in Mombasa
in years to come. |
