April Camp at Red Rose

Chores Mean More, New York Times, April 27th 2009

Teacher Rose Mureka of Red Rose School, Litworld, and the Bronxville School are featured in an article on a collaboration through electronic books, email, and letters that bring American and Kenyan children closer together as they learn about life in the slums outside Nairobi and in the surburbs of New York City. Read the April 27th New York Times article by cliking here!

"Living with my Granny" by Brian, Grade 5

"Helping My Mother" by Diana, Grade 5

April Camp 2009

This April we had another successful camp at Red Rose School thanks to the financial support of the Children of Kibera Foundation. We had visitors from St. Lawrence University come over and spend their time with the children. The activities in the camp included drawing, painting, computer lessons, singing e.tc. The camp was a great experience, with two meals provided each day for the children, many of whom would otherwise go hungry over the month-long April vacation from school. On the last week of the camp we were graced by Teacher Emmily Minayo who had just returned fresh from her three week teacher exchange trip to the Potomac School and other friends of Red Rose in the USA.  Click here for a Picasa web album of the camp.  

Back Home

I am back home. I really enjoyed my trip in the U.S.A. It was so amazing to me. Thank you so much for hosting me and making my trip to be succesful. My trip allowed me to get more ideas from different schools. The ideas were very important to me. I will use them at Red Rose. Red Rose is going to shine in Kibera.

A Sanctuary of Learning, by Allison Fisk

Red Rose- A Sanctuary of Learning from Allison F on Vimeo.

Emmily Marks Successful Red Rose-Potomac Exchange Visit

It has been an amazing trip for Teacher Emmily Minayo from the Red Rose School on a three week visit across the Eastern and the Mid-Atlantic Regions of the USA, including two weeks spent at the Potomac School and with host families in the Washington DC area. The slide show is a pictorial revue of her safari in the USA.

Road Trip Through New England and North East USA

Teacher Emmily had the chance to visit many schools and friends of the Red Rose School and Children of Kibera in New York City, Portland (Maine), and Canton (Upstate NY). For more photos of some of the places and people we visited last week, check out the picasa web-album through this link.