Our new building is almost complete and the students recently moved to their new classrooms. A whole afternoon was spent cleaning, carrying furniture, books and files, and arranging themselves. The verdict is that the new rooms are great – with more space, more light and more places to keep their things.
Tomorrow is our annual talent show and creativity levels are reaching a peak! Here are some of our dancers, fashion designers and actors as they prepare for the big day.
We’ve had a lot of rain, which has made the crops grow – and also the weeds! Members of the Young Farmers’ Club tackled them in one of their recent meetings.
So much progress has been made on our new building and it’s improving every day! The painters and builders are hard at work to get it finished.
Over the last ten days they have been aided by our volunteer Gabriel from Sweden. Handyman at home, Gabriel has been using his skills to help with the decorating and also with planting some trees and flowers.
The students also lent a hand with cleaning the building, which they did with their usual joy and enthusiasm!
On Friday we had a wonderful time with thirteen visitors connected with Two Sisters’ Church in Sweden. The students had great fun showing – and involving them in – their traditional dances. They also had the pleasure of learning more about Sweden through a song, a dance and a slideshow. Along with the treat of trying some Swedish sweets 
We had the pleasure of welcoming two volunteers from Sweden over the last fortnight – Pelle and Boel who came for their fourth visit to Kisima! Pelle helped to chop lots of vegetables and Boel shared some of her Chemistry expertise in a few lessons.
In addition to all of this, they gave a very generous donation which has allowed all of the Form Twos to have their own tracksuits, much to their delight.
Last weekend we had the pleasure of welcoming back many of our old students. It was encouraging to hear about the amazing things they’re getting up to now, from civil engineering to project management at an NGO.
The current students had a great time performing some of their traditional dances and learnt from the alumni’s experiences in discussion groups.
The Form Fours plus a few lucky others had an exciting day trip to Naivasha! They visited a geothermal power plant, went on a hike and enjoyed themselves by Lake Naivasha. You might notice a new face amongst them – our latest volunteer, Rosie from the UK, who will be with us for the rest of the term.
Last weekend it was time to harvest maize from the school farm, and all the students lent a hand!
Our new Form One students joined us on Saturday 13th – the weather was wet and cold but the welcome was warm! Each was interviewed by a teacher, while the Form Threes helped with admin and other tasks. After an introductory session in the hall, the parents and guardians left the new students in the care of the Form Twos, who are helping them to settle in and feel at home.
