Hi Mwau,
I hope this finds you well and having a good break before starting a new school year ! Will you be starting Form 4 in January?
I wish you a good year, with success in studies and some time for sports friends and extracurricular activities as well.

Hi Charles,
I’m happy to be able to contribute to your school fees, It’s wonderful that you are helping your guardians during the school break. I’m sure they appreciate your help and company. . I hope you are enjoying the break and will return to school in January refreshed and ready to start the new school year.
I just returned from 3 weeks in Kenya visiting a small school near Kikuyu. I am always impressed by how hardworking and friendly Kenyan students are.
I wish you much success in your studies this year and some fun in sports and choir as well.
Merry Christmas!
Karen

Hi Vincent,
A big congratulations on completing your KCSE! That’s a big step and concludes all that hard work you did in high school. I wish you much success as you move on to university. How did you decide to study law instead of medicine? Kenya needs lawyers as well as doctors. I hope you will move forward and both be successful and make the world a better place! I’m grateful to have been able to contribute to that!

Dear Enoch,
It’s my happy privilege to help with your school fees. It’s fun to hear about your sports activities and I’m also glad to hear that you are focused on achieving your goals in your studies as well.

By now you must be almost halfway through the break. I hope you have a nice Christmas and get the next school year off to a good start in January.

Hello, Vaati!
Thanks for the update . It’s my privilege to be able to contribute to your school fees and I am happy to be able to do so.!
I just returned from a month in Kenya visiting a small preK-JSS school run by a close Kenyan friend. Many high schoolers were on break and I enjoyed visiting with them and hearing about their studies and their hopes for the future.
Congratulations on completing the KCSE! I know this was a lot of work to get to this point and hope the results will open many doors for you.. What are your plans from here?

Hello Kaluki,
Congratulations on completing your secondary education. Best wishes on your future. I am sure you will do well in whatever you choose to do.
I was able to visit Wamunyu in October and I was really impressed at how well all the students are doing.
Regards,
Steve

Hi Joshua,
I am well. Glad to hear you are doing fine and doing well with your studies in school. That's very important. It's also nice to hear that you are helping your parents with the household chores. Hope you enjoy your December holiday.
Warm regards, Jim

Dear Enoch,
I feel honored and blessed to be able to help with your school fees. It sounds like you are doing well and have a great attitude. Keep up the hard work. I hope your rugby team did well in East Africa and It is exciting you made the county level of lawn tennis. It is good to balance studies with activity. I wish you many blessings and a Merry Christmas.

Hello Emmaculate:

It was wonderful to hear about the end of year cultural day and talent show. It sounded wonderful! Did you do an act in the show? What was your favorite act to watch?

I was at Kenya Connect earlier this month. It's always good to see the Kenya Connect staff and visit with the children at partner schools. I even ran in the Running to Read festival. I was slow, but it was fun!

I hope you check out books from the Kenya Connect library during the school break. Reading will help you in school. I read every day for fun and I learn about people who live in different parts of the world than me or people who have different challenges. One book I recently read was about women in Japan who dive for abalone, a kind of shellfish that is food. It was fascinating to see how deep in the ocean they could go. I also liked reading Michelle Obama's books.

I am glad you had such a good school year. Have a wonderful break and keep reading!

Sharon

Hello Anna!

I am pleased that your school year went well and that you scored a B+. I hope that over the break, you borrow books from the Kenya Connect library to read. Reading on a regular basis for fun will help you improve fluency and comprehension and it brings you to so many new places!

I was in Kenya earlier this month with Kenya Connect. It was wonderful to visit some of our partner schools. I also participated in the Kenya Connect running to read festival!

Have a great break and keep reading! It's a key to success!

Sharon

Congratulations on making it to University! Life at university is very different than at school - you are learning a lot just in terms of finding your way on campus and managing time. Good for you.
I am sorry to hear that there is unrest due to lack of funding. I hope this does not limit access to the classes you want to take.
What are you studying (do you have a "major" field of study)?
Thank you for writing. May God bless you in this new chapter of your life.
With love, Melissa

Joel, I am so glad to hear that you like to go to school and to study. All the work you do now is so important for you to become the person you want to be! Keep up the good work and find a favorite teacher. Kathy

Dear Mitchell,
Thank you for writing to us. It's great to hear that you are enjoying your school and have a wonderful career dream in mind.
Best wishes, Wayne B

Hello Emmaculate:

Thank you for your lovely note. It's sounds like you had a busy term! At career day, was there a career that excited you? Have you been reading any books?

It's been very hot and humid in Maryland where I live. We are hoping for rain soon for our gardens and for farms in the area. Yesterday I went to a farm and picked two big boxes of peaches. They are a stone fruit that are sweet like mangoes. This weekend I will "can" them which means I'll cook them a little and put them in jars so I can have them in the winter when there are no peaches (attached is a pic of the peaches.)

I have been watching some of the summer Olympics. It's just amazing to see the athletes perform. I'm so impressed by their determination and dedication.

I love to read and right now I'm reading a book about a young girl in England who likes to create plays. She lives along the coast and had found a washed up whale. Once the whale decomposed, she used the bones for a back drop of her stage. It's quite interesting and transports me to a whole new place. When I'm reading I form all these images in my head like I'm there in the book.

Keep working hard in school and read as many books as you can during the school break!

Take care!
Sharon

There are two of us, I believe, who are donating to your 2025 school tuition and yesterday I was able to pay the final installment. Your tuition is paid for 2025.

Hi Muthini,
I am glad to hear you are doing well. It sounds as if you had a busy term with science fairs and engineering projects! What did you do for the science fair? Also, congratulations on winning the 100m race!
We are in the midst of a hot summer here, but it just rained, so that helps a bit. We are under a tornado watch this afternoon which means there is still a lot of instability in the skies. But that is normal for this part of the country at this time of year!
I am working hard myself with online classes to learn skills that will help me find a new job.
I encourage you to enjoy your time while school is closed.
With love,
Melissa

Dear Jacinta, thank you for your beautiful message. You are inspiring me. Thank you! I hope school is going well for you and that you are enjoying time with friends. I am thinking of you! Nicole

Hello Faith:

Congratulations on qualifying for college! I wish you the very best for your future.

Susan

Dear Mitchell,

I wish you continued success in your educational journey. You are clearly a bright young woman, and I hope you will have a bright future. Your strength and determination will serve you well as you pursue your goals. I believe in you, and I wish you all the best.

Sincerely,
Elizabeth C.

Dear Emmaculate--

Thank you for sharing about your first term. It sounds like it was busy and that the closing celebration was special, except for all of the rain.

What is your favorite subject in school? What book have you read recently? I hope while you are home you check out some books from the Kenya Connect library. Reading is very important to future success. Read books that are fun for you. They have so many wonderful stories and librarian Esther can help you pick out a book. I read every day for fun. Right now I'm reading a story based in Nova Scotia Canada. I'm learning so much and very engaged with the characters.

Today there is a solar eclipse in the U.S. I am hoping to see a bit of it. It's when the moon goes in front of the sun. It's really interesting.

Have a wonderful break, read a lot of books, and help out your family.

Take care,
Sharon