We wish Barry well in the race and look forward to hearing how he gets on.

If you would like to raise money for Johari Foundation by competing in a race or organising an event please contact info@joharifoundation.org.

Children in the Miale outreach program were very much exited to start the holiday program last week.
Children from different schools came together in 2 different venues (Gakarara and Githunguri primary school in muranga) and had some good time together.

Activities that have been going on include:
Playing football something that the kids really enjoy, on top of the fact that they get to use good footballs unlike the home made ones they are used to.
They also had story time sessions which assist the children in building personal confidence.
We also had other small games including balloons and kids games.

As Miale outreach team; we evaluated how the children performed in school last term and we realized that the children who were meeting at Gakarara primary school had improved in their performance than those who were meeting at Githunguri primary. We advised them to work hard in school and ensure that they get good grades and qualify to go to the next class. They all agreed to work extra hard in school next term, for the children who had improved in their performances we promised to award them with some prizes before the end of holiday program. The program continues this week and next week.

Mercy has been promoted to class 2 this year. This has made her very happy.
When Mercy first joined Miale CSP in 2008 when she was 6 years old she was very untidy, with a running nose, her hair was unkept and wore tattered uniform and shoes was a tale to her. She was naive and had no confidence. No close friends since she could not manage any. No one wanted to be associated with her by the fact that the mother is sick with a deadly disease. The trauma associated with the disease kept everyone away. This made her lonely and heartbroken. Her performance in school was very poor and missed classes often to because of hunger and this discouraged her.
Since joining Miale CSP she has tremendously improved. Basically, her image is now different. She looks neat in her new uniform, shoes and her hair is short and neat. Her ever smiling face cannot fail to be noticed among other things. She has friends whom she relates to and is able to play and talk with them. Her performance has improved and she managed to score 453 marks in third term.
Mercy will spend the next 6 years in primary school where she will be assisted through Miale CSP program. The program offers basic needs and education at an average rate of Ksh 3000 per month to see her fed, clothed and go through school with ease.
Mercy is also expected to show improvements in behaviour, attitude and her relation with other kids. She is also expected to do her best in class and that the program will completely change her life for the better.
Mercy joins scholarship program immediately she is through with primary school where her results determines what she will be in future.

In 2016…..Plan A
Mercy will sit for her exams (Kenya Certificate of Primary Education) KCPE. Assuming that she will perform excellently, Mercy will join secondary school though the scholarship program. This will last for four years. This will be between 2017 and 2020 when she will sit for Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education.
At his point her performance determines which tertiary College or a local University she is going to join and will pave way in seeing her become a career woman. This will be an exit strategy for Mercy.

Plan B.......2016
Mercy will sit for her KCPE in 2016 and if she does not perform well academically or if she decides that she doesn’t want to continue with formal education then the other option is join tertiary courses e.g. tailoring, catering, hair dressing and it has to be a course of her choice. This may be the next exit option to ensure that Mercy goes through a course which will enable her either get employment or starts her own business if possible with the support of Miale Child Support Program. If Mercy chooses to undertake a dressmaking course or jewellery making ,she will join Johari Youth Empowerment Program which will see her through further training to make her a fashion designer and more marketable and a producer for Johari foundation. This will be her livelihood.
Mercy would still set her own business and after YEP with assistance from the foundation and can become a productive person within her local community. Johari from time to time would give her order for uniforms for other kids in the program. This will be a way of promoting one of our own.
Plan C
Mercy will continue with her formal education after passing form 4 and joins a public University. In public universities there is HELB (Higher Education Loans Board) where she can get a loan. Though this is not guaranteed the foundation will support her to ensure that she completes her education. The foundation will also assist Mercy to search for a job depending with her specialization and if she can bridge any gap in the foundation, Mercy will be absorbed by the foundation to get exposure and later with another organization which she may absorb her.
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The story of Patrick and Mercy clearly shows that the two children have a very long journey to undertake before they become self reliant. As a foundation, we have a greater job to make a different in their lives and enable them become self reliant hence lies a great challenge. The foundation has to ensure structures and policies that are sustainable to make the dreams of the children come true and meet the foundations goals.
The journey has begun and will go on for at least 10 years plus for both kids. The journey is in stages with different programs rolling in every stage of the child. In primary, the child is either in Miale Child Support Program of in Miale Outreach Program. As the child joins secondary school, Tertiary courses or University, the child moves to scholarship program and later exits from the program which is determined by choice of scholarship.
It is therefore important to make prior preparation with the very basic understanding that children in the program will stay for a long long time in the program before they are self reliant. Taken care of well, the children will one time look back and say, ‘THEY ARE PROUND TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH JOHARI FOUNDATION”. We will also be happy to have made a difference in their lives and the good work done when we can see the fruits of our labour.

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I want to come out with a success of Diploma so that I can gain knowledge and I also want to be an entrepreneur to be able to help my younger ones. Once I have achieved all this I would like to be a hero to somebody.
I really appreciate your support and I will not let you down. I will come out with a good success.

Sean Walls visit Miale Programme
Miale children were so excited to meet with Sean. It was good to take him through what we do in Kibera. He came on Wednesday when we normally have the food distribution; so he got to see what the children take back home and he also had a chat with some of the children.
Sean is doing a very noble work. He is organizing a medical camp for the Miale children which will take place at Ayany Primary School in July. The children with eye problems will get a medical check up and get free glasses.
I am looking forward to this day, all the children in Ayany primary school will have their eyes checked. Most children have eye problems but because of lack of resources they are unable to seek medical attention. May God bless you Sean; you will make so many children smile on that day.

1. The program coordinator (James Kamau) requests the head teachers in various schools to list all the orphan and the vulnerable children in their school.
2. A home visit is conducted, where a case study form is filled. The social worker also observes how the family lives and the size of farm as well as the number of livestock, this is meant to ensure that we only recruit the needy child into the program.
3. The social team discusses the various cases to ascertain the case which deserves help. The team also award marks to the various cases.
4. The guardian and their children are called for a 2nd interview to ensure that the initial information which was filled in the case study is genuine.
5. If the case is genuine the child qualify into the program but is given a probation period of 3 months. In this period the social worker verifies that the child is genuine and all the information given is correct.
These are the stages which the miale outreach social team is undertaking to ensure that only the deserving needy children are recruited into the program.

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As Johari,
we feel proud having achieved our objective. The fun filled day was more than we could think of. Having placed different schools in the pitch for this inaugural event, the participants showed nothing less of joy and fun.

This to me as the social development manager left a mark in my heart that we as Johari were able to leave a mark in the lives of the participants, even if it was only for a day, but the impact was great.

Getting Companies to partner or sponsor the tournament was the main challenge. Though the event has lessons to learn, we are proud to have kicked off so well in spite of everything. We have created relationship with schools and a few companies as we look forward to a bigger event next year which will involve even Girls teams.

Charles Kuria a standard two boy in Karembu – ini primary school in Kandara central Kenya is the youngest in Miale outreach program. Charles is born in a family of 11 children and the mother is single. Living in a one roomed house, Charles appreciates his humble home and vows to work hard in school. He wants to be a teacher.

Charles will be in Miale program for the next 12 years and the program will provide for all his needs to ensure he finishes primary school, joins secondary school depending with his performance. He will then join university or college for four years before getting a job or starting his own business. The journey is long. This means that the program must ensure that the child is given the best support in terms of basic needs, proper education and more so social psycho- support to ensure that the child is successful.
Charles represents all the 186 children in the Miale social programs. The journey for each child depends with the time the child joins the program and at what point the child becomes self reliant and exits.

From my experience, it is important to ensure proper structures and strategies have been put in place to enhance growth and success of each child in the program. Given that each child will take ample time in the program, we have put in policies that have enabled the organization role out Miale programs with ease. The growth and success of each child depends solely on the efforts that child will put and the provision that the programs will offer. Doing our best to ensure positive change in every child is our joy.

Having been used to the normal 11 A-side football we had to put a twist to it to add flavor to the tournament……
Hence the 7 a-side version
The Day began very well on a very high note with the pool matches. All teams were playing to win.

After 5 hrs of playing the group matches, we had the 4 best teams to square it out at the semi final stage.
I.e.
Olympic High school taking on Upperhill High school
Hospital Hill high school taking on Uhuru secondary school
The stakes were high and nothing was left to chance.
Finally we had the finalists for the day, Olympic High versus Uhuru highway…they dismissed upperhill(who went on to claim 3 spot)
and hospital hill in the semi-finals.

The final game was definitely a cracker and at the end of the full time they drew 0-0. It had to be decided via penalties……
Olympic took their penalties ....
and well they had what it takes to be crowned....

So did Uhuru secondary school...

But one team had to win.....and OLYMPIC HIGH SCHOOL carried the day...

Presenting to you the first winners of Johari Seven Aside Soccer tournament………drums roll……..Mexican wave in the field………

We as JohariFoundation Endeavor to offer empowerment through creating opportunity, an these cause comes at a cost and it is for these reason we hope to be fund raising through the seven a-side tournaments every year.
All the funds go to helping vulnerable children in the area currently being covered by our MIALE program I.e. Kibera where we have a CSP (child support program) and in Kandara where we have an outreach program.

A detailed booklet will be available soon if you would like to partner with the foundation in the next edition of the tournament , or if you would want to donate to the foundation in any way.
send a mail to info@johari.co.uk
Stay tuned to our website for more details on the tournament...more pictures...and the fun that filled the day

We started off with Ayany primary school. The Head teacher Mrs.Khayeri has always been helpful during such visits. We took shots of the children in class rooms as the learning continued. There was no interruption as the pupils continued as if nothing was taking place. Afterwards we took shots of the children during break time, with them all over us– kids really like photos and videos!! We had interview sessions with three students who are in class 8.
A trip to some of the houses where our children live in Kibera was an adventure to the crew. We managed to take a few photos and interviews with the guardians of the children that we support. On our way back Peter stepped on something awful, this made him scream so hard!!
We later went back to the office to do interviews for Stella, Julia (community worker) and myself. This was done in a very short time. I felt like I was in some studio with all the floodlights, the heat and the microphone. It was a nice experience…..
I believe it was a good experience for the group which had visited the slum for the first time. It is always good to know how other people live, interact with them and also to have a glimpse of what it is really like to live in a slum. These people are not different from any of us, it’s just the environment and the situation that makes it look different but we are all the same, we suffer from the same diseases, learn the same syllabus, eat the same food and go to church just like everybody else. They may be less advantaged but they are all human beings.

Johari Foundation is delighted with the efforts of -

We will also be taking this event to other schools in Scotland in the near future. Look out for stories and photographs about the event in the Fundraising section of the website.