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Feb 09 2012

Appreciation

The Dignitas Project team got a special surprise today when a poem from one of our partner schools, NECI, was dropped off at the office. NECI was a partner school in 2011 and the team is thrilled to continue the partnership into 2012.

Working in Mathare with low-resource schools, our day to day can often be exhausting and difficult, but we continue to be proud of and motivated by the incredible teachers we’re privileged to partner with and by the impact we’re slowly seeing. The poem was a wonderful highlight to the day:

APPRECIATION

1. The NECI staff enjoys lesson.

The lessons they used to teach in crisis, presently, they teach in groups and discussions.

All this in the name of dignitas project.

 

2. The techniques they implore and apply.

They are of high skills and level.

The techniques that easen and simplify.

All this in the name of dignitas project

 

3. The display of the educational charts,

The teaching materials of express magazines,

The well painted black walls.

All this in the name of dignitas project.

 

4. More so, the entanglement of the pupils.

The entanglement of guardians and parents,

And the entanglement of the community as influencers

Truly have brought tremendous improvement in all.

 

5. In conclusion, look at the good storage facilities,

In addition, look at the good stationaries,

In all, the reading and writing materials

All this in the name of dignitas project.

 

Lastly, on behalf of NECI staff and S.M.C. may I say that any further support is ceremoniously welcomed.

 

Thank you

In the end, it’s really us here at Dignitas that must thank NECI. We’re truly inspired and grateful to be learning from and working with schools that are meeting the needs of children all over Mathare, working to create a better future for the community.

Students from NECI excitedly pose for the camera

About the author

Eugenia

Eugenia holds a B.A. in anthropology from Tufts University and has a passion for education, social entrepreneurship, and alleviating urban poverty. She has studied and worked with HIV-positive women in Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya; home-based businesses in Dharavi in Mumbai, India; and conducted a school mapping project for Dignitas Project in 2010. She has experience in community and grassroots organizing, researching various issues in informal settlements, and believes strongly in Dignitas Project's mission of developing teachers and leaders of the Mathare Valley community.

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