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Destiny
Garden School was founded by Jacob Boaz Muoga and provides
education for 180 needy and orphaned children from the
ages of 2½ to13 years in
Mtongwe, Likoni Division, one of the poorest suburbs
of Mombasa on Kenya's coast. The school has seven classes
in seven rented classrooms: Baby Class, Kindergarden1 - 3 and
Classes 1-3
With the help of German volunteers, the school bought a plot
of land 122 by 22 metres but, at the moment, the classrooms are
rented in a building nearby. Trees have been planted on
this land and it is used for growing crops to help feed the
children. There is a nearby borehole and water is
pulled up from this on a 60 metre rope for irrigation.
Teaching the children
The children are taught in classes of less than 30 pupils by
7 fully qualified teachers. As many of the children have
not had education previously, they are streamed according to
their needs and so each class can have a wide range of
ages. The school aims for pupils to attain the Kenya
Certificate of Primary Education
The children
Over 50% of the children are orphans and many are HIV
positive. Many of the families are very poor as there is
little work in the area. The school will not refuse any
child because of poverty but it covers the additional costs of
the child out of the school funds. Every day the children
are given a cooked lunch which is prepared at the school.
Often this is the only proper meal they receive that day.
Not only does providing these
children with education improve their future but it also keeps
them off the streets where they could become involved in gang
culture, drugs and prostitution.
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