2019 Deep Roots

Digging into the dusty Kenyan ground, a tree finds its home for decades to come. Then another hole dug, and another tree planted.  Twenty trees begin to press their roots into the dry ground.  Day after day, our school staff return to these 20 trees to water them and make sure they weren't eaten by termites from below or goats from above.  Next, 1,000 bushes - not 1 or 10 or 100 - are planted to eventually grow thorns to be woven together and become a living bush fence around our school.

 Like the growth of these trees and thorn bushes, each student who enters Staff of Hope’s Oloile Secondary School is ministered to at our school for four years.  We want our students to have deep roots in high academic standards, in their preparation for the future, and in the Lord Jesus.  

 In addition to planting trees and plants, we also painted our classrooms and our front gate.  Our school is the first school in the area to have a mascot for our athletics teams.  We are now the Oloile Eagles…Go Eagles!

It is our hope that when our students graduate (we have one of the highest graduation rates in the county), they will have a strong foundation. From computers to farming, English to Swahili, we want our students to grow and shine in the furture.  In addition to classwork, we have a Christian club and all of our teachers are Christians, helping our students grow deep roots in the Christian faith. 

Oloile Secondary has the largest computer lab in three counties.  Our fifteen laptops enable us to teach these students from rural areas how computer use is essential. Computer science is now a required course for our school as these students look ahead to the future.

 Staff of Hope is excited Oloile that has grown to 155 students.  We believe a quality education is key to the success of a developing country.  We are thankful for your partnership in prayer and in your generous financial giving.  

 Please prayerfully consider making a financial gift to help our neighbors in East Africa to be more self-sufficient.  Monetary contributions are tax-deductible as allowed by the law. Please consider giving not only an annual gift but also making a recurring gift, which you can do on our website.  Please share this letter about Staff of Hope with your church, school, business and friends.

Consider the impact your gift will make:

$10        Plants, trees, grass at our school

$15        School supplies (science equipment, books, paper, pencils, etc.)

$40        Goat helps a family to be self-sustaining

$50        Sponsor a Kenyan Pastor for Leadership Development

$80        Cow helps a family to be self-sustaining

$100        Teacher’s salary for a month

$200        New water pipes to transport well water throughtout the school

$300        Boarding a student at our school for a year

$1,000    New desks and tables

$5,000    Constructing a new bathroom for teachers and a new generator

$10,000    Purchasing more land around our school for future growth

$_______    General Donation (any amount where most needed)

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 Thank you! Together we are making an impact!

 Sincerely, the Board of Directors