What we do...

The Elewana Education Project is actively working in 5 secondary schools and one primary school in Western Kenya.  Within each of these institutions, the Project works directly with school administration, faculty, and students to improve the school facilities and academic performance with in the school. Additionally, Elewana works to pair each of these schools with a partner school in the U.S.  for mutual curricular and service learning opportunities.  Below is a brief description of some of these schools and their U.S. partners.

Amagoro Junior Academy in Amagoro, Kenya

Amagoro Junior is a pre-K through 8th grade primary school founded by Bishop Zak Epusi in 1998.  The school has a student population of about 300, and was recently fitted with solar power and a small computer lab.  One of the best primary schools in the District, A.J.A. sent all of its 2009 graduates to provincial and, in one case, a national school. Furthermore, the Elewana Project has worked extensively with the faculty and students at Amagoro Junior.  Currently, three students, all orphans, are being sponsored and Elewana is working with the faculty to improve the computer instruction available to the students and to further facilitate the relationship with the Greenbrier Episcopal School, AJA's partner school in the U.S. 

The Greenbrier Episcopal School
White Suplur Springs, West Virginia

Greenbrier Episcopal School is an independent, coeducational day school enrolling children in grades PreK through 8 with an upper school to begin enrollment in the fall of 2008.   Small in size, the school’s program is characterized by high academic expectations, personal attention, and respect for the dignity of every human being.  Upper School provides motivated high school students with an interdisciplinary learning environment.  Through a strong college preparatory arts and sciences curriculum, upper school students come to GES to learn to think critically, to study and develop a firm grasp of specific academic disciplines, to develop their creative talents, and to engage in meaningful physical activity.

www.greenbrierepiscopal.org

The Neighborhood Academy
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Neighborhood Academy offers a private college preparatory education to low income students in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.  To help students succeed academically, TNA provides counseling, transportation, three meals a day and assistance with emergency needs.  The school’s curriculum and program includes an extended school day (8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.), very small classes, close and ongoing communication with families and a curriculum culminating in senior seminars in the humanities and sciences.

www.theneighborhoodacademy.org