REAL NEWS FROM REAL STARS

Hello Everyone!

Greetings in the name of God and we gladly hope your all doing fine. Welcome back to yet another episode of our Newsletter with Real news from Real Stars. We praise God for a great opportunity He has given to us to share His mighty deeds and wonders that He has done for us. This is the year of the Lord and He has great plans for each one of us so we should continue exalting His Mighty name.

This year began with a bang’ and we saw the hand of God in our work. First of all most of our children got sponsors and we were able to take them to boarding school. This has really changed them because they are in a different environment where they can concentrate with their studies. Secondly we had seven of our children who cleared grade eight with encouraging marks. One of them was called in a National school (Precious Blood Riruta), four in provincial schools while the other two who performed fairly were called in good district school. This brought great joy in our lives to see the children prospering in their education. In the High school level, we have three of our children who cleared while in University/College there are two children who graduated while one more will be graduating by the end of this year. We rejoice with them because we have seen them growing up to this far and have transformed positively in their lives.

Our activities this year

Home visit      
                        

Mary Nzisa

This year we went for a home visit at Mary Nzisa’s home. They live in a place called Kamulu which is a remote area. She is the second one in the picture from left. She is currently in class seven where she rewinded due to lack of school fees. Mary’s father does not have a permanent job, he sometimes works as a mason or other  times casual worker to meet the needs of his family. Mary’s mother has her own business of selling vegetables but it has no much income. The reason for this is because where that live the population is low and poverty is high therefore they have very few customers. This brings less money which can neither educate the children nor provide basic needs for them. Mary is often chased out of school due to school fees arrears and is afraid she will not be able to study up to grade eight again.

Cecilia Mwelu

Cecilia, second from left, is  six years old  and lives in Lunga Lunga slum with her father. Her 

mother passed away in August 2012 due to throat cancer thus living five children behind. At that time Cecilia was three years old. She is currently in Pre-unit and the third born in a family of five children. Her father works as a watchman and this is difficult for him because he is the breadwinner of the family and also the only parent in the house. He has to take care of his children.

OUR REAL STARS

Clyde Muhambe Lisimba

Clyde Muhambe is one of our children who cleared class eight in the year 2012. He attained 335 marks and was called in a Provincial School. This is very great because he is from a poor back ground and the second born in his family. He is a very hardworking boy. His father is HIV positive and also has a stroke on one side of his body. He also has a brain tumor which makes it hard for him to work. Clyde’s mother passed away in the year 2009 when Clyde was eleven years old. She was HIV positive too. Clyde likes playing football and he thanks God for he was able to perform well and got a chance to study in high school.

Maureen Akinyi

Maureen is a fifteen year old girl that lives in Embakasi in Nairobi with her maternal uncle. She Cleared her grade eight level in the year 2012. She attained 308 marks and was called to a provincial school. She is the last born child in a family of three children. She has never met her father so she and her siblings were raised by their mother who unfortunately passed away in 2003. They first went to live in upcountry with their grandfather before their maternal uncle took them under his care in 2006. This is due to financial constraints on the side of their grandfather. Maureen’s uncle sells second hand clothes so as to earn some money and take her and her siblings to school. Whenever he was unable to cater for the school fees he would approach the well wishers to assist him to cater for it.

THANKSGIVING

We give gratitude to God for:

• ·         The gift of life He has given to our children
• ·         The two volunteers this year i.e. Gloria and Petra
• ·         Our sponsors who have been supporting our children in school fees, clothing and food.
• ·         Our candidates this year who are about ten in grade eight, grade twelve and University/College respectively
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  PRAYER REQUEST
  
  
  We would like to urge you to join us in praying for:
  
  
  ·         Peace in our country: We will be having our Presidential elections on 4^th March 2013 and we pray to God that it will be peaceful and people will vote wisely. We pray that God will intervene in this process of Elections.
  ·         Rain: We are in the summer season and the temperatures are very high thus leading to drought. People are suffering from hunger and we pray for rain so that various people can be able to feed.
  ·         Our Candidates this year to have peaceful studies without any disruption.
  
  
  
  
  DEVOTION
  
  
  Our word for you this year comes from 1^st Corinthians 2:9
  
  
  ‘‘……..What no eye has seen, nor ear heard nor heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him.’’
  
  
  We encourage you to be expectant of God’s blessings. God has done great things for us, so many of our children got sponsors and we took them to good schools where they receive better education. Some have even cleared grade eight and went to national schools and provincial schools. Others have graduated from University/ College and are now looking for jobs. This is God’s working and we do not take it for granted but share with you that God is there and He has great plans for you.
  
  
  
  
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