Shuswap Rotary sponsors 20 Kenyan secondary students at various secondary schools. These students were sent home from their boarding schools at the start of the pandemic, and will miss the entire Term 2 before they can hopefully return to school September 1. These are students from poor families who would not go to school without help. They have sponsorship guidelines that must be met to ensure continued sponsorship. Shuswap Rotary decided to use the money we have set aside for Term 2 fees to support these students in this difficult time. We are providing maize flour and beans, two staples of the Kenyan diet. The photos show some of our students as they are receiving this assistance in May.
Update - we have also distributed food in June, photos of this are in the Photo Albums, located on the upper right side of this web page. Click on 2020 Barani Food Distribution.