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About Us
Message from Jeremiah Mzee, Chairman
The children who attend the Ruaraka Slum schools face many challenges. These schools are informal, not backed by government funding, and are severely under-resourced, understaffed and overcrowded. The teacher-student ratio is 1:40 and it's not an odd thing to find 3-4 students sharing a desk. In addition, students in one room school houses are usually grouped into four areas. With no actual walls separating them, and with four classes happening simultaneously, you can only imagine the difficulty students have concentrating on their lessons.
The founders of Progressive Volunteers saw the challenges that these pupils faced and, in 2007, began to try to remedy the situation. Progressive Volunteers is one of the first community-run and youth-led volunteer organizations to offer such services in Kenya.
The organization has since grown from six members to over 165 local and national volunteers, nearly two dozen international volunteers and over 150 online volunteers, promoting our mission and agenda.
Jeremiah conducting a workshop for students at Precious Star High School in Mathare North Area.
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“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.”
― Maya Angelou
Some of our highlights include:
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Successfully piloting a micro-credit project to benefit young women
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Providing 352 text books four non-formal schools
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Establishing a community library with over 2,000 volumes
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Planting over 100 trees along Nairobi River
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Training 32 Ruaraka Community Health Workers in first aid
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Hosting International Volunteer Day celebrations at the Mathare North Health Centre (2010) and in the Korogocho Slum (2012)
We are committed to building on these accomplishments and to improve the quality of for the people in the greater Ruaraka Area.
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