COVID 19 - Our Co-ordinator writes September 2020
I am a resident of Kuria West Sub County, Migori County of the Republic of Kenya. Working as a civil servant in the Kenyan government, Ministry of Labour & Social protection.Other than working with Kenya government, in the locality, I am an opinion leader, assisting Tatwa Maahe Educational Trust of the UK in coordinating their programme of educating needy and bright girls in Kuria Community.
Currently due to Covid-19 Pandemic, Schools have closed down and all of our students are at home in the community. Students under my care have suffered as most of the schools closed abruptly and they did not know how long they were going to stay. Which means, students didn’t carry any study materials from school at the time they were told to go home. The efforts of the students to reach the schools’ managements to get their books and other personal effects have been fruitless, and some schools are far away for them to reach. All students, both school and university have now been told that they will not return until next January.
Personally I am scared when I read some of the scaring massages from the media, such as, “prepare for the worst!” The county governments are reserving land for graves, while plans are underway to procure body bags in large numbers in readiness for the Coronavirus storm to come. I thought as governments they should be talking on how prepared they are in terms of drugs and other medical equipment and come up with more integrated programmes instead of land to bury people.
Three of our students are now pregnant. I am urging well-wishers to fund programmes which will integrate our girls in the community where they live in. Programmes such as economic stimulus programmes , parent to child programmes (parents will have time with their children, physical fitness) and clubs at village level, as this is the only way we can have our children back in the society.
My request to the Charity is asking them to continue supporting all the students they have been supporting that will include those who are pregnant.
Mathias Mwita
Currently due to Covid-19 Pandemic, Schools have closed down and all of our students are at home in the community. Students under my care have suffered as most of the schools closed abruptly and they did not know how long they were going to stay. Which means, students didn’t carry any study materials from school at the time they were told to go home. The efforts of the students to reach the schools’ managements to get their books and other personal effects have been fruitless, and some schools are far away for them to reach. All students, both school and university have now been told that they will not return until next January.
Personally I am scared when I read some of the scaring massages from the media, such as, “prepare for the worst!” The county governments are reserving land for graves, while plans are underway to procure body bags in large numbers in readiness for the Coronavirus storm to come. I thought as governments they should be talking on how prepared they are in terms of drugs and other medical equipment and come up with more integrated programmes instead of land to bury people.
Three of our students are now pregnant. I am urging well-wishers to fund programmes which will integrate our girls in the community where they live in. Programmes such as economic stimulus programmes , parent to child programmes (parents will have time with their children, physical fitness) and clubs at village level, as this is the only way we can have our children back in the society.
My request to the Charity is asking them to continue supporting all the students they have been supporting that will include those who are pregnant.
Mathias Mwita