Our Work

Acres of Mercy's current work focus is improving education outcomes for disadvantaged rural children in Nguluni, Kenya

Improving Education in Rural Kenya

The Problem: The average pupil from a poor household has left primary school before completion and many more repeat grades. For every 10 pupils who start school, 6 may drop out. Rural and poor children are more likely to drop out (UNESCO)
Pupils who are not able to read do not have the prerequisite skills for successful learning in later grades, skills which are a foundation for further learning. Many youngsters are completing primary school each year without having acquired basic literacy skills denying them the basic tool they can use to increase their life chances and economic opportunities that could lift them out of poverty or other disadvantaged backgrounds, denying them a basic human right.
 
Our Solution: 
Through our Msingi Bora Education Program;

1.     We focus on early intervention – ensuring the more vulnerable pupils access pre-primary programmes to facilitate school readiness through a 1 hour reading program every afternoon 5 days a week; student counseling

2.      We are investing resources in education quality in early grades to ensure successful early learning including teacher development; providing better teacher salaries to improve quality of teaching and quality of learning;

3.      We are increasing parental and both local and international community involvement in supporting learning outcomes

4.      We provide the Kenyan primary level curriculum education up to class 8

5.      Continually learn to improve education outcomes for the pupils

We strive to provide a school environment that supports high attainment levels through better school infrastructure
 

Nguluni is in Machakos County, Kenya.