Welcome at Yasha Ministry

Thomas was one of the very first children to joined Yasha Playgroup. His mother is old and is not involved with him. The school has taken full responsibility for Thomas.

Teacher Anne changing Christine’s nappy.

One of the parents bringing his baby Mnashe to school. Look at the ability to improvise for a first class ride.

Teddy Bear Class during the 2005 Year End Celebration showing off their nice outfits.

The Tom & Jerry class with teacher Jydy and the principal for the Junior Academy teacher Esther.

The Academy students proudly display the Netball, Volleyball as well as different Soccer Balls that was purchased with a fundraising they had on “Valentines Day”. Well done students!

Parent involvement is a very important part of our education system. We have regular meetings with the parents/ guardians. We have a compulsory "Parent Conference" at the end of every term where we discuss the progress of each student with the parent.

The Grade 0 class has regular fieldtrips as part of their curriculum. Here they visited a health shop. What a joy to see the increase of knowledge in these children.

Maxwell (a student in Grade 1) sitting in his “office”. Every child has his/her own office. In this way it is easier to give individual attention to the children.

Students in the library. We encourage them to value books and to make use of it to improve their reading skills.

The Yasha Sportsday for the Academy is a great day of excitement and fun. We all enjoy the team spirit and the talents of our athletes.

The “Hot Lunch Program” that we have started make it possible for us to feed all the students from the academy (Gr 1 - Gr 8), as well as staff involved with these students and their children, a total of 100 people. Thanks Phanice for the nice food!

Proud to be Kenyans. The flag ceremony is part of our Tuesday Morning Assembly.

YASHA Mission Academy

[ Future Development ]

YASHA: A Hebrew root word indicating that help or deliverance is freely and openly available to provide a haven of safety for every child.

Background

Where did it all start?

In the beginning of 2004 we became more and more aware of the number of small children walking aimlessly in the streets during the morning hours
We came in contact with a Kenyan woman called Josephyne Odour, that shared a similar vision- Yasha Playgroup was basically born overnight.
We started with three(3) small children in our garage and two(2) babies in our guestroom on our property
Our neighbour Anne Cheptoo had a passion to work with young babies and was ready to help us with the babies
Very soon we had sixteen (16) children between two(2) and five(5) years and nine (9) babies from about 4-18 months.
Unfortunately our space was limited and did not allow us to take more children.
We identified the need to start with a proper school, and in November 2004 we got a double storey house with outside buildings on a 4 acre plot to rent.
The house was very neglected but after a lot of work we were ready to start the school on January 2004.

They presented a play for the Year End Celebration in

Nov 2004 under the capable hands of teachers Eunice

and Josephyne.

YASHA JUNIOR ACADEMY (40 children)

1. YASHA BABY DAY CARE CENTER
Baby day care is a very new concept in our area. Our main objective is to provide a place where babies and the little kids can grow and develop in a loving, safe, happy and colourful environment

We currently cater for half days only (8am to 1pm) where the center provide food and beverage.

This facility makes it possible for the mothers who’s babies are cared for, to work in their lands (shambas) during the morning hours or to go to the market to buy some fruit and vegetables to sell at their small kiosks.

Our aim is to eventually provide a full day care facility

This department has two groups:

Mickey Mouse Class (4-18 months)
Teddy Bear Class (18-24 months)

2. YASHA NURSERY DEPARTMENT

We also call it the playgroups and this department also has two groups:

Tom & Jerry Class (3-4 years)
Barney Class (4-5 years)

Our main focus is to provide the children with colourful equipment that will stimulate their minds, senses as well as their bodies, but without the burden of formal education.

We develop the child’s confidence and skills through playing techniques.

Their character and young minds are shaped to embrace the love for education. They also learn to be creative and to be good stewards at a young age.

The sportsday is surely one of the biggest highlights for our youth

stars. What a beautiful sight! The Red and Blue teams were very

competitive.

3. YASHA MISSION ACADEMY (70 students)

The Academy has classes from Gr 0 up to Grade 8. We use the A.C.E. program that is also known as the School of Tomorrow. It originates from America.

The School of Tomorrow gives every child the opportunity to develop individually at his/her own pace according to their own ability.

The School of Tomorrow therefore prepare the children for life and not merely to pass exam. We believe in individual attention and for every ten (10) children we have one (1) teacher.

We want to produce students of character and integrity, so that they can govern themselves as they grow and develop.

Our target group in Yasha Mission Academy is children from single mothers, widows, broken homes as well as orphans that are staying with relatives.

Currently we have a child with “Down Syndrome”, two (2) children with “HIV Aids” as well as a child who is “Physical Disabled” in his lower body.