Florida’s CHESS Homeschool Organization Hosts Contest to Benefit Elimu Nyumbani
A Florida homeschooling organization is sponsoring an art contest to raise money and supplies for Elimu Nyumbani, Kenya’s national homeschooling organization.
Help Kenyan Homeschoolers Build New Facility
Brenda Anderson, an Avon representative based in Houston, Texas, has offered to raise funds in support of Elimu Nyumbani, a homeschool organization in Kenya.
Kenya Homeschool Update—October 2008
Thanks largely to the efforts of one pioneering family, homeschooling has come a long way in Kenya. About 100 families educate their children at home, backed by a homeschool support group and fund-raising network. But this progress is threatened by new laws that could restrict the freedom to homeschool.
Kenya Homeschool Update
Homeschooling in Kenya has a long history and was previously practiced by missionaries and foreigners living in the country. Over the last 10 years, a growing number of indigenous Kenyans have turned to this alternative as a means to provide education for their children.
Uncertain Future for Homeschooling in Kenya
In January 2003 the government of Kenya expanded the public school system by making it free to all children. The effect of this proclamation has been an overcrowding of the school classrooms. Because of this congestion and the cost of private schools, more Kenyan parents are turning to homeschooling to provide a quality education for their children.