The following is a section of an email that was recently sent out to some key supporters of the work at Spurgeons Academy. It gives an insight into some of the issues that staff and students are grappling with as they approach the end of term. Spurgeons-specific issues The grade…
Spurgeons Academy doesn’t just feed the mind through provision of great education. No, it also feeds the body through provision of breakfast and lunch for all the children who attend the school. And as research has shown, food in the body allows the brain to work better, and so the…
Spurgeons Academy has been a CRED partner for many years. Based in Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, it takes children who are unable to afford to attend other primary schools, and has 80% single or double orphans. Recently the new school year started, and below are a few photos of…
This morning you left for work: picking up your car keys and headphones on your way out, ring finger already tapping against a mug of machine brewed coffee in anticipation of your favourite tune, you waved goodbye to your children safe in the knowledge that life for you and your…
When Covid hit in March 2020, and most of the world went into lockdown, one of the aspects of life that was hit the hardest was schools. Across the world, children everywhere suddenly found themselves unable to go to school, as the buildings were closed and everyone told to stay…
Earlier this year, CRED Foundation asked the leadership team at Spurgeons Academy in Kibera, Kenya, if it would be possible for some of their students to help design a Thank You card that was to be produced for all regular CRED donors. The staff agreed, and the design brief was…
The students who are members of the art club at Spurgeons Academy in Kibera, Kenya, were recently asked to do some drawings that show how to stay safe against Covid. We thought that you would like to see some of their art.
For the community of Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, 2021 started with a mood of optimism. After the year 2020, when Covid-19 led to lockdowns, loss of employment for most, loss of income for many, the schools being shut, and the children subsequently having no access to feeding programmes, 2021…
Returning to school for the children at Spurgeons was a wonderful time after almost a year of Covid-enforced shutdowns. Not only does it mean access to education again (no home-schooling when you live in the largest slum in East Africa), not only does it mean a safe place to play…
The start of 2021 meant that all children at Spurgeons were finally allowed to return to school, along with the rest of Kenyan students. Before that, only the children who were taking school leaving exams were able to attend classes, and even that was after 8 months of no schooling…
