International Village-Hopewell

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• Molten Rock Safaris in Kenya know Vitalice Kahendah is working to alleviate this trend by offering free and reduced rate education to the impoverished children of his country. He comes from a very poor family himself, but his academic excellence in the primary grades opened doors to full scholarships at the high school and collegiate levels. Recognizing the value of education, Vitalice decided to focus his attention on this issue after his graduation from college: he created a low-cost high school where poor children would be provided with the resources they need to realize their academic potential and make a contribution to national development. Vitalice opened Hopewell High School in 2000 as two makeshift classrooms inside a Nakuru community center with college friends and volunteers donating their time to teach the children. Word quickly spread about the new education center, and its enrollment rates rapidly grew as it garnered attention among the Kenyan communities. In 2004, the school moved to a larger space in Barut, but conditions there were mediocre at best. Classes were held outside under a tree or inside corrugated aluminum shacks with dirt floors and thin walls that had no doors or windows. Water was unfit for drinking, and there was no food available for its desperately poor students. Vitalice, as the school's director, needed money to improve the deteriorating infrastructure and respond to the burgeoning growth in demand for the school's educational services. Meanwhile, back in the United States, Wrestling the World (WTW) a non-profit organization based in Wisconsin that is comprised mostly of teachers, was looking for projects to support in Africa. It learned about Hopewell High School and, inspired by the tremendous resolve of the Barut community, contacted Vitalice to offer aid and support. WTW, along with other aid organizations and non-profit groups, raised money for the construction of a brick-and-mortar school featuring five new classrooms, a library, and a clean water supply that benefits both the school and area residents. School supplies were purchased and a 48-acre farm was rented to help meet the nutritional needs of Hopewell's community.
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