Student Contributor -Z. Fannning
P4P builds relationships with villages in Kenya’s Kopanga region to help them create flourishing communities by improving their quality of life in the areas most important to them. They work first to understand the needs of the communities we serve through open communication with local, regional, and government organizations. By collaborating with those educators, leaders, and health care workers and designing culturally relevant, locally supported projects, P4P is a catalyst for change and a tool to break the long-standing cycle of poverty and disease.
Primary and secondary school is not without cost in Kenya, millions of children are deprived of education. Working with local educators, Partnering for Progress identifies quality candidates and awards scholarships to enable young people to complete their high school education. Forty-two percent of Kenyans live in poverty, and in the Kopanga/Giribe area where Partnering for Progress works, the situation is even more desperate with many families subsisting on $1 a day. P4P is working with the community to promote economic progress and help families out of poverty. Our strategies are diverse and include agriculture, poultry, and small business grants. Most rural villages are forced to rely on questionable water supplies. Partnering for Progress helps those communities install or establish cisterns and wells that create sources of safe drinking water.
You can partner by volunteering on their website under the volunteer tab. You can raise money, or gather supplies that help Kenya families. When you partner you'll get in contact with an official from the Partnering for Progress committee who can explain what ideas they are in need of. This is where you can create a donation bin that raises money, and other supplies needed for Kenya families. You can do a classroom donation bin or create one for the whole school to donate and be a part of.
