Meet Rosemary: Kenya Volunteer & Student Parent

Posted on June 27, 2020 by Jill Schons

Rosemary is a volunteer and mother of four students at Daylight. Her daughter Thelma recently graduated from the eighth grade, top of her class. She qualified to go to a top high school in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi.

In Kenya, High School is not free and is not available to every student. A student’s test scores must be high and one must have enough money to afford High School. In Rosemary’s case to send her daughter to High School, she had to sell a parcel of her land that has been in her family for some time.

Meet Rosemary: Daylight Volunteer and Parent
Rosemary is a volunteer and mother of four students at Daylight. Her daughter Thelma recently graduated from the eighth grade, top of her class. She qualified to go to a top high school in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi.In Kenya, High School is not free and is not available to every student. A student’s test scores must be high and one must have enough money to afford High School. In Rosemary’s case to send her daughter to High School, she had to sell a parcel of her land that has been in her family for some time.On top of sending her daughter Thelma through High School, Rosemary is also caring for her nieces and nephews. Rosemary’s sister died and she adopted her nieces and nephews. But like many other parents of Daylight students, Rosemary could not afford to send her kids and her nieces and nephews to school. That’s where your generosity steps in. Rosemary brought all the children to Daylight and they were given scholarships to continue their education!Now they are star students. Sunday, the oldest niece said, “I want to help people who are sick to honor my mother’s life.” Education is valued by the community in Kenya as their ticket to a better life for their children. The children take it very seriously and listen intently to their teachers. The students see their education at Daylight as a privilege and gift from God, not to be taken lightly. Thank you for giving the gift of education to Rosemary’s family.Visit www.daylightcenter.org/support-us to help support the education of these amazing students!
Posted by Daylight Center and School on Saturday, June 27, 2020

Rosemary walked me over to the school office and showed me her daughter’s test results. She was one proud mommy!

On top of sending her daughter Thelma through High School, Rosemary is also caring for her nieces and nephews. Rosemary’s sister died and she adopted her nieces and nephews. But like many other parents of Daylight students, Rosemary could not afford to send her kids and her nieces and nephews to school.

That’s where your generosity steps in.

Rosemary brought all the children to Daylight and they were given scholarships to continue their education!

Now they are star students. Sunday, the oldest niece said, “I want to help people who are sick to honor my mother’s life.”

Sunday, Rosemary’s neice and Daylight student

Education is valued by the community in Kenya as their ticket to a better life for their children. The children take it very seriously and listen intently to their teachers. The students see their education at Daylight as a privilege and gift from God, not to be taken lightly. Thank you for giving the gift of education to Rosemary’s family.

Would you like to help give toward the furthering education of these amazing students?

Donate here via credit card or ACH and select High School Student Support Sponsorship or if donating by check please note High School on your donation.

Daylight Center and School
PO Box 40533
Saint Paul, MN 55104

COVID-19 Medical Fund

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Jill Schons

Dear Daylight Partners,

Covid 19 is affecting the entire world and we ask you to help Daylight Center and School continue to serve families in rural Kenya. With a nationwide stay at home order and fewer and fewer job opportunities many families are having a hard time keeping food on the table and paying for medications.

Daylight Center and School in West Central Kenya remains committed to educating, providing food, and supporting children and families in the community.

In this time of COVID-19 they’ve asked for our help so they can expand their work in the community. Every day we are feeding 130 children with no family support system to go home to.

What you can do?

Daylight received a matching gift of $500 to help us towards our goal of $5000.
If you’re able, please make a dedicated gift to our COVID-19 Fund to help Daylight Center and School continue to provide fresh milk, corn, beans, rice, vegetables, and provide hand sewn face masks to families affected by COVID-19.

School continues to serve families in rural Kenya. With a nationwide stay at home order and fewer and fewer job opportunities many families are having a hard time keeping food on the table and paying for medications.

Covid 19 is affecting the entire world and we ask you to help Daylight Center and School continue to serve families in rural Kenya. With a nationwide stay at home order and fewer and fewer job opportunities many families are having a hard time keeping food on the table and paying for medications.Daylight Center and School in West Central Kenya remains committed to educating, providing food, and supporting children and families in the community. In this time of COVID-19 they’ve asked for our help so they can expand their work in the community. Every day we are feeding 130 children with no family support system to go home to.What you can doDaylight received a matching gift of $500 to help us towards our goal of $5000.If you're able, please make a dedicated gift to our COVID-19 Fund to help Daylight Center and School continue to provide fresh milk, corn, beans, rice, vegetables, and provide hand sewn face masks to families affected by COVID-19.A gift of $20.00, supplemented by Daylight’s farm products, can feed a family of four for 1 week. Your choice to help can be life-saving. Please click the link below to give and while you’re there sign up for our updates to see for yourself the difference that your gift has madeDonate here or at www.daylightcenter.org/support-us
Posted by Daylight Center and School on Friday, June 12, 2020

Making masks for students, staff and community members

A gift of $20.00, supplemented by Daylight’s farm products, can feed a family of four for 1 week. Your choice to help can be life-saving. Please click the link below to give and while you’re there sign up for our updates to see for yourself the difference that your gift has made.

Donate here via credit card or ACH and select COVID Medical Fund, or if donating by check please note COVID on your donation.

Daylight Center and School
PO Box 40533
Saint Paul, MN 55104

Kitchen Complete and New Stoves Installed

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Nathan Roberts

The Daylight Kitchen Staff led by Mama Mercy and Angelina Kimpur work hard to provide nutritious meals for 300 students and 40 staff each week.

We serve a variety of foods including chai tea with fresh milk from our Daylight cows, porridge, beans and rice for lunch, chapati (Kenya flatbread), bananas, bread, spinach grown in our garden, and locally sourced meats.

Our kitchen serves nearly 5,000 nutritious meals a week!

We are so excited that our new kitchen is finally completed!

We have locally sourced bricks, a fresh tin roof, new red floors, and 3 beautiful locally handmade stoves. On behalf of the cooks, students, and staff at Daylight we are so grateful!

These three stoves, one 130 liter, 100 liter, and a stovetop are more energy efficient. Trees are valuable and each meal is prepared with locally sourced firewood which is hand cut. Our new stoves will require less wood and be better for the environment.

The stoves are also are vented through the roof so smoke will not affect the cooking staff.

Thank you for helping the cooks, staff, teachers and students have what they need to be successful during this unexpected and difficult time of COVID-19.

We want to especially thank the Kenya builders, stove makers, and staff who helped make this new kitchen possible. We also want to thank the donors who helped provide funding including The Knuteson Family, The Roberts Family, The Holmes Family, Kevin Schmidt, The Pastor Family, Rebecca Fitch, Brett Egan, The Baynard Family, The Edina Morningside Women’s Fellowship and The Fredrickson Family.