1. WE NEED YOU TO HELP US BUILD A SCHOOL IN KENYA FOR THE MASAI TRIBE( ELUAAI)

2. OF KENYAS 42 TRIBES, THE MASAI IS THE MOST WELL KNOWN NURTITION AND HYGEINE ARE ALSO A CONCERN WOMEN ARE ENCOURAGED AND TYPICALLY DO, GIVE BIRTH EACH YEAR EACH PREGENCY POSES A GREAT DANGER TO BOTH MOTHER AND CHILD

3. MANY MASAI CHILDREN NOT GOING TO SCHOOL UNTIL THE AGE OF TEN OR ELEVEN, OR IF AT ALL FEW REACH STANDARD EIGHT( EIGHTH GRADE) BECAUSE THEIR FAMILY DOES NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO SEND THEM TO SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF ELUAAI. THOSE THAT DO, MUST ATTEND SUB-STANDARD SCHOOLS WITH POOR TEACHING AND LOW- QUALITY FACILITIES

5. FOR THE ED COLINA FOUNDATION, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IS A PRIORITY THE FOUNADTION SUPPORTS THREE PRESCHOOLS AND FEEDING PROGRAMS IN THE NAIROBI AREA( KIBERA JITAHIDI PRESCHOOL, BISIL ST. HENRY SCHOOL, AND ATHI RIVER ST. TIMOTHY) TWO ADDITIONAL PRESCHOOLS, ONCE SUPPORTED BY THE FOUNDATION, ARE NOW INDEPENDENT( ESARUNOTO MASAI AND KAWETHEI SCHOOL) PLANS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY TO BEGIN ANOTHER SCHOOL AND FOOD PROGRAM FOR THE MASAI COMMUNTIY OF ELUUAI IN JANUARY 2013

6. THE FOUNADTION CONTINUED TO MEET WITH ELDERS AND THEY INDICATED THAT THE FOUNDATION COULD USE THE CUURENT CHURCH AS THE TEMPOARY BEGINNING OF A SCHOOL AT THE SITE A BIDGET WAS CONSTRUCTED AND THE FOUNDATION ENTERED INTO A SHARING AGREEMENT TO RENOVATE THE CURRENT CHURCH TO BE USED AS THE TWO INTIAL CLASSROOMS THE CHURCH RAISED THEIR PORTION OF THE RENOVATION COSTS AND RENOVATIONS WERE COMPLTED IN AUGUST 2012 ALSO CONSTRUCTED WAS A COOK SHED FOR MEALS AND LATERINE

7. AS I SAID EARLIER FOR THE ED COLINA FOUNDTAION EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IS A PRIORITY I ALSO SAID EARLIER THAT KIDS HAVE TO WALK THE NEAREST OF AN 8 KM WALK JUST TO SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8. YOU SHOULD DONATE BECAUSE……….. THESE PEOPLE NEED OUR( YOUR HELP) SO THEY CAN GET THE EDUCATION THAT THEY NEED AND DESERVE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF WEBSITES YOU CAN GO TO, TO HELP OUT SOME WEBSITES YOU CAN GO TO ARE FREERICE.COM, ED COLINA FOUNDATION.COM AND MORE

9. WE CAN ALL MAKE A DIFFERENCE ……..SO CAN YOU IF YOU START RIGHT NOW…… SO HELP OUT WITH THESE KIDS IN ELUAAI WHO NEED A SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!