Tenri School Headmaster expresses gratitude, offers hope

The following is taken from an email sent to HURUMA by Tenri School Headmaster James Kariuki about the transformation of the HURUMA scholarship recipients and the succses of the school’s students on pivotal KCPE tests:

Greetings from Tenri Community here in Embu.  It is my hope you are doing well this New Year.  We want to thank you for your continous support towards the education of all the children under the Huruma Rescue Mission.

I am happy to note that this being the second year of working with Huruma Children I have noted a lot of positive growth in all of them.  Remember, when they came early January last year, all of them had problems in communicating as well as good grooming.  It is encouraging to note that currently you cannot tell the difference between the HURUMA children and other children from financially endowed family…. It is the joy of every teacher when you see that, the daily effort and commitment from all stakeholders is changing the young ones attitude towards life.  We look forward to even more promising growth this year.

Last year, our school did quite well in the KCPE exams registering a mean score of 347.80.  The school was ranked number 5 out of over 200 schools in larger Embu District.  Our school is young because this is the third time it was posting candidates for KCPE but the ambitions and target are very high.  We look forward to bettering these results with our current STD 8.class.

Thanks for your support and concern last year as we look forward to the same in the new academic year 2010.