The school has about three hundred pupils, thirty eight of whom have special needs, ranging from cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus and visual impairment to learning difficulties, epilepsy and Down Syndrome. Five of the children are in wheelchairs. There are also orphans, some of whom have lost their parents through the HIV/AIDs.

The ALC charity aims to improve the environment at Aquinoe for all pupils by providing better facilities and equipment for everyone at the school.

There are several children who would benefit greatly from sponsorship, some of whom are orphans and others who are from very poor families.  Details of these children are given below.

Some of the pupils at the school are older than the norm expected in Kenyan primary schools.  These are some of the young people undertaking the vocational tailoring course, who are learning skills that will enable them to gain employment and be self sufficient when they leave Aquinoe.

Orphans

There are fifteen orphans at Aquinoe, only one of whom is sponsored.  One or two of them are able to stay with grandparents or other relatives during the holidays, but most of them stay at the school as they have nowhere else to go.

Many of the children have lost their parents through HIV/AIDS and two of the children are HIV positive as well.  These two are receiving drugs and are on a special diet.

It would be lovely if these children could all be sponsored but we realise that is unlikely to happen.

We are therefore starting a new initiative whereby supporters would be able to donate a much smaller sum of, say, £5 or £10 a month to the orphan group as a whole.

Sponsor a Child

If you would like to help with the education of an individual child, you can do so by contributing on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis.  The costs are given below within the summary of information for each child.  The different sponsorship totals are usually related to the amount of medication required by the child.

It is possible to part-sponsor a child if you feel you would like to help but cannot afford the full cost.  Please look at the matrix on the sponsor form.

Sponsorship, Gilft Aid and Standing Order forms can all be found here.