Mercy Kiteki is is now in her third year of teaching at the Aquinoe Learning Centre. She was teacher of Class One until this year, but is now teacher of Baby Class. She is such an inspiring and dedicated teacher,…
Nomination for Jean!
Jean is delighted to announce that she has received a nomination for a humanitarian award at the Mwape Peer Awards for her charity work supporting the Aquinoe Learning Centre in Kitale, Kenya for the past fifteen years. Jean has accepted an…
Second Term 2019
Staff and pupils started arriving at Aquinoe last week and preparing for the beginning of term today. Lilian sorting out the library ready for borrowing and class lessons. Rachel greeting parents and sorting out the inevitable administration at the beginning…
Sarah Fuamba
The trustees received the shocking news of the death of Sarah Fuamba over the weekend. Sarah had been at the Aquinoe Learning Centre for seventeen years and was dedicated to teaching and caring for all of the children with special…
Song and Dance
Jean met Baljit, who will be taking up a placement at Aquinoe in 2020, in London. Baljit is in the process of doing a PhD at the University of Sussex and has exciting plans for for Aquinoe. She will be…
Crieff Baptist Church donation
Crieff Baptist Churchcc-by-sa/2.0 – © Bill Boaden – geograph.org.uk/p/3575497 The Aquinoe Learning Centre Charitable Trust has received a donation from Crieff Baptist Church which will be used to purchase musical instruments. These will not only be used in the school itself, but also for…
Magnificent Masks and Excellent Eggs
The pupils of Colston Bassett Preparatory School have been enjoying Africa Week. This has included two competitions, the pupils creating African masks and painting eggs. The results were on show in the playground and Jean and Dave were really impressed…
Colston Bassett Africa Week
Colston Bassett School has raised funds for Aquinoe on several occasions in the last few years. The pupils have organised cake sales, participated in a swimathon, taken part in competitions, and thought of a plethora of other ways of fund-raising.…
Annual Report 2018
The 2017 Annual Report is available. Click here to view report To see accounts summary please see the Charity Commission website
Patrick Posts Half-Marathon Personal Best, Raises over £600 for Aquinoe
Jean’s son Patrick battled to a brilliant personal best time of one hour 54 minutes 36 seconds when fund-raising over £600 for the Aquinoe charity in the Reading half marathon on Sunday. On a breezy, chilly morning, 40-year-old Patrick, who…