http://www.pathwayslp.org Educational Assistance and Leadership Training Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:44:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en February 1, 2012 We are happy to announce the graduation of Noah Kanda Kelly.  Noah graduated in September 2011 from the University of Nairobi with a degree in Education. We were only now able to retrieve this lost photo of him and post it.  His first position was teaching ... http://www.pathwayslp.org/recent-news/ March 27, 2010:  PATHWAYS Leadership for Progress held its fifth Annual Conference in Nairobi, Kenya.  The conference included comments from the President, Deb Gust, and Vice-President, Mbaabu Mathiu, educational presentations on topics of interest to the scholars, the presentation of special awards to two scholars and comments from representatives from ... http://www.pathwayslp.org/pathways-leadership-for-progress-fifth-annual-conference/ April 25, 2009.  Our 4th annual conference was held at the Methodist Guest House and Conference Center. Dr. Mbaabu Mathiu,  Vice President in Kenya, Catherine Kaimenyi, Student Coordinator and Deb Gust, President, were in attendance along with the PATHWAYS scholars. This conference was special not only because it marks the year ... http://www.pathwayslp.org/pathways-marks-fourth-annual-conference/ The scholars gathered at the Rosa Mystica Spiritual Center for the day long quarterly meeting. A guest speaker, Mrs. Joy Mbaabu. discussed how to interact effectively with persons with different characters and personalities. Catherine Kaimenyi, the student coordinator, spoke on the issue of “Brain Drain” in Kenya. ... http://www.pathwayslp.org/quarterly-meeting-february-7-2009/ Isaac worked at the James Finlay Central Hospital in Kericho in December where he learned many procedures, some of which he had only read of in books.   He received a very good recommendation from the management of the hospital. http://www.pathwayslp.org/ngere-in-kericho/ Jemimah Peters was the second born of six children. She was brought up entirely by her mother. During her early school years, Jemimah had to take on casual farm jobs to help earn money for her school fees. This was often very difficult for a young child of 9 or ... http://www.pathwayslp.org/jemimah-peters/ Shelly Okumu’s mother and father died before she was 10 years old. Her maternal grandmother raised her in a Nairobi slum, Dandora, where she has memories of violence, girl child drop outs due to early marriages, and teenage pregnancies. Her project focuses on girl child empowerment through education of the ... http://www.pathwayslp.org/shelly-okumu/ Orientation of the three new scholars-- Nafisa Ayuka, Sara Simei and Kennedy Otieno. The orientation was organized by first year scholars ,Monicah Wairimu and Isaac Ngere, with help from other scholars. Isaac presented on how to write a good proposal, highlighting contents such as background, rationale, methods, ... http://www.pathwayslp.org/three-new-scholars-receive-orientation/ Catherine Kaimenyi, PATHWAYS student coordinator, visited Levis Maina's Hand's on Kenya volunteer project based at Kabete Rehabilitation School in Nairobi. This volunteer project was identified because the school is understaffed and these at-risk youth need mentoring and skill building to be able to go on to a productive adult life. ... http://www.pathwayslp.org/kaimenyi-visits-kabete-rehabilitation-school/ Catherine Kaimenyi, PATHWAYS student coordinator and mentor, visited David Mundia's project in the Karagocho slum area in Nairobi. David is from this area and encountered difficulties with finding a place to study when he was in school. Almost no houses have electricity so there is no light to ... http://www.pathwayslp.org/kaimenyi-visits-nairobi-project/