{"id":3403,"date":"2012-08-26T11:58:15","date_gmt":"2012-08-26T16:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/?p=3403"},"modified":"2012-08-20T11:04:04","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T16:04:04","slug":"moving-back-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/2012\/08\/moving-back-to-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving Back to School"},"content":{"rendered":"

As many college students prepare to go back to school this fall, the prospect of moving into a dorm or apartment is on the forefront of many minds, parents included. Parents often have a hard time saying goodbye to their college students, knowing that they will be left to fend for themselves. Now imagine as a parent sending a much younger student, middle- or high-school aged, off to school on their own, not knowing if they had a place to stay at all.<\/p>\n

This was the situation faced by many parents in in the Hongwe community of Kenya. In this region, educational opportunities are sparse at best, so when the Hongwe Covenant Church<\/a> began offering classes for area students, they were met with a surprise. It wasn\u2019t just local students attending the classes. Instead, many of the students were traveling very long distances but were having a difficult time deciding if it was worth the unreasonable distance every day without a place to stay.<\/p>\n

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Ongoing construction work, most of which is provided by church members<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The school has seen the difficulty that many students are facing and has decided to do something about it. Their response has been to build a boarding house with rooms that the distance students can rent at a reasonable rate. This allows the students to have a more regular learning experience where they can benefit more from their education.<\/p>\n

This project has the potential for community-wide outcomes:<\/p>\n