{"id":1514,"date":"2011-11-23T06:35:32","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T11:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2011-11-30T09:55:58","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T14:55:58","slug":"english-classes-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2011\/11\/english-classes-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"English classes in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1515\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/11\/2-little-Congolese-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1515\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1515 \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/11\/2-little-Congolese-sm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/11\/2-little-Congolese-sm-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/11\/2-little-Congolese-sm.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Congolese refugee kids<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A part of the program for helping the Congolese refugees at the Kitengela Covenant Church is to teach English to the little kids so that they can enter school.\u00a0 From 8AM to noon, Mon-Fri there are 2 English classes in the church, each with 18 students.\u00a0 Class 1 is for 7 &amp; 8 year olds and class 2 has 2 levels:\u00a0 preschool and 5-6 year olds.\u00a0 Grace Wanjiku has a diploma in early childhood education and teaches the younger kids.\u00a0 Augustin Mandaga Isaac, a Congolese refugee having come to Kenya from S Kivu in 2008, teaches the older class.\u00a0 The students seemed to be eager learners. \u00a0As we were guests coming to observe we brought them a treat: a drink and cookies.<\/p>\n<p>To answer a question, yes it is cool in Kenya. \u00a0The building is unheated so the kids are dressed to stay warm.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1517\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/11\/Grace-at-blackboard-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1517\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1517 \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/11\/Grace-at-blackboard-sm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/11\/Grace-at-blackboard-sm-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/11\/Grace-at-blackboard-sm.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grace teaching her class<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1514&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A part of the program for helping the Congolese refugees at the Kitengela Covenant Church is to teach English to the little kids so that they can enter school.\u00a0 From 8AM to noon, Mon-Fri there are 2 English classes in the church, each with 18 students.\u00a0 Class 1 is for 7 &amp; 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