Keeping up with KIT Club

Mapalo GAP and General Scholars with KIT Coordinator, Mr. Chipyango

The Keeping In Touch (KIT) Club is growing and developing, just like the GAP and General Scholars who are part of it! A few years ago, our sister school leaders held a roundtable meeting to discuss additional ways of ensuring that scholarship recipients would be supported academically, socially, and emotionally throughout high school. After completing grade seven, scholars go to a much larger government secondary school, without the same support system they experienced at our primary schools. As a result, some of the scholars were struggling, and we all wanted to identify ways to help them thrive.

Fast forward, and today you'll see many enhancements to the foundational support provided to scholars through the KIT Club program! A big one is the hiring of KIT Coordinators based at each of our three sister schools to lead tutoring, communicate with students' teachers and caregivers, and facilitate KIT Club meetings. Isaac Chipyango, a trained secondary teacher, is the new KIT Coordinator at Mapalo Young Peace Makers (YPM) school, monitoring each student's academic progress, ensuring 'after hours' access to the computer lab and library at YPM, and supporting extracurricular activities with fellow teachers and Kafwa volunteers. We were thrilled to meet with Isaac and some of the scholars last month, and listen to their hopes for the group and future opportunities!

Teams are working together to support students as they work hard to achieve their high school diploma. Teachers, Kafwa, KIT Coordinators, and YOU, all uplift the education and empowerment of youth!