Notice of AGM – Tuesday 8th May 2018 at 2.30pm

We would like to announce that the Friends of Dagoretti Children AGM will be held on Tuesday 8th May at Mahali Pa Watoto School, Karinde (off Dagoretti Road) at 2.30pm. Refreshments will be served afterwards.

We do hope that those of you in Nairobi will be able to attend. 

RSVP by email to frodach@gmail.com by 1st May and we will send out directions, if required, and the agenda.

This will be an excellent opportunity to meet the committee and to find out more about us and our students! Do join us if you can! 

A Great Meeting - Our AGM 2017

On Tuesday 16th May we held our AGM - which proved to be a very lively and informative meeting. Many thanks to those donors and visitors who attended and to our tertiary students, James, Grace, Monicah and Peter who came to present to us at the end - telling us what courses they are doing, why they chose them and what part they particularly enjoy.

Before the meeting started we were able to hand over to Dennis Chomba's mother, one of the laptops that have kindly been donated to us. This will help Dennis enormously with his studies at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology - studying Control and Instrumentation Engineering. We are always on the lookout for laptops and printers - so please do think of us if you have any old ones, in working condition, that you no longer need. At the end of the meeting we were able to give our visitors a tour of our new "Resource Centre" - a refurbished container, bought with money donated by the Kenya Charity Sweepstake; giving us an invaluable space for report reading, holiday tuition, study and the storage of books etc.

It is always interesting to hear more about the FDC programme and this year we were so thrilled to announce that during the academic year of 2016/17 we admitted our 100th student! These young people's lives are so enhanced by the education they receive, and it is wonderful to see many of them 'popping out the top' now with a good number in full time employment, able to support others in their family and encourage other family members to stay in education! It is not always a smooth ride, but it is always fulfilling to see a student succeed - often against the odds. Thank you once more to our students, supporters, friends, social worker, auditor, committee members and office holders. The success of FDC is all in the team work! 

From left to right: James, Grace, Lydiah, Gerry, Monicah, Peter and Catherine.

Dennis Chomba's mother receives a donated laptop for Dennis.

From left to right: James, Grace, Monicah and Peter

Taking a tour of our new "Resource Centre"

The FDC "Resource Centre" 

MAY NEWSLETTER - HOT OFF THE PRESS

We hope that you will all enjoy reading our May newsletter. This issue highlights the achievements of three students who are now out in the workplace - two on internships and one on a contract basis.

You will note that our AGM is on Tuesday 16th May at 2.30pm at Mahalai Pa Watoto School and we would encourage any of you who are free, to come along and meet us. Tea and refreshments will be served afterwards and if you need directions, please drop us an email on: frodach@gmail.com

Another date for the diary is the SAWA "Blue Moon Ball" on Saturday 24th June at Muthaiga Country Club. Contact details are on page two of our newsletter - we are hugely appreciative that they are donating the funds raised at the Ball this year to FDC. 

Friends of Dagoretti Children - Notice of AGM - Tuesday 16th May at 2.30pm

We would like to announce that our AGM will be held on Tuesday 16th May at Mahali Pa Watoto School, Karinde (off Dagoretti Road) at 2.30pm. Refreshments will be served afterwards.

We do hope that those of you in Nairobi will be able to attend. RSVP by email to frodach@gmail.com by 1st May and we will send out directions, if required, and the agenda. This will be an excellent opportunity to meet the committee and to find out more about us and our students!

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter

The FDC committee

Notice of AGM - Wednesday 18th May at 2.30pm

We would like to announce that our AGM will be held on Wednesday 18th May at Mahali Pa Watoto School, Karinde (off Dagoretti Road) at 2.30pm. Refreshments will be served afterwards.

We do hope that those of you in Nairobi will be able to attend. RSVP by email to frodach@gmail.com by 1st May and we will send out directions, if required, and the agenda. This will be an excellent opportunity to meet the committee and to find out more about us and our students!

Spring Newsletter

Read our latest newsletter (Issue 12 - May 2016) which is hot off the press! In it you will find articles on our latest in-house training course, KCSE results and exam issues, fundraising, our latest range of notelets and what it costs to support a student through secondary education if you or a group of friends or family are looking for a worthy cause to support! Our AGM will be on Wednesday 18th May at 2.30pm at Mahali Pa Watoto School - please email us if you are able to attend. 

AGM - Tuesday 12th May at 3pm

We would like to announce that our AGM will be held on Tuesday 12th May at Mahali Pa Watoto School, Karinde, (off Dagoretti Road) at 3pm. Refreshments will be served afterwards. We do hope that many of you will be able to attend as it is a great opportunity to meet committee members and students alike!

DIRECTIONS TO MAHALI PA WATOTO SCHOOL

• Take road from Karen roundabout to Dagoretti Market

• Past the road bumps outside the Bible School, the road curves to the right.

• Shortly after the curve there is a sign “FREE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH” on the right. Take this rough road, which goes uphill and past a number of kiosks. There are three or four turnings to the left. Take the one with an FDC sign (which we will put up that afternoon).

• A little less than 100 yards along there you will see the school on your right. No sign, but quite obvious.

FDC AGM

Yesterday we held our AGM at Mahali Pa Watoto School in Karinde. We would like to thank those who came to support us and to hear our annual round up of 'thank yous', news and finances. Katharine Gunson delivered a comprehensive report on our activities over the last twelve months and Gerry Downes summarised our financial position with emphasis, as always, on accountability and transparency. These reports will be circulated shortly to our members, together with the Minutes of the AGM.  

Charlie Taylor, who has been fundraising for us for the last nine months or so, was formally elected onto our committee. It is great to have her on board officially!

We were also joined by two of our post-KCSE students, Duncan Wataka and Hannah Mbugua, who enjoyed meeting some of our sponsors and supporters, as well as chatting to committee members over tea and cake afterwards!