The facilitator started the class by introducing a new topic to the students. We discussed the different types of verbs in English grammar. First, the facilitator explained the “action” verbs to the s…
Activity Reports
Children Advisory Committee Meeting
The Children’s Advisory Committee is a body established under Section 41 of the Children Act 2022 to regulate, coordinate, and oversee children’s services. The Council is also mandated to advise the G…
Art Class “Works of Magritte” with Korando Kids
The purpose of the art class was centered on exploring the works of Magritte. The activity aimed to introduce children to the world of art, nurturing their creativity and imagination. Moreover, the ac…
Life Skill Lesson @ Remand Home
We had a life skills lesson with all the kids combined. The topic of discussion was mindset. Before we introduced it, we reviewed what we had learned the previous Wednesday, as it had some correlation…
English Class “Clauses” with the Big Boys @ Remand Home
We started the lesson by writing an examination about the previous topic, which included the knowledge about using idioms correctly. After finishing the exams, we went over to the topic “Independent a…
Chapati Festival @ Sitotwet Children’s Home Kericho
Chapati Festival is a social protection program organized by Better Me and Jijenge Youth Organization to promote Corporate Social Responsibility among CSOs and companies. The festival provides a platf…
Hospital Vocabulary @ Remand Home
Had an English session with the young kids. We discussed hospitals and their vocabulary, and I provided them with many hospital-related words. We also translated the words into Swahili to help them un…
English Class with big boys “Idioms” @ Remand Home
Today’s topic of discussion was Idioms, which are used figuratively in a sentence to convey a new meaning. The purpose of the class was to educate students on the use of vocabulary to enhance their En…
Multi-Stakeholders Regional Dialogue on Right to Food @ Royal Swiss Hotel Kisumu.
The forum was geared towards strengthening rural governance for the right to adequate food. The conveners were aiming at initiatives that are aimed to ensure that vulnerable groups within the counties…
Mind Education @ Remand Home
We had a life skills lesson with the older kids, organized them for the class, and then started the session. We gave a brief introduction to what Better Me as an organization does and the kind of ment…
English Class “Question Tags” with the Big Boys @ Remand Home
The purpose of the English class on question tags was to enhance students’ understanding and usage of this grammatical structure in English conversation. By mastering question tags, students would be …
“Pablo Picasso” Art Class @ Korando School
Today’s art theme was Pablo Picasso. Besides artwork, this class was meant to inform the kids about Pablo Picasso, who is considered the greatest artist of the 20th century. He painted in a number of …
Dewo Ngima Term 1 Review
The idea was to conduct counseling sessions for our bursary-program sponsored children. These sessions enable us to understand social issues that our students face that may affect their ability to eng…
English Class on “Plural” @ Remand Home
The class started with some stretching to make everyone alert. Then it proceeded with an explanation on the board, first about regular plural form and then about the irregular plural form, which was t…
Life Skills Lesson on “How to be a good friend” @ Remand Home
Today, the life skills lesson focused on “how to be a good friend.” The lesson began by reviewing what was covered last week, as last week’s activities laid the groundwork for today’s class. A discuss…
English Class on “Listening Comprehension” @ Remand Home
The lesson started with a game of Simon Says to engage the children. The topic of the lesson was listening comprehension, where the assignment was to answer questions after listening to a book being r…
Chapati Festival @ Ebenezer Children’s Home
Upon arrival, all the kids, staff of the Children’s home, and volunteers gathered in the hall for introductions and a time for spiritual nourishment. We later developed groups called “knowledge academ…
Sport for Wellness Easter Edition @ Remand Home
The engagement was a platform for showing how children within statutory institutions can be responsible in terms of behavior and how they can deal with social issues they are facing in the community. …
Art Class with the Kids @ Korando Educational Centre
We had an online meeting with the art teacher. Teacher Natalie interacted with the kids and taught them how to do their drawings step by step….
English Class on “How to Write a Letter” @ Remand Home
The lesson started with a warm-up game where the students had to arrange themselves in order of height from tallest to shortest without talking. Then the lesson proceeded with a lecture on how to writ…
Stakeholders Meeting: Strengthening Collaborative Efforts for Child Welfare in Kisumu West
The stakeholders’ meeting held at the DCC’s boardroom aimed to enhance collaboration among stakeholders associated with the Kisumu West Children’s Office. The meeting addressed several key agenda item…
Team Building Introduction @ City Crest Primary School
We had an impromptu invitation to discuss with the school on how and when we could conduct a team building for the teachers. The co-director visited our office and was interested and keen on what we a…
English Lesson “Future Tense” with Younger Kids @ Remand Home
I started the lesson by introducing two kinds of future tenses. I explained how the will-future and going to-future work and we made example sentences for each….
Art Class with Grade 4 @ Korando Educational Centre
Today we had an art class with Grade 4 at the Korando Educational Centre. The kids had to draw King Tut’s mask together with us….
Life Skills Lesson on Peer Pressure @ Remand Home
We started the lesson by introducing the topic of peer pressure to them. We discussed different types of peers and both positive and negative peer pressure. At the end, we engaged in a discussion abou…
English Class “Simple Past” for Younger Class @ Remand Home
Today, we started the lesson with the game ‘Simon Says.’ Following that, we conducted a brief review of the last two lessons. Subsequently, we delved into the topic of the Simple Past tense and discus…
Team Building Session with Homeless of Kisumu
We had the opportunity to do a joint team-building workshop lead by Zoey, Katrin, and Freja with our partners at Homeless of Kisumu. The day was filled with many laughs during all the fun games and th…
Jihimarishe Festival @ Remand Home
The day was filled with a series of events, starting with a career class aimed at exposing the minors to careers they may not have imagined. They had the opportunity to learn about careers that align …
“Simple Past” English Lesson with Younger Kids @ Remand Home
First, we reviewed the last two lessons focusing on subject-verb agreement with “He/She/It” and the use of “Has/Have.” Following that, we discussed the simple past tense….
Life Skills Lesson on “Peer Pressure” @ St. Williams Primary
The purpose of the session was to educate the children about peer pressure, both positive and negative, and how to deal with negative peer pressure. The lesson began with a round of Simon Says to enga…
Life Skills Lesson on Feelings @ Remand Home
At the beginning, we played a game by rolling the dice and answering one of six questions we had written on the board. Following this, we engaged in a discussion about feelings and how to handle them …
Courtesy Call to New Homeless of Kisumu Hub
Homeless of Kisumu inaugurated a new office, which serves as a safe space and hub for numerous programs targeting young people and women. It functions as a central platform for knowledge exchange, cap…
English Class on Future Tense @ Remand Home
The class was taught how to use the future tense in English. Initially, a thorough explanation was provided on the board, collectively discussing the usage of “will,” “will not,” and “going to” in com…
English Lesson “Have/ Has” with Younger Kids @ Remand Home
We began the session with a short game involving a ball to energize everyone, during which we asked some questions. Following this, we proceeded with explanations about when to use “have” or “has.” To…
Celebrating International Women’s Day
Considering that this is a globally recognized day, celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, we deliberately directed our attention towards determining if rural…
English Lesson “He/She/It the „s“ must fit” @ Remand Home
In our English lesson at the Remand Home we talked about He/She/It the „s“ must fit….
Life Skills Lesson on Stress @ St. Williams Primary School
The lesson started with a warm-up game consisting of stretching. It continued with a life skills lesson on stress where the participants were taught the definition of stress and how to manage it. At t…
Team Building Fun Session @ Jijenge Youth
We completed part one of a two part activity on Thursday. We facilitated a very fun team competition to illustrate team work and how people can work to achieve the same goals in different ways. The da…
Vision and Goal Setting @ Remand Home
The activity was held to help the kids know their goals, desires, and their visions for the future. We introduced the lesson to the kids by defining what goals and vision meant. We gave examples in ea…
“Rugby Roar” English Lesson @ The Remand Home
This week, we began Chapter Two of “Rugby Roar” with the older class at the Remand Home. We kicked off with a game, followed by a review of both old and new vocabulary. Then, we read through the first…
English Lesson “Fruits” with the Younger Kids @ The Remand Home
We began the lesson with a round of introductions and a game. Following that, we collected names of English fruits with the kids and constructed sentences using them. Afterwards, they were given a tas…
Effective Communication Skills Lesson @ The Remand Home
Today, we had a YUMP session at the Remand home. Spencer and Zoey facilitated a lesson on effective communication, specifically in heightened emotional states. They facilitated this lesson with the ol…
Rugby Roar English Class @ Remand Home
We used the unknown words from last weeks reading of Rugby Roar, to facilitate more English teaching. We played fishbowl, talked about the words, and completed written sentences. …
Family Tracing and Dialogue Program for a Remandee @ Kisumu Children Remand Home
On Monday, February 26, 2024, our team embarked on a significant mission to the Siaya County Children Office. This initiative was driven by our commitment to pursue a care and protection case assigned…
Kids Camp @ Korando Educational Centre
We planned and hosted a camp for kids from PP1 to Grade 4. It consisted of three hours of both Kenyan and American children’s games, including duck duck goose, red light green light, and ninja. We con…
Academic Success and O.K.Rs @ Kuoyo Secondary
There were two focuses of this session. There was a YUMP talk given about Academic success and O.K.R.s in HighSchool. There was also a survey conducted with 20 girls about menstrual hygiene. …
Emotional Painting @ Remand Home
The children were asked to describe the feelings they had at that moment and paint them with watercolor….
Lesson on Language Comprehension @ Remand Home
We met with the older kids in the Remand Home and led an English lesson working on listening comprehension skills using charades, a short story, and then sentences. …
Decision Making in 6 Steps @ Korando
We taught our decision making in 6 steps as a YUMP session at Korando. We discussed how to differentiate between a good and bad decision and how to approach big decisions in life. …
Life Skills on “Decision Making” @ St. Williams
We had a very fruitful YUMP lesson about how to make good decisions….
Time Management @ St. Williams
This talk was held to help kids to be able to plan through and run their errands effectively while considering the time factor in all their daily activities. Train them on how to properly carry out …
Art Class “Cambodian Dragon Masks” with Ubuntu @ Korando
Today in art class we drew and colored Cambodian dragon masks. The kids each drew the intricate masks and then colored them in with bright colors. …
Mindful Firefighters: Nurturing Mental Wellness
The objective was to promote wellness and resilience among firefighters through a mindfulness and stress reduction activity…
Life skills “Taking Responsibility” @ Remand Home
During this talk,we delved into the vital concept of responsibility and its significance in shaping teenagers as valuable members of society. We explored the essence of being accountable individuals, …
Life Skills “Decision Making” @ Kudho Secondary
With the help of a team from Jijenge, we taught a YUMP lesson on decision making in 6 steps. …
Life-skills Session on Decision Making @ Kudho Secondary School
The Intention was to deliver a lifeskills session on Decision Making. …
English with Older Students @ Remand Home
We taught 15 words from a chapter book we are going to be reading using charades, discussions, and worksheets. …
“Topical Review” English Class @ Remand Home
We had a class with the little kids, reviewing two topics that we had taught earlier. This was done to check whether the kids could recall what they had been taught. It was really necessary for the ki…
Cultural Competency @ Jijenge Youth
-The purpose of this talk was to educate the youths on the role of cultural competence as the ability of an individual to understand and respect values, attitudes, beliefs, and mores that differ acros…
Art Therapy Session on Exploring Imagination @ Korando
The mind is a vast and endless part of the human psyche. Through experiencing and learning new things, we fire new neural pathways that better strengthen the brain power allowing us to easily be open …
Academic Talk on Goals Using OKR Framework @ Kisian Secondary
The purpose of discussing the OKR ( Objectives. Key results ) framework with high school students was to give them practical tools for achieving academic success. By teaching them how to set clear goa…
Life Skills “Public Speaking” @ Korando Educational Center
The purpose of this activity was to train the students to talk in front of an audience as part of the “Life Skills” project. This can be relevant for oral examinations, future assignments at a univers…
Life Skills “Public Speaking” @ St. Williams Primary School
The purpose of this activity was to train the students to talk in front of an audience as part of the “Life Skills” project. This can be relevant for oral examinations, future assignments at a univers…
Kisumu Children Remand Home Partners Strategy & Review Meeting
The Partners Strategy Meeting served as a collaborative platform for all partners working with the Kisumu Children Remand Home. The primary objective was to submit progress reports, share updates on o…
Good Study Habits @ Kudho Secondary School
We purposed to enlighten the form 1 and 2 students at Kudho secondary school on good study habits to help improve their academic perfomance….
Introductory Session: Kudho Secondary School
Since it was the first session with the group, the idea was to introduce the Youth Unleashed Mentorship Program to the group of Form 1 and Form 2 Boys.
We also wanted to find out what topics the stude…
Computer Classes for 7th Grade @ Korando Educational Center
This is the follow up of computer classes for the 8th grade at the Korando Educational Center, taking place on 3 days this week. Each session included a quick recap of the previous session at the begi…
Translating Swahili to English @ Remand Home
We continue the successful work that has started the past weeks. This report covers two activities of the same kind as part of a string (Tue, 30.01. / Fri, 02.02.). Like the past weeks, it is still a …
English Class @ Remand Home
We worked with worksheets to facilitate the development of speaking in the English language, and then worked on translating words from Kiswahili to english while looking at grammatical tenses….
Mental and Emotional Check-In @ Korando
The purpose of this session was to allow the students to express how they are physically, mentally and emotionally….
German Alphabet and Numbers @ Kudho Secondary School
This week a number of follow up sessions were held for students in “Form 1”. These students do have their first German language classes these days. This time the following topics were covered
* Alpha…
Computer Classes for 8th Grade @ Korando Educational Center
This is the follow up of computer classes for the 8th grade at the Korando Educational Center, taking place on 3 days this week. Each session included a quick recap of the previous session at the begi…
Art Therapy Session on Navigating Fear @ Korando
I like to think that the opposite emotion of Love is fear. That while love makes us feel whole, present and grounded, fear gives us the illusion of loss, makes us live in our mind more than reality, l…
Initial German Class @ Kudho Secondary School
It was the very first German class for this particular class. It was also the very first school class held by anyone from within the Better Me organisation.
Students did have their initial German cla…
Mapping Your Future Success in Education @ Kudho Primary
Due to the low results, the last year students had in the final national exams, the school saw the need to invite speakers to help the new lot and to strategize on how best the students would be motiv…
Study Habits Workshop @ Kudho Secondary
The purpose of this meeting was to help the students at Kudho High school navigate good study habits for their academic improvement….
Computer Class for 7th Grade @ Korando Educational Center
Two initial computer classes for the 7th grade at the Korando Educational Center in 2024 were held, similar to grade 8. After a short introduction by the volunteer we started an open discussion about …
Translating Swahili to English @ Remand Home
We continue the successful work that has started the past weeks. This report covers two activities of the same kind as part of a string (Tue, 23.02. / Fri, 26.02., each from 10 am to 12 pm).
It turne…
“Self-Identity” Art Therapy Session @ Korando
While purposing to bring to light an awareness of self for the children, it is important to use the known to explain the unknown, in this case the known being things in nature to tackle the concept of…
Computer Class for 8th grade @ Korando Educational Center
This is the follow up of computer classes for the 8th grade at the Korando Educational Center, taking place on 3 days this week. Each session included a quick recap of the previous session at the begi…
New Year Life Skills Introduction @ Korando
The aim of the meeting was to have an introductory session on life skills, by allowing the kids to bring forth their needs in as far as life skills is concerned….
Open Session @ St. Williams Education Centre
This was the initial session with the students at the St. Williams primary. Specifically for the 7th and 8th grade however Madda and me have picked grade 8. After a short introduction by the volunteer…
Art Therapy Session on Self-Reflection @ Korando
The aim of art therapy session at Korando is to help raise the consciousness of the children by helping them become aware of their essence and true identity. Nature, being the bigger reflection of thi…
Yoga Class with Jijenge Youth
It was a great opportunity to introduce yoga for everyone who have never done yoga before….
Self-Confidence Lesson @ Remand Home
Self-confidence is such a grounding aspect of the self. It is the root that anchors our self worth, self esteem and our ability to express ourselves fearlessly and authentically. In our session, we hi…
Open Session @ Remand Home
This open session was intended to encourage children to draw. They got inspirations by volunteers who provided examples of drawings that can express emotions or thoughts dominating the children’s curr…
Computer Class for 8th Grade @ Korando
This was the initial computer class for the 8th grade at the Korando Educational Center in 2024. After a short introduction by the volunteer we started an open discussion about computers in general. T…
Translating Swahili to English @ Remand Home
The purpose of this activity was to introduce a different way of teaching by using Swahili language in addition to pictures. Students did have to name the English term based on either the image or Swa…
Life skills on Emotions @ Remand Home
It was a great chance to talk about emotions with kids. We prepared a sheet for everyone. The sheet shows different pictures of emotions and talk about those. Kids and volunteers talked about their ow…
Household Visits To Dewo Ngima Beneficiaries and Sponsored Children
– The Objective of The Activity was to visit the beneficiaries supported by Dewo Ngima, to check the progress of those going to Junior High and Those going to Form 1
– The other objective was to enab…
Year End Recap @ Remand Home
The purpose of the year-end open review was to evaluate the program’s impact on the boys and girls at the Remand Home, assess their feedback, and identify areas for improvement and growth for the upco…
English Class @ Remand Home
Different English class topics with follow up exams….
Mobile Library Session @ Nyalenda Slums
It was beautiful to see how the kids at the slums saw us passing, and they could recognize it was for the Mobile Library. They kept on inviting others. The group got bigger even before we arrived at t…
Mental Wellness for Medics @ Maseno University
Various panelists were invited to engage in an interactive session with medical students from the School of Medicine at both Maseno and Uzima University. The discussion topics included the ideal struc…
English Class “Use of Apostrophe” @ Remand Home
The purpose of the activity was to introduce and teach the concept of shortening words or statements using apostrophes, engaging students in practical, hands-on exercises that reinforce learning throu…
The Life Tree Concept @ Remand Home
The concept of the life tree aims to shed light on uncomfortable emotions. Similar to the roots of a tree, these emotions provide depth, and we can use the experiences gained from them to improve how …
Psychologists Meet Up and Debriefing Workshop
This event brought together Practising Psychologists from Kisumu County to discuss issues relevant to the delivery of their services, and emerging trends to create a stronger platform that fosters col…
Chapati Festival at the Kisumu Children Remand Home
We had an eventful day, having an opportunity with the children at the remand home. It was a timely and long awaited moment to share knowledge, fun, food and other activities.
The day began very earl…
English Class “Dictation” @ Remand Home
The purpose of the exercise was to assess and improve the spelling skills of kids through a dictation exercise, creating a supportive and engaging learning environment for students to enhance their sp…
Open Life Skills Session at the Remand Home
We had an open discussion about the common challenges young people are facing in the community, especially the boys. This was a personal question and everyone had an opportunity to express himself.
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