Prospective new student for 2009-10:
Education is Power is currently seeking a young East African women who has a passion to study for the natural environment. We believe that this is a good step for us to promote gender equality. We strive to practise the same ideals that we promote. Quebec City resident and current Canada World Youth participant Genevieve Doyon is now working with KENVO in the same community that the current students of EIP are from in South Central Kenya. Genevieve helped a great deal with EIP’s first fundraiser in Quebec City last winter (2008). She is now helping to recruit the new student we are looking for and she is also dedicated to help with the EIP fundraiser being planned for March 2009 in Quebec City. Gen returns from Kenya at the end of February 2009. Click here to see the new student application form.
Genevieve Doyon, Current CWY participant in Kenya writes to Dave Cuddy: January 12, 2009:
Hi dave! Thank you so much for helping Edith (my counterpart) and I/ For Some reason I couldn’t write to you before. Be sure that we are working on the application and we gonna send you the papers as soon as we can Sorry internet is not easy to reach here, we our best. Hope it is gonna work. I am very willing to give a lot of my time back home to help you with Education in Power! Take care and waiting for your call
gen,
EIP student, Samuel Wakang’u Kiare writes to Dave Cuddy: Janaury 13, 2009
I also received your Email talking about the idea of recruiting a lady and I, Dave Kuria -KENVO and Steve, met and discussed on that issue and we decided to put a notice in KENVO notice board requesting all the Canada World Youth past participant ladies who are serious and are interested to continue with their education in college or university to apply, the notice entailed the qualifications which we got from education is power and briefly what is all about education is power program.
Later I received you second Email now with what Education is Power is about in more detail, with the trust declaration and what each applicant is supposed to submit to you before 1st February 2009. So far I have received several applications as follows:
- EDITH WANGUI(GEN DOYONS COUNTERPART) WHO IS INTENDING TO DO A DIPLOMA IN TOUR GUIDING AND WILDLIFE ADMINISTRATION.
- MONICAH WANJIKU NGUGI(HEATHER COUNTERPART) WHO IS INTENDING TO DO BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES(COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT)
- NELLY WANGARI MBUGUA(I HOPE YOU REMEMBER HER DURING OUR CWY PROGRAM) WHO IS INTENDING TO DO BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNELISM.
- LEAH WANGUI RUIRU (2007-2008 CWY PAST PARTICIPANT) WHO IS INTENDING TO DO DIPLOMA IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
I have personally talked with them and explained to them all what is required from them and I gave them a printed copy of all what you sent me through the email and told them to submit their application to you before 1/2/2009.
Otherwise I also had some past participant men who were interested to be part of Education is Power and I had to tell them that they have to wait because first we have to fundraise for the current ongoing students(Steve and Sam) and now we are also recruiting ladies. They were satisfied with that and they congratulated you , I and Steve for coming up with such a noble Idea. They also requested to be considered in future. To me, this shows that the education is power program is starting to get momentum where in the future we are going to have a lot of applicants and its my hope that we are gong to get more donors and supports who are ready to support education in East Africa.
Prospective EIP student, Edith Wangui writes to Dave Cuddy – January 15, 2008
Hi, thanks Dave, this is edith, gens counterpart. I am so happy for you. I wish you can know the joy that you brought in my life. Im so glad, thanks so much, may god bless you. I will keep in touch. Im still preparing my documents.
EIP student, Stephen Kamau writes to Dave Cuddy: Janaury 16, 2009
I am very grateful for the progress of the education is power with the idea of recruiting more and more needful youth into the program. I believe Samuel has informed you about our meeting and we announced for the applicants to apply. I also believe it would be a good idea to put on board a lady who has actually stayed for a while and continued to be engaged after participating in Canada World Youth. This is an issue I shared with Samuel and we believe it is going help see that they are not sidelined. But with Geneveive’s counterpart being put on board could also be good as you had mentioned since this will likely make Geneveive play a big role in fundraising.
Director of Kijabe Environmental Volunteers David Kuria (EIP’s advisor and distributor of funds in East Africa) writes: Janaury 21, 2009
Thank guys for the efforts,
Leah from Kagwe has also shown interest. She has gone an extra mile and enrolled for a community development course. The more the applicants the better and then we can look for the strong and committed one.
David Kuria