Langalanga Scholarship Fund
In 2001 the club entered into a four year commitment with the Langalanga Scholarship Fund to sponsor a student through secondary education in Kenya. The students are carefully selected by the Trustees of the Fund who have exacting criteria. Students must be from families who would otherwise be unable to afford fees to further their children's education and have proved to be hard working achieving good results at the end of their primary education.
Our sponsored student Solomon Muriithi Nderu was financially helped by our club through the four years of secondary education at Koelel High School and was successful in achieving the required grades in his KSCE examinations to enable him to gain entrance to Strathmore University to commence a three year accountancy course. The club decided that having invested four years helping to fund Solomon's education we should try to see him through the three years at university. We cover just over two thirds of his yearly educational costs by donating £700 annually to support the Fund.
Solomon is doing well at university and regularly keeps us in touch with how things are progressing with his educational studies as can be seen from the latest letter from him to the club correspondent which is published below.
Strathmore University
Nairobi
Kenya
Dear Andover Rotary Club
I am quite fine and already our semester has begun.
I am sorry for taking a bit longer time to reply to your mail. I have been trying to settle down a number of issues with the University regarding the receipting of fees for my fellow scholars as I help the new ones settle.
We are now settled for the semester and the lessons actually begun on Wednesday last week, the same day we opened.
I have not yet received my June sitting exam results. They should be out in a month's time from now, as they usually take about two months to be released. I am eagerly waiting for them and hoping that all will be appealing.
I was only able to see my family for a relatively short time as the holiday was equally short. Our semester was affected by the post-election violence, thus we had a lot of pressure to finish everything on time. However, my mom was happy to see me, although for a short time.
I have been admitted in section five for evening class. Sections five and six classes are usually taken as evening courses to allow students to take their industrial attachments. Classes normally begin from 1730hrs to 2030hrs on weekdays, and 0800hrs to 1300hrs on Saturdays.
I am now looking for a place to do my attachment during the day and I hope to get one soon. This will allow me to enhance my accounting skills and knowledge through real application.
I had, however, been given some work for two weeks at Strathmore Business School in Strathmore University to help prepare some financial statements before the annual external audit could be done. The experience gave me a lot of exercise regarding the accounting career.
Once again, thank you for all your contributions and consistent concern.
God bless you all and have a lovely year.
Yours sincerely,
Solomon Muriithi Nderu
