A group of teachers from Monterey Church of Christ in Lubbock, Texas, have been coming alongside education efforts associated with Mahenzo for the last few years. They come to Kenya for a couple of weeks during their summer break to visit particular schools to encourage and collaborate with teachers. They share stories, challenges, ideas and resources. On two occasions they have sponsored Saturday workshops where best practices were demonstrated and discussed with teachers from a number of schools. In 2015, they were inspired to raise money to replace the last of the mud classrooms with permanent ones and to organize sponsorships for classrooms in order to help provide basic supplies and funds for teachers.
Their 2018 visit in June saw them stopping in Rwanda for an introduction to African Transformation Network, another work with which Monterey participates. After the conference and visits to various pieces of the work there, they came again to the coast of Kenya, reconnecting with various schools. At Mahenzo Mission Educational Centre, they spent time with some of the teachers, visited secondary classrooms to encourage students, and organized letter writing between some of the vulnerable students who attend Mahenzo and their education sponsors in the U.S. They also made visits to Msabaha Junior Academy and Uzima Mission School. Mahenzo is thankful for their willingness to share ideas, encouragement and personal participation with educators and students in Malindi and beyond.
