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The day started on a beautiful note with children coming in from Kibera and Kijiji ready to compete for the price to be won. Three schools were represented during the WASH competition held at Sadili Oval Sports Academy on the 9 th of April. The schools were Ngei primary school, St Catherine, Nazarene and St Stephen. The members of staff from Sadili and the WASH Committee club patrons present introduced themselves led by Kevin Ayuko who also introduced the schools present. Staff from Sadili started by cheering up the children and preparing them for the competitions Lorein Odhiambo teaching them a song on Hand washing and Felix Kipkoech presenting a short poem on the same which they actively engaged in doing the actions and singing along. The children were then given time to prepare their different presentations which the judges were to choose from and the creativity from the children was mind blowing as they had amazing things to showcase. They came up with interesting dramas, poems, so...

Lorein Odhiambo taking children through Hand washing. Being in one of the best organizations and having an awesome experience in one’s area of study is usually a dream of every student. To begin with, personally I had always wished that a time would come when I would actually put that which was taught in class into action. I bet the most interesting experience any student would come by is that which is out of class, anyway. Honestly, it was not a walk in the park to join Sadili Oval Sports Academy.   I had to follow the right procedure and also present the relevant documents. It took a lot, but I must admit it was worth it. Actually, I am sure I’m one of the luckiest interns ever, since that very week when I was to begin my attachment, there was an ongoing capacity building training session and I was so privileged to have got a chance to attend it. It was a great time that brought with it several challenges on my side till I felt like I had a lot to learn during my attachment and s...

Last weekend was a beautiful and successful one as  pupils from Ngei primary, St Stephen, Nazarene and St Catherine had so much fun participating at the WASH committee training for the ambassadors and the influential pupils from their respective schools. Pupils during the training session. Many of the children arrived in good time and before they knew it the activities began in the interest of time. Children were taken through warm up and orientation into the compound as preliminary activities before they all settled in the hall for the overview of the WASH themes namely Hand Washing, Using the toilet, Food hygiene, Water safety, Environmental hygiene and menstrual hygiene.   With each participating child having been given a note book and a pen, their enthusiasm was lightened up as they took notes during the facilitation. Another session followed immediately after facilitation, it was the opportunity to learn how to be peer educators in training other children WASH messages us...

On 13 th October 2017, hundreds of pupils from 9 Primary schools in Kibera and their teachers gathered at Magoso Primary in Kibera for an early celebration of this year’s edition of Global Handwashing Day. This event was made possible through partnership between various organizations and institutions in Nairobi including Sadili Oval Sports Academy, Savo Foundation and the Ministry of Health among others. The Ministry of Health was represented by Public Health Officers from Nairobi’s Kibera and Lang’ata areas. This year’s Global Handwashing Day theme was ‘Our Hands, Our Future’,   reminding us that handwashing protects our own health, but also allows us to build our own futures, as well as those of our communities, and the world. The event commenced with an introduction of this year’s theme and a brief explanation on what it means to everyone- both children and adults. This was followed by a short question and answer session where the pupils were given an opportunity to show how mu...

Sadili Oval is seeking to fill the following vacant positions: Social Educators/Project Assistant (2) - Must be Diploma/Degree level in Sociology, Public Health, Project Management, Community Development or Social Work, with great communication skills, and can use MS Excel, MS Word and MS Powerpoint. Community Tennis/Sports Coaches (2) – They will be working with children below 10 years. Must have attended high school, previous knowledge of playing/coaching tennis is preferable but not essential. To apply, please send the following documents to sadilioval@gmail.com : 1.     Cover letter of application 2.     Resume which includes 2 referees 3.     Copies of college/university, high school certificates, transcripts, testimonials The closing date for applications will be 12 th May 2017, 11.00 p.m. EAT. Only successful applicants will receive an email/telephone call inviting them for interview, by the 15 th May, 2017. For any further enquiri...