{"id":390,"date":"2019-11-22T07:51:05","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T07:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sttabithahouse.com\/?page_id=390"},"modified":"2023-12-09T09:27:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T09:27:39","slug":"new-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sttabithahouse.com\/index.php\/new-school\/","title":{"rendered":"School Building Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">St. Tabitha Education Center Building Project<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>St. Tabitha Orthodox Christian Orphanage and School has come a long way in a short time thanks be to God and to the generosity of donors like you.\u00a0 The children went from living and studying in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kibera\">Kibera slum<\/a> outside of Nairobi to Malava, a small town about 73 km north of Kisumu in the western part of Kenya.\u00a0 It was here that Fr. Agapios rented buildings in town in which to educate and house the children.\u00a0 Today, St. Tabitha owns it&#8217;s own land with a main house and four classrooms with more under construction.<\/p>\n<p>The drawing below provides a view of the extent of the education building project.\u00a0 When finished, St. Tabitha will have ten classrooms, dormitories for boys and girls, a kitchen and dining area, and administrative offices.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/new-dining-hall-for-orphans?utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1&amp;utm_medium=copy_link&amp;utm_source=customer\">Current Project &#8211; Help Build a New Dining Hall for our Orphans<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-383 aligncenter\" src=\"..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/School-Building.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"889\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sttabithahouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/School-Building.jpg 7015w, https:\/\/www.sttabithahouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/School-Building-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sttabithahouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/School-Building-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sttabithahouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/School-Building-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sttabithahouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/School-Building-400x284.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.sttabithahouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/School-Building-1080x764.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 889px) 100vw, 889px\" \/><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: By the Grace of God and the generosity of our donors we were able to complete the four classrooms in time for the start of the 2020 school year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-454\" src=\"..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/sttabitha4classrooms-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sttabithahouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/sttabitha4classrooms-2.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.sttabithahouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/sttabitha4classrooms-2-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sttabithahouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/sttabitha4classrooms-2-1024x485.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sttabithahouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/sttabitha4classrooms-2-768x364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sttabithahouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/sttabitha4classrooms-2-1080x512.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We still have much more work left to do.\u00a0 The Ministry of Education in Kenya has given us the following list of improvements required to continue legally operating the school:<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 209px;\" width=\"863\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">4 additional acres<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"73\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Dormitories<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"162\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">7 additional classrooms<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h5>Kitchen and dinning<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h5>Fencing<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Administrative Office<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_444\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 567px;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-444\" style=\"color: #666666; font-size: 14px;\" src=\"..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/sttabitha5classrooms.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sttabithahouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/sttabitha5classrooms.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sttabithahouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/sttabitha5classrooms-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sttabithahouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/sttabitha5classrooms-768x364.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-444\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Work has already begun on five of the seven additional classroom<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Please help us meet the Ministry of Education&#8217;s requirements so we can continue to provide our orphans with a good education and a bright future.<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; 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