Elora Academies
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ELORA ACADEMIES are premium educational institutions that aim at offering education scholarships, nurture and expose talents of the orphans and vulnerable.
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MISSION
To develop the skills and talents of all students through rigorous learning experiences, relevant to real life applications and supporting relationship within high and safe environment.
VISION
A renowned center of academic and sports excellence.
MOTTO
Power of Education and Sports Talents.
ABOUT US
ELORA ACADEMIES are premium educational institutions that aim at offering education scholarships, nurture and expose talents of the orphans and vulnerable children from slums and poor families. These orphans and vulnerable children are provided with shoes, school uniforms, sports equipment and lunches.
Even though the government of Kenya introduced free and compulsory education, this has not effectively addressed the plight of orphans and vulnerable children in the slums and villages as other basic learning materials are also needed to facilitate this programme. Many orphans and vulnerable children in slums and villages cannot afford uniforms, shoes, school bags, or supplementary reading materials which are required in schools.
Furthermore, biting hunger in the slums and villages is also contributing to school dropout because no child can attend school on an empty stomach. Shining Hope Talent School has been in the forefront in addressing the aforementioned problems.
The academies also provide students with after-school programs and psychosocial support to prevent further r**e and abuse and address trauma.
Our schools have already saved the lives of many of our students, protecting them from r**e and prostitution while providing the educational foundation for a path out of the slum. Students at The ELORA ACADEMIES are Kenya’s future leaders!
ADMISSIONS
Enquiry and Waiting List
To show that you are interested in having your child attend EA, you will be required to enter him/her in the waiting list book, either personally, or by email. Once a place is available, we will invite him/her for an interview, for which you will be required to pay a small deposit. Children who are attending Preschool may not need to attend an interview; however, a booking deposit will be required.
All those preparing for interview must submit copies of their term reports for the last two years in their current/previous school(s). It is expected that every child who seeks admission at EA will be part of both academic and talent development schools.
Interview
Students who hope to join the Senior Academy are normally expected to have sat an examination, ending their prep/primary school, depending on the system of education. This is what we would use to select students to our Senior Academy.
We would also expect to receive a satisfactory report from a candidate’s current school.
Acceptance
Once your child has been accepted, you are asked to register to pay an admission fee and complete an Application Form
Elora Academies provides various types of scholarships and bursaries to different students depending on their need. The scholarships and Bursaries are offered competitively.
Applications for Scholarships are considered in the month of September for January Term 1. Elora Talent & Leadership Academy scholarships sum, may be half or full scholarship.
Sport Scholarships: This type of scholarship is awarded to talented and promising players in: tennis, swimming, basketball, baseball, rugby, Cricket only. Students who are always awarded this scholarship have opportunity to expose their talents both locally and internationally. Applications are always reviewed by Board of Directors every August.
Academic Scholarships: Always awarded to students with excellent performance leading to a mean score of at least A- consistently for a minimum of 3 terms. Applications are always reviewed by Board of Directors every August.
Bursaries: Bursaries are often offered to students who are orphaned/coming from underprivileged families. The months for Bursaries Applications are always: May and November each and every year.
For Scholarships/Bursaries Applications, please go to Contact Us page and write to us.
PROGRAMS/CURRICULUM
Talent Development: EA is committed in talent development amongst the less fortunate and orphaned children who are talented in different sporting activities. As earlier mentioned, promising and talented players are always awarded sports scholarship to continue with their education as well as developing their talents. Key sports are tennis, swimming, basketball, baseball, rugby, Cricket, badminton, table tennis only.
Curriculum: EA follows the 8-4-4 Kenya National Curriculum and use child centered method of curriculum delivery.
Kindergarten (Nursery), Year (Standard) 1, 2 and 3 attend classes only in the morning hours (7:30am-12:30pm) with Year (Standard) 4 and 5 attend school from morning (7:30am-2:30pm).
Subject offered at the academy are: English, Kiswahili, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Information & Communication Technology, Life Skills, Art and Design.
Elora Feeding Program: This provides both educational and health benefits to children, thereby increasing enrolment rates, reducing absenteeism, promoting positive impact , gender equity, and educational status, each of which contributes to improving overall levels of children development.
Music and Drama: We emphasize social and cultural development through sport, drama and music with focus on health, fitness and culture. We have swings, slides, football pitch.
Computer Studies: All children at the academy learn basic computer packages which allow pupils to put their creativity to use and also influence pupils’ performance.
Online Teaching: Talented students in tennis, swimming, basketball, baseball, rugby, Cricket, badminton, table tennis are always offered e-learning where different subjects notes are sent to them as well as video conference classes also conducted. This method is only used for the students who are fully promising players in the above mentioned sports. They tend to spend a lot of time on training and attend online video classes later in the evening.
SPONSOR A CHILD
All children affiliated to Elora Talent & Leadership Academy rely on sponsorship for their tuition and upkeep. Once a child is sponsored, they are guaranteed food every day, good clothing, academic and sporting materials. Without sponsorship, the children are dependent solely on the relatively scarce funds available within the academy.
Deciding to sponsor a child can change both your life and that of the child. You may choose a specific child to sponsor or let us choose one for you. We will send you information about your child every six months. We also encourage you to communicate directly with them via simple letters and pictures.
Our Sponsorship Programs allow a surrogate family to help support these children financially and emotionally. For some orphans, yours may be the only family they will ever have to call their own!
How It Works:
EA only assigns one sponsor per child, which allows the development of a personal one-on-one connection. As soon as you sign up as a potential sponsor, we will email you a package with information and a picture of your child as well as information about the Sponsorship program and how you can get more involved.
We will update you throughout the year about how your child is faring both at school and at home.
You can support us by:
• Sponsoring a child
• Support teaching staff salaries
• Support Cooking staff Salaries
• Support Feeding Program by donating food-stuff like corn, beans, rice, oil, sugar and salt
• Support our fuel-wood stock
• Donate chairs, desks, books, clothes
• Support our publicity campaign materials-brochures, posters, T-shirt
• Fundraising for program specific events.
To sponsor a child now, kindly email: [email protected]
VOLUNTEER
We are always on the lookout for volunteers in teaching, sports coaching and internship in SHO.
Mentors
As a volunteer you will be a mentor by becoming a big brother or sister to kids in Shining Hope Talent Academy. You will work alongside local staff to help with classroom teaching and homework help, childcare, and the daily operational running of the Shining Hope Talent Academy. Volunteers are also encouraged to initiate their own work by organizing arts and crafts, music, dance, games, sports activities, and day trips for the children.
This role is suitable for a caring, motivated, and self-directed person who has a love for children and has childcare experience.
Teaching
At the Shining Hope Academy, volunteer teachers can teach core subjects, such as English, mathematics, science, social sciences, and can initiate extra-curricular activities.
Volunteer pre-academy teachers will teach basic English skills and carry out basic childcare duties. This role is suitable for a caring, motivated, and self-directed person. A teaching qualification is not required (except for secondary teaching) but volunteers need to be confident in the above subjects and preferably have or be studying towards a university degree.
HIV/AIDS
Kenya has been hit hard by the HIV/AIDS epidemic with approximately 1.25 million adults and over 100,000 children infected. The aim of the HIV/AIDS awareness program is to decrease the spread of HIV through raising awareness and education, increasing access to homecare, and providing emotional support to those affected by HIV/AIDS within the community.
Volunteers have the opportunity to work in a community HIV/AIDS organization to assist with homecare visits to HIV positive people, and educate and counsel community and academy groups and individuals.
Medical/healthcare
Medically qualified volunteers may support SHO by sharing your medical skills and working alongside local staff to provide those in need with basic medical care. Volunteers have the opportunity to work in the areas of general medical practice, maternal health, minor surgery, and laboratory work. This role is suitable for self-directed, caring people who are medically qualified.
Sports Coaching and Camps
Volunteers (Coaches, students, individuals) in different sporting activities (tennis, golf, swimming, soccer, baseball, basketball, chase, badminton, cricket, rugby etc) are encouraged to come to and help at Elora Academy by offering quality and performance coaching to the promising and talented players at the academy. Sports coaching volunteers will also have the opportunity to run different camps across the slums and public schools in Western Kenya region to help in talent search.
Volunteers will also have the opportunity to run different camps across the slums and public schools in Western Kenya region to help in talent search.
To develop the skills and talents of all students through rigorous learning experiences, relevant to real life applications and supporting relationship within high and safe environment.
VISION
A renowned center of academic and sports excellence.
MOTTO
Power of Education and Sports Talents.
ABOUT US
ELORA ACADEMIES are premium educational institutions that aim at offering education scholarships, nurture and expose talents of the orphans and vulnerable children from slums and poor families. These orphans and vulnerable children are provided with shoes, school uniforms, sports equipment and lunches.
Even though the government of Kenya introduced free and compulsory education, this has not effectively addressed the plight of orphans and vulnerable children in the slums and villages as other basic learning materials are also needed to facilitate this programme. Many orphans and vulnerable children in slums and villages cannot afford uniforms, shoes, school bags, or supplementary reading materials which are required in schools.
Furthermore, biting hunger in the slums and villages is also contributing to school dropout because no child can attend school on an empty stomach. Shining Hope Talent School has been in the forefront in addressing the aforementioned problems.
The academies also provide students with after-school programs and psychosocial support to prevent further r**e and abuse and address trauma.
Our schools have already saved the lives of many of our students, protecting them from r**e and prostitution while providing the educational foundation for a path out of the slum. Students at The ELORA ACADEMIES are Kenya’s future leaders!
ADMISSIONS
Enquiry and Waiting List
To show that you are interested in having your child attend EA, you will be required to enter him/her in the waiting list book, either personally, or by email. Once a place is available, we will invite him/her for an interview, for which you will be required to pay a small deposit. Children who are attending Preschool may not need to attend an interview; however, a booking deposit will be required.
All those preparing for interview must submit copies of their term reports for the last two years in their current/previous school(s). It is expected that every child who seeks admission at EA will be part of both academic and talent development schools.
Interview
Students who hope to join the Senior Academy are normally expected to have sat an examination, ending their prep/primary school, depending on the system of education. This is what we would use to select students to our Senior Academy.
We would also expect to receive a satisfactory report from a candidate’s current school.
Acceptance
Once your child has been accepted, you are asked to register to pay an admission fee and complete an Application Form
Elora Academies provides various types of scholarships and bursaries to different students depending on their need. The scholarships and Bursaries are offered competitively.
Applications for Scholarships are considered in the month of September for January Term 1. Elora Talent & Leadership Academy scholarships sum, may be half or full scholarship.
Sport Scholarships: This type of scholarship is awarded to talented and promising players in: tennis, swimming, basketball, baseball, rugby, Cricket only. Students who are always awarded this scholarship have opportunity to expose their talents both locally and internationally. Applications are always reviewed by Board of Directors every August.
Academic Scholarships: Always awarded to students with excellent performance leading to a mean score of at least A- consistently for a minimum of 3 terms. Applications are always reviewed by Board of Directors every August.
Bursaries: Bursaries are often offered to students who are orphaned/coming from underprivileged families. The months for Bursaries Applications are always: May and November each and every year.
For Scholarships/Bursaries Applications, please go to Contact Us page and write to us.
PROGRAMS/CURRICULUM
Talent Development: EA is committed in talent development amongst the less fortunate and orphaned children who are talented in different sporting activities. As earlier mentioned, promising and talented players are always awarded sports scholarship to continue with their education as well as developing their talents. Key sports are tennis, swimming, basketball, baseball, rugby, Cricket, badminton, table tennis only.
Curriculum: EA follows the 8-4-4 Kenya National Curriculum and use child centered method of curriculum delivery.
Kindergarten (Nursery), Year (Standard) 1, 2 and 3 attend classes only in the morning hours (7:30am-12:30pm) with Year (Standard) 4 and 5 attend school from morning (7:30am-2:30pm).
Subject offered at the academy are: English, Kiswahili, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Information & Communication Technology, Life Skills, Art and Design.
Elora Feeding Program: This provides both educational and health benefits to children, thereby increasing enrolment rates, reducing absenteeism, promoting positive impact , gender equity, and educational status, each of which contributes to improving overall levels of children development.
Music and Drama: We emphasize social and cultural development through sport, drama and music with focus on health, fitness and culture. We have swings, slides, football pitch.
Computer Studies: All children at the academy learn basic computer packages which allow pupils to put their creativity to use and also influence pupils’ performance.
Online Teaching: Talented students in tennis, swimming, basketball, baseball, rugby, Cricket, badminton, table tennis are always offered e-learning where different subjects notes are sent to them as well as video conference classes also conducted. This method is only used for the students who are fully promising players in the above mentioned sports. They tend to spend a lot of time on training and attend online video classes later in the evening.
SPONSOR A CHILD
All children affiliated to Elora Talent & Leadership Academy rely on sponsorship for their tuition and upkeep. Once a child is sponsored, they are guaranteed food every day, good clothing, academic and sporting materials. Without sponsorship, the children are dependent solely on the relatively scarce funds available within the academy.
Deciding to sponsor a child can change both your life and that of the child. You may choose a specific child to sponsor or let us choose one for you. We will send you information about your child every six months. We also encourage you to communicate directly with them via simple letters and pictures.
Our Sponsorship Programs allow a surrogate family to help support these children financially and emotionally. For some orphans, yours may be the only family they will ever have to call their own!
How It Works:
EA only assigns one sponsor per child, which allows the development of a personal one-on-one connection. As soon as you sign up as a potential sponsor, we will email you a package with information and a picture of your child as well as information about the Sponsorship program and how you can get more involved.
We will update you throughout the year about how your child is faring both at school and at home.
You can support us by:
• Sponsoring a child
• Support teaching staff salaries
• Support Cooking staff Salaries
• Support Feeding Program by donating food-stuff like corn, beans, rice, oil, sugar and salt
• Support our fuel-wood stock
• Donate chairs, desks, books, clothes
• Support our publicity campaign materials-brochures, posters, T-shirt
• Fundraising for program specific events.
To sponsor a child now, kindly email: [email protected]
VOLUNTEER
We are always on the lookout for volunteers in teaching, sports coaching and internship in SHO.
Mentors
As a volunteer you will be a mentor by becoming a big brother or sister to kids in Shining Hope Talent Academy. You will work alongside local staff to help with classroom teaching and homework help, childcare, and the daily operational running of the Shining Hope Talent Academy. Volunteers are also encouraged to initiate their own work by organizing arts and crafts, music, dance, games, sports activities, and day trips for the children.
This role is suitable for a caring, motivated, and self-directed person who has a love for children and has childcare experience.
Teaching
At the Shining Hope Academy, volunteer teachers can teach core subjects, such as English, mathematics, science, social sciences, and can initiate extra-curricular activities.
Volunteer pre-academy teachers will teach basic English skills and carry out basic childcare duties. This role is suitable for a caring, motivated, and self-directed person. A teaching qualification is not required (except for secondary teaching) but volunteers need to be confident in the above subjects and preferably have or be studying towards a university degree.
HIV/AIDS
Kenya has been hit hard by the HIV/AIDS epidemic with approximately 1.25 million adults and over 100,000 children infected. The aim of the HIV/AIDS awareness program is to decrease the spread of HIV through raising awareness and education, increasing access to homecare, and providing emotional support to those affected by HIV/AIDS within the community.
Volunteers have the opportunity to work in a community HIV/AIDS organization to assist with homecare visits to HIV positive people, and educate and counsel community and academy groups and individuals.
Medical/healthcare
Medically qualified volunteers may support SHO by sharing your medical skills and working alongside local staff to provide those in need with basic medical care. Volunteers have the opportunity to work in the areas of general medical practice, maternal health, minor surgery, and laboratory work. This role is suitable for self-directed, caring people who are medically qualified.
Sports Coaching and Camps
Volunteers (Coaches, students, individuals) in different sporting activities (tennis, golf, swimming, soccer, baseball, basketball, chase, badminton, cricket, rugby etc) are encouraged to come to and help at Elora Academy by offering quality and performance coaching to the promising and talented players at the academy. Sports coaching volunteers will also have the opportunity to run different camps across the slums and public schools in Western Kenya region to help in talent search.
Volunteers will also have the opportunity to run different camps across the slums and public schools in Western Kenya region to help in talent search.