Warydi International School Of Talent, Etiquette and Manners.

02/8th/2022

Vision 2022



Iowa Department of Human Services
Iowa Workforce Development
Kim Reynolds
African Samurai •
Warydi
Barbara Chepkoech Adams
Warydi International 24 hr Daycare
Warydi international

This year started epically amazing for our foundation.

January we were among the organizations picked to receive the grant by our senator Kim Reynolds.

We are still humbled by this and cannot wait to put the money towards the dream of creating the epic space envisioned.

This is the beginning of great things to come.

Iowa Workforce Development and Iowa Department of Human Services are working with us to make a vision , dream and above all a goal into reality.

For this we are grateful, thankful and appreciate this gesture.

Working closely with amazing people we are trying to figure out how best to tackle the small hiccups along the way, because the grant was written with hopes of getting a new structure and building.

We believe in change that will create a ripple effect in many lives for the better.

Keep us in your thoughts and prayers and above all well wishes as we embark on this journey.

That will not stop the dream of .

Growth.

That’s the one thing you should wait to be told you need.

Dr. Warydi.

CHILD CARE GRANTS OPEN NEW OPTIONS FOR IOWA CENTERS

At least 25 more children from working poor and immigrant families in Des Moines now have hope for expanded access to Barbie Adams' child care center thanks to a $240,000 grant from the state of Iowa.
The money is part of $36.6 million in Child Care grants awarded earlier this week by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds. Iowa Workforce Development and the Iowa Department of Human Services worked together to score project applications and award the grants. Originally planned for $10 million, the program was expanded by Reynolds after the state received a flood of quality applications. The total includes $26.9 million in federal DHS funds, $3 million appropriated by the Iowa legislature for the Child Care Challenge Fund (administered by IWD), and $6.7 million in federal ARPA funds.
Across the state, awards will be matched with $9.7 million in private funding to fuel 108 innovative projects in 72 communities.
“I am thrilled to be able to make this substantial investment to expand access to child care for working families,” Reynolds said in a news release announcing the grants. “Projects funded through this program will create a lasting impact on children, parents, and communities throughout the state.”
For Adams, the cash will mean growth.
“Sometimes you get defeated, because you cannot meet everybody’s need,” she said. “This grant has given me new purpose.”
Adams, who immigrated from Kenya in 2009, currently lives in the Riverbend neighborhood of Des Moines, where she operates an in-home child care center that’s limited to 12 children at any one time. According to 2019 census data, residents of the 0.5-square-mile neighborhood have an average household income of $38,016, with 74 percent belonging to a racial minority.
There are plenty of poor people, including immigrants and others who have few options when it comes to work-life balance, Adams said. “When people have no education and don’t have a grasp of the English language, they don’t qualify for a lot of jobs.”
Some turn to Adams’ Warydi International Daycare center, which offers 24-hour care. Depending on family need, parents who have to work nights can drop their children off and Adams – along with her state-licensed husband, father, and stepmother – will make sure everyone gets fed and arrives at school the next morning. Or, she’ll pick them up after school and watch over the children until the parent’s work shift ends in the middle of the night.
In between, Adams, who speaks seven languages, will also provides lessons on music, manners, and the proper way to fold laundry or clean off a table. Residents in her neighborhood have their own unique needs, Adams said.
“I wanted to change all these things by being a daycare provider that’s different,” she said. “I wanted to be a bridge.”
She hopes to expand that bridge over the next year, when she uses the $240,000 grant to remodel the house next door and expand the scale of her childcare efforts. If DHS approves, the money eventually will allow Adams to add slots for roughly 25 children – and create the possibility of additional expansion later that could add dozens more.
Beth Townsend, Director of Iowa Worforce Development, said the Child Care grants were created to support “exciting” programs like Warydi.
“There are an incredible number of innovative projects in these grants that will positively improve the lives of the communities, families and children that they serve,” Towsend said. “Having quality child care significantly increases the number of Iowans who can work, and the investment today will pay huge dividends in our future.”
Visit the Child Care Challenge website(link is external) for details about the grants and a full list of the most recent awards.

Merry Christmas family!!!!! And happy new year, filled with blessings, love, peace, amazing health and wealth and above all Gods love.
Warydi
African Samurai •
Barbara Chepkoech Adams

Children are like sponges , be careful as to what you allow them to absorb. Warydi

Neighborhood trip chickens 🐓 and farming thanks Tanya and Monika.

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Dear Warydi daycare family and community,

We are happy to announce that we will remain open . We are implementing more safety measures to keep you , the children and us employees safe.
These includes:
* continue separating the older kids from the little kids.
*increasing cleaning and sanitation with extra attention to high-touch surfaces.
*providing Hand sanitizer to us ,the kids and you the parents .
*keep teaching proper hand washing techniques.
*avoiding parks and the library and YMCA until we are positive it is safe out there.
*providing face coverings for our employees.
*Ensuring social distancing by avoiding unnecessary guests or outsiders to the daycare and limiting the number of people we allow in the daycare.
*pick up at the door and drop off too.
*no toys from home or unnecessary extra clothing or bags. Since we provide diapers for the little ones and wipes let’s limit diaper bags.

In preparation to staying open I want to share some new policies to ensure we are following the Iowa Department of public health guidelines **
*A mask will be required throughout your entire visit. If you decide you have things to discuss with me.
*No sick kids Allowed at daycare without a doctors release letter.
*If you drop your child and we realize they are unwell we will call you to pick up the child immediately ,so let us all be considerate of us the providers and the kids we care for.
*Stay home if your your child are feeling ill with any type of sickness.STAY HOME if you or your child have a temperature or have been exposed to anyone or in contact with anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19.
* Kids that get shots should not come to daycare until the next day and should be fever free.
* Sniffles , coughs and runny noses will be treated as being ill until we see a release letter from the doctor.
*wash their jackets whenever they go to social places before bringing it to daycare.
* Red eyes( pink eye) we will also need a doctors release before a child can be back to daycare.
* though we have open door policy , no shoe policy, kindly wait for your child at the door for pickup and at drop off kindly stand out the door and let them walk in . This is to prevent unnecessary spreading of germs.
We are doing everything possible to stay safe and be safe and the only way this is all possible is when we work together as we have.

Thank you.

If you’re looking for more ways to protect yourself and your loved ones, check out the CDC website.

Thank you so much for sticking with us. We look forward to supporting each other during these challenging times.

Warydi Daycare.