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Connections Create Relationships That Can Increase Understanding

Guest author Saige Ruback has written a very interesting story for our website, jamskenya.org. Saige, age 16, is working towards playing ice hockey in college while focusing on a degree in an environmental science. She writes about her interview with Phoebean Atieno Odongo...

August 27th, 2024|News|

As Reliable as the Sun

Sustainable development can take many forms. JAMS is working to become more sustainable both economically and environmentally. Sometimes the same efforts accomplish both..

August 27th, 2024|News|

Meet Florence Auma Ogodo

Orphaned young, Florence struggled to pay for primary school, collecting firewood and weeding fields to survive. She excelled academically despite her challenges. Secondary school fees seemed impossible until Friends of JAMS granted her a scholarship...

August 6th, 2024|News|

JAMS Students Learn about Careers and University Life

Visitors from the Museum of Kenya and interns from Maseno University visited JAMS in May 2024 for presentations and discussion related to historical anthropology and to education in general...

July 7th, 2024|News|

New Outdoor Facilities for JAMS

During the rainy season, sticky mud filled the pathways at JAMS. Deep mud made walking from building to building both unsafe and very messy...

June 23rd, 2024|News|

JAMS’ Volleyball Team Wins in Early Competitions

JAMS’ volleyball team did well this season, winning the division level competition. In the photographs, they are practicing for the district volleyball tournament...

June 18th, 2024|News|

Record Donations Bring Solar Electricity and Biogas to JAMS

Installation of a solar power system and a biogas operation began in May at Jane Adeny Memorial School for Girls (JAMS), thanks to record-breaking donations to Friends of JAMS through Give DeKalb County...

June 1st, 2024|News|

Generous Donors Set All-time Record in Support of JAMS

Friends of JAMS’ donors strongly endorsed sustainability initiatives at Jane Adeny Memorial School for Girls (JAMS) with a record-setting total...

May 31st, 2024|News|

JAMS Students Quadruple Harvest with New Greenhouse Design

A huge harvest of vegetables, four times as much as usual, rewarded the innovative work of JAMS students and teachers this year. The harvest culminated a school-wide effort to use the new greenhouse in environmentally-sound ways...

March 26th, 2024|News|

Friends of JAMS Leader Steps Down After Ten Years

Friends of JAMS would like to thank founding president, Diana Swanson, for her 10 years of service. What started out as a faculty friendship through Northern Illinois University became a dedicated mission to provide girls in Kenya with a secondary education...

March 26th, 2024|News|