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Agriculture: Key to the JAMS Mission

From the founding of JAMS in 2011, agriculture has been central to economic sustainability and to student-centering learning at JAMS. The Founder-Directors of Jane Adeny Memorial School aim to make the school as self-sufficient as possible and to use every donation dollar wisely...

November 3rd, 2023|News|
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Sustainability and Agriculture Education at JAMS

Gifts from generous donors over the past several years have funded improvements to the agriculture infrastructure at JAMS and have boosted the school’s sustainability. In June, the roof of the existing greenhouse was repaired. In addition, a second greenhouse was constructed...

June 22nd, 2023|News|
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Give DeKalb County 2023 Transforms Lives

Generous donors came through again this year to transform the lives of the bright, determined girls who attend JAMS!  94 of you gave over $35,000 to the Scholarship Fund and earned us over $5,000...

June 22nd, 2023|Events|
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Give DeKalb County, May 4, 2023

Save the date! Give DeKalb County is coming up on May 4. Your gift will be increased by a percentage of the Bonus Pool provided by the DeKalb County Community Foundation...

April 5th, 2023|Events|
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JAMS Helping Its Neighbors

Jane Adeny Memorial School for Girls (JAMS) focuses on being a good neighbor. In addition to providing life-changing education for the girls who attend JAMS, the school contributes to the local community in various ways...

April 5th, 2023|News|
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Highlights of 2022 at JAMS

As Kenyan schools navigate the post-COVID pandemic world and catch up from the pandemic closures, Jane Adeny Memorial School (JAMS) logged some impressive achievements in 2022...

February 7th, 2023|News|
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NIU Visit Enriches Learning at JAMS

A visit from American teachers and teachers-in-training in summer 2022 helped to introduce some new techniques and approaches to Jane Adeny Memorial School. Three Northern Illinois University (NIU) faculty members led a group of seven pre-service teachers and seven practicing teachers...

February 7th, 2023|News|
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Happy New Year!

With heartfelt gratitude, we wish you, our supporters, a very happy new year! We hope that 2023 brings you peace and many blessings. In 2022, your gifts provided 94 scholarships. These scholarships give each girl tuition, room and board, books, school supplies, clothes, and routine medical care...

December 29th, 2022|News|
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Northern Illinois Educator Inspired by JAMS

Andrea Trudeau traveled from Illinois to JAMS in the summer of 2022, as part of a team of educators from Northern Illinois University (NIU) funded by a U.S. Department of State Fulbright-Hayes grant...

December 29th, 2022|News|
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On Giving Tuesday, Give Kenyan Girls a Life-Changing Education

Please support the girls at JAMS on the global day of generosity, Giving Tuesday, held this year on November 29, or in your end-of-year charitable giving...

November 13th, 2022|Events|
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