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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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“A Magical Place:” NIU Fulbright-Hayes Team Visits JAMS

In summer 2022, a team from Northern Illinois University visited JAMS and found it to be “a magical place.” Funded by a U.S. Department of State Fulbright-Hayes grant, the team spent two weeks at schools in Tanzania and two weeks at JAMS in Kenya...

November 13th, 2022|News|
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Give DeKalb County Success! Thank You, Donors!

We are more grateful than we can express. You, our wonderful supporters, came through once again for the girls at JAMS. The 2022 Give DeKalb County donations go to the JAMS Scholarship Fund. Your gifts, large and small, add up to the equivalent of 49 years of transformative high school education at JAMS...

July 10th, 2022|News|
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Major Library Expansion

A major gift just arrived at the Judith Wehrmeister Library at JAMS. Thanks to Bookfriends International NFP, a curated collection of over 6,000 books has been added to the bookshelves...

July 10th, 2022|News|
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Success for the Class of 2021!

The 35 young women in the JAMS Class of 2021 have done us proud in the KCSE—Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education national exams. 100% qualified for vocational college programs and 60% qualified for 4-year university programs.,,

July 10th, 2022|News|
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Why Scholarships? Why JAMS?

Friends of JAMS is run by an all-volunteer group. Here’s why we devote our time and money to the cause...

April 26th, 2022|News|
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Good News from JAMS April 2022

We are glad to report good news from JAMS as Kenya continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruptions caused to the economy. The 165 girls at JAMS completed the pandemic-delayed 2021 School Year in March. The 2022 School Year will begin in late April and finish in December 2022...

March 30th, 2022|News|
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Nurturing Voice and Purpose

JAMS founder-director, Dr. Wasonga, reports that a teacher-initiated program at JAMS is bearing fruit. The teachers proposed the idea of serving as teacher-parents, whereby each teacher has a “family” made up of 12-14 students. In this family, the teacher is the parent figure and has the responsibility of advocating for his/her children. They have regular family meetings and plan activities to keep the students engaged...

March 30th, 2022|News|
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