Emergency Fund Campaign a Success! Thank you!
You, our generous donors, truly came through in an emergency. The $30,000 matching pool was earned and exceeded. The JAMS COVID-19 Emergency Fund, including matching pool, now totals $64,200...
A Message of Thanks from JAMS Founder
I would like to express heartfelt appreciation to all of our friends in the United States, and especially the DeKalb, Illinois, region, for the sacrifices you have made to keep JAMS students learning and the school functioning during the pandemic. Jane Adeny Memorial School is in a far-off country, but folks have responded with love and care like JAMS was next door...
The Face Masks Arrive at JAMS!
Red, black, and white face masks, sewn with love, arrived at Jane Adeny Memorial School in late September after a journey of 9,000 miles. Earlier this summer, a group of JAMS supporters in DeKalb County, Illinois, donated their time, talent, and treasure to help protect JAMS students, teachers, and staff...
COVID-19 Emergency Update
Good news! We have raised 85% of the funds required to earn the matching pool and raise the funds needed to cover the extra costs of keeping JAMS going during the COVID school shutdown. Can you help us get to 100%?...
Want to Encourage JAMS Students and Staff?
Knowing that others care about them will motivate our students to stay engaged in learning long distance. Knowing that others appreciate the important work they are doing will encourage the JAMS teachers and the campus staff. Please send supportive messages to the JAMS students, teachers, and support staff...
The JAMS COVID-19 Emergency Fund
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a financial emergency for the Jane Adeny Memorial School (JAMS). In July, the Kenyan government mandated that schools remain closed until January 2021 and that the academic year begin over again at that time. We need your help in raising $60,000 to sustain JAMS until students return to campus in January...
JAMS KEEPS LEARNING ALIVE DURING THE PANDEMIC
The COVID-19 Impact on Education in Kenya: The Kenyan government closed all public and private schools in March. In July, the government ordered schools to remain closed until January 2021...
KEEPING THE JAMS CAMPUS OPEN DURING COVID-19
There is More to a Campus than Students, or How Not to Close a Campus . . . In March, the Kenya Ministry of Education announced that all schools, public and private, must close and the students return home. There was hope at the time that the students might be able to return to campus in September, but in July the Minister announced that the students were to remain at home and not return to their schools until January 2021...
A Gift of Care: Masks for JAMS
A group of JAMS supporters in DeKalb County, Illinois, has donated their time, talent, and treasure to help protect JAMS students, teachers, and staff when the school can reopen in January, 2021...
JAMS Pandemic Update
Following the advent of COVID-19, all schools in Kenya were closed and students sent home. Students at JAMS traveled home between March 15 and 21 and all reached home safely...