Giving Tuesday 2024: Help the Girls at JAMS Keep Growing!
Please support JAMS’ students on the global day of generosity, Giving Tuesday, held this year on December 3. You will be helping to improve the lives of JAMS’ girls and their communities...
Excellent Silent Auction Items at Taste of Kenya, October 12!
Please join us on Saturday, October 12th, 6-9 pm, to enjoy Kenyan food, listen to live music by Off the Vine, shop the Kenyan Fair Market, buy chances on a beautiful African fabric quilt, and bid on our Silent Auction...
Update on Sustainability at JAMS: Your Donations at Work!
When Friends of JAMS launched its Sustainability Initiatives for Give DeKalb County in May 2024, we had no idea that our donations would make a difference so fast...
New Dorm Helps JAMS to Grow
Construction of a new dormitory at Jane Adeny Memorial School for Girls (JAMS) begun during summer 2024 will provide living space for 40 additional students...
“African Garden” Quilt Raffle Supports JAMS Expansion
Friends of JAMS is raffling a beautiful quilt, “African Garden.” All proceeds will help JAMS expand to serve more students...
A Taste of Kenya October 12
Please join us on Saturday, October 12th, 6-9 pm, to enjoy Kenyan food, listen to live music by Off the Vine, shop the Kenyan Fair Market, and bid on sponsors’ generous donations to our Silent Auction. Buy your tickets today!
Ready to be Jammin’ on October 12th?
You are Invited to Friends of JAMS’ 10th Anniversary Celebration! Friends of the Jane Adeny Memorial School will gather at Faranda’s Banquets on Saturday, October 12th, 6-9 pm, to celebrate ten years of success...
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...
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..
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...