God’s Little Ones Newsletter
December 2025 Benard’s Vision School
We are very grateful to the Lord for the love and blessings he has granted us in 2025. My family appreciates your contributions which have helped bring our vision to life. We are still one of the best performing schools in the region in national exams, and want to extend our deepest gratitude to you for the generous support and for playing an invaluable role in making the growth and provision of our school a success. This year we had a total of 550 learners in elementary school, with ¾ of them orphans and the remaining percentage are private. The senior school had a total of 82 students who transitioned to high school from both Wachara and Ahero locations. Our school is loved by the community and we were overwhelmed at the beginning of this year whereby we had a lot of qualified learners join our school but we had to dismiss them due to lack of enough food, stationaries, beds, desks and chairs to have them stay in school. Therefore we are hoping for future provision regarding these children. Your support of the ongoing dormitory project in Wachara school is enabling us to accommodate the growth there.
Farming Critical Need - In prior years we did a lot of farming that gave us over 100 bags of maize and other grains and ensured the students were well fed. The process of food production from farming is key for us becoming self-sufficient. This year we were not able to do farming due to lack of enough funds for seeds, planting and harvesting, but it is our prayer that next year we will get money to do farming early enough for 2 planting seasons.
Your support and donations have enabled poultry farming to do well. Students are able to eat eggs once a week although our prayer is to produce more for them to eat more eggs. You supported us in purchasing an incubator for hatching of the chickens which is important since we no longer have to purchase chickens but it is working so well that more food is needed and we don’t have enough money to buy feed for the increasing number of chickens. The cows are getting enough feed which makes them healthy and increases their milk production.
Teachers - Benard’s vision school is blessed to have an incredible, understanding and hardworking staff who have been the force behind the marvelous results we receive academically. Sometimes I'm unable to pay them their full salary. In the last 3 months this happened but their perseverance and commitment to the learners has been of great impact and as the director this has motivated me to try harder to retain them. My prayer is that next year I can build some housing on campus for the teachers to stay in. This aids so much with their safety and taking good care of our students since the teachers are in the compound for 24 hours. Giving some of them houses will allow us to reduce their salaries and help with the salary deficit issues.
Kenya Government Requirements
Our guidance and counselling department has been doing a tremendous job in ensuring both the students and staff are spiritually and emotionally cared for. The government of Kenya has dictated that every school has to employ a professional nurse who works very closely with the school counselor and the requirement to have enough sanitary pads for the girls. Our prayer is that as a school we meet the government’s demand for hiring a qualified nurse and providing enough drugs and sanitary pads for the girls every term.
The government also issued a policy that every standard school must have a technical college for their candidates who have completed their senior school and are not able to get direct admissions to universities due to lower grades or lack of school fee. We have a vision for our children to learn courses like engineering, mechanics, electrical, food production among others. The government is doing this in order to reduce unemployment and for the students to be able to do practical work, get hands-on training and specialized knowledge that is not normally taught. My prayer therefore, is to help Benard’s vision 12th grade graduates join the training institute especially for the orphans who have as well passed their national exams but cannot join the university.
In addition to this, it has come to my attention that there are so many little children in the community who are so vulnerable and some of their parents have died. We would like the school to take care of them by having a daycare within the school compound. This is my prayer to assist the little ones who are helpless and have no homes or proper care at a tender age of below 2 years.
Every year we have been able to provide Christmas food for the orphan families. The food items have been so helpful to them since most of them have no food to eat. We pray for funds to purchase food for distribution.Today as we reflect on what we have achieved together, we celebrate the spirit of partnership and commitment of you believing in our vision and investing in the potential of every child that we serve.
God Bless You,
Pastor Benard and Pamela Ondiek
