Walking Cornwall for TABS Over the summer holidays, Tabs Trustee Dean and his Son took on the epic challenge of walking the whole of the Cornish costal path, they walked over 300 miles carrying everything on their backs and camping each night. Dean and...

Monitoring Trip In February 2025, Tabs Chair, Ellen, Tabs trustee, Claire and Friend of TABS, Sian visited the school for a monitoring trip. They were joined by director of education, Thika west sub-county Maurice Sifuna to officially open the new junior...

New secondary school cohort join the school In January we were proud to have received our 2nd cohort of junior secondary school students, without the support of our friends of TABS, it is likely that these children would have no access to...

Building of the classrooms continues The building works have  started up again. This is the 2nd floor going up for our new Junior Secondary classrooms. We helped kick off this building project when we took a group of volunteers out back in June. A huge...

The Schools first Graduation ceremony On  Tuesday 28th October, the school conducted their 1st graduation ceremony, Pre-primary 2 and Grade 3 learners were graduating for transitioning to lower and upper primary respectively. The community has embraced the...

New water tank donated to the school Thank you Terre Des Hommes Netherlands (TDH) in partnership with Action for Children in Conflict (AFCIC) for donating 5000L water tank to our project school. This was donated through the initiative for clean water...

Exam candidates preparing for their primary national exams The exam candidates are preparing hard for their end of Primary school national exams that start the week on 28th Oct. The completion of the secondary school classrooms has been put on hold so as...

Mount Kenya Fundraising Climb This is the team from Ireland who climbed Mount Kenya in August, - Clare Sanders, Kathleen Barry, Paula Cannon, Mags Gallan, James Armstrong, Triona O'Malley and Ellen Sanders. Mount Kenya is the 2nd highest mountain in Africa...

'Friends of TABS' Sian, has been researching and helping learners Sian, an education specialist, and Friends of TABS has been researching and helping learners with learning difficulties during her June visit. Teachers got an opportunity to have a UK class...

School plaque honouring Founder of TABS Rachel Sanders Friends of TABS unveiled the plaque which was placed on the new classroom at the primary school in Kiandutu during their visit. ‘From small things, great things grow when you walk with Jesus’ An...

More outdoors physical education with new land The school are extremely grateful to local authorities and the community elders for allowing them to use this space for the learners. The former bridge land is now being used as a playground for the learners...

Returning student thanks all who helped her with her education Diana returned to the primary school where her education first started. She expressed her gratitude to the school, Tabs Kenya Trustee George and Tabs International for helping her with her...

New books for the students Learners were overjoyed to receive new grade 7 curriculum books, a big thank you to TABS for helping to arrange these books which are vital to our young people’s education.

New initiative gives hope of a new future to the youngest children Give hope to a child is a rescue mission we have started to reach more vulnerable children in the society. This is an initiative that has pleased the community, local authorities and other...

New year, new goals The new Springs and Tabs team have re started for the new academic year. Our ultimate goal this year is to use compassion and nurturing to allow every child to reach their potential.

A Bridlington man who has spent almost a decade sleeping rough on the streets and has overcome poverty and homelessness himself, will be flying thousands of miles to help impoverished people in Africa this coming June. Kev Oldfield, 60 is a member of the...

Junior Secondary Approved for project The project has been approved to have a junior secondary effective from January 2024. This was after ministry of education officials visited the school to do quality assessment on our preparation to host a junior...

Raising the standards What a great day to all learner's, teachers and parents in Kiandutu received new lockers and chairs. These will help grade 6 and class 8 candidates as they sit for their national examination next week within the project. As the school...

Repairs needed before the new school term underway We have received pictures from the school of the general repairs that need to be completed to the school buildings to ensure that they remain compliant with the Kenyan government. Repairs are taking place...

Children finish for the winter break Here are some pictures of the children preparing to finish for their winter break, school will resume in September where the children will return to newly renovated...

New van for the school from TABS Thanks to the generosity of TABS Kenya trustee George, the school have received a new van. The van will be used to transport teachers too and from the school and this will greatly help with staff retention as the walk on...

 Jaci Ashton recently completed her first ever triathlon for TABS Long term Friend of TABS Jaci Ashton recently completed her first ever triathlon at Blenhiem Palace and raised a fantastic £140 for the project in Kenya. Jaci, who visited the school back in...

Happy faces returning to school Here is a lovely picture of the children who returned to school after their April break.   Vegetable garden growing well The Children have been growing and harvesting vegetables and even got to take some...

Dreams of being a doctor form a top 3 student Franklyn is an orphan and was one of our top 3 students from last academic year – he wants to become a Doctor. We struggled to secure sponsorship for him and in February 2023 when we were there, Moses was doing...

Voluntary outreach programme Medical students from Thika medical training college who have chosen the TABS project as part of their voluntary outreach programme.   Weekly Health updates Together with Boresha Jamii initiative volunteers, they are offering...

Action for children help out TABS International with Games equipment This week the children received games equipment from Action for children, which will help in nurturing talents through co-curricular activities. Action for children supply teacher...

Scholarship for child who received the highest results in 2022 examinations A student who achieved the highest results in the Kenyan certificate for primary education examinations in 2022 has secured Family bank scholarship. This student comes from a...

Grade 6 and 8 candidates go for assessment We received this wonderful picture of grade 6 and 8 candidates before they started their national Examination/Assessment (KPSEA and KCPE) last week. The teaching team prepared a total of 66 children and all are...

New examination hall for the learners It's mainly an Examination hall measuring 35ft by 25ft, capable of accommodating 35-45 learners with spacing of 1.5 metres during national examination (at the end of the year).   Multiple use at ICT Centre It's also...

Students received new sports kit and sports equipment During the summer, Bedworth Men's walking football club generously donated some sports kit and sports equipment to the school, we are happy to report that the boxes arrived at the school and it has...

5 children in the Elimu scholarship program! 5 children from our project have successfully secured Elimu scholarship program, Courtesy of Government of Kenya and World Bank. They have today all joined good boarding secondary school, accompanied by Cabinet...

What a great photo of the school before the children break up We received this wonderful photo of the children just before they broke up for half term. 2022 being the shortest academic year requiring teaching and non-teaching staff to work extra...

The education reform in Kenya requires regular provision of new learning materials The school received new grade 6 curriculum books (crucial to completing the syllabus), newly published 2021 books which were un-purchased last year and new books for all...

This year the Grade Eights sat their Kenyan Certificate for Primary Education We are pleased to say that despite the challenges that these young people face, they managed to preform well. with a mean score of 241.63, which is an improvement from last year...

Piano Soirée fundraising On 18th March 2022, Trustee Richard Hare held yet another Piano soiree. The Soiree was live at Richard’sEmmanuel Church, Bridlington and broadcast live of Facebook. Richard played a number of traditional requests in exchange for...

Richard Hare and Jaden Hart help raise the funds Richard Hare and Jaden Hart held an online and in person Piano Soiree to raise funds for the school in Kiandutu. The evening featured a wonderful collection of songs requested in exchange for a donation to...

A picture of children's receiving new curriculum books with great happiness "Thank you TABS for making this happen. This will greatly help in easing transition of learner's to the next level and also improving academic performance. A total of 871 books...

Over 400 excited young people arrived, ready to start term 1 We are so thankful to all of our Friends of TABS both here and in Kenya. Your support makes all of this possible. We thank God that all of our TABS team are well and that a new year can begin for...

Fundraising with a piano soirée Trustee Richard Hare held yet another Piano soiree in March raising an amazing amount of money for Springs of Life school in Kiandutu, Kenya. Richard was joined by special guests Jaden Hart and the very talented Damares...

Sports closing for a short time We wish to inform you that the school closed for 7 weeks holiday on 17th March and will resume back on 11th May. Let us all remember the above candidates who will be starting their national examination on Monday 22nd March....

Sports equipment donated to the school Friends of TABS would like to say a huge thanks to Russ Watkin and everyone at Bedworth and District Walking Football Club for donating footballs pumps and cones to us before lockdown. The much needed equipment will...

Richards Piano Soirée fundraising Trustee Richard Hare held another piano soiree in aid of TABS International, the Christmas themed Facebook live concert included a range of Christmas songs requested by the audience in exchange for donations. Richard...

School is now open! We were so blessed to receive this video from the children in December. We are thankful that they are back at school and we were able to support them with the funding for a new water tank and additional toilet block. We are thankful to...

Re-opening school! For the Springs of life school to re-open as planned in January, Moses and the staff have been working hard to meet the requirements for the school to be Covid safe for the children’s return to classrooms. Funding for toilets It became...

Richards piano playing for TABS Richards piano soiree provided a lovely evening of musical requests in an exchange for donations to TABS International. Requests came in thick and fast when Richard offered to play anything you like! All for a suitable...

Continued learning through closure The school closed its doors to normal day to day running for most pupils however the staff have set up a forum that link pupils and teachers to ensure continued learning and eased consultation.   Teachers helping out the...

Grace Academy School gives generously At the start of the year, Grace Academy School in Coventry generously donated some computers to TABS International for the school in Kiandutu. We are excited to be working with Tools with a Mission who are pat testing...

AGM : Trustees plan Saturday was our TABS AGM where the trustees met to plan for the year ahead. It proved to be an immensely productive day with good food and great company.   Giving thanks We are thankful for Gods guidance as we work on the future plans...

Big turn out for the African Meal! The new resources centre will hold the new school library and new offices for the teaching staff. We are so grateful for all your help and support which has enabled this to become a reality. John McCallum : a TABS trustee...

Big turn out for the African Meal! We are truly blessed at the amount of people who attended the African meal on Saturday evening hosted by our TABS chair Rachel Sanders and TABS trustee Ellen Sanders. It was a full house with 60 people enjoying the...