Action Child Programme

Sacha and I did a complete review, child by child or person by person, of every sponsored child / person in EAB's Action Child Programme this morning. I say person and not only child because everyone get's older and we have sponsored people who are no longer kids! 

This year is a year of transition to a tighter sharper version of EAB's Action Child programme. We have learnt over the years and are still learning - so seek to improve the programme and increase its efficiency for the kids and for the sponsors who maintain the programme running. Let me explain how things are now run.

EAB Action Child Schools will focus on primary education with intake at nursery and year 1 levels with children studying with EAB's school programme through to the end of year 5. Everything else stays as it was - education with God's love on a full tummy! 

The defined goals of the programme are:

•             Pupils learn thoroughly to read, write and handle basic maths.

•             Pupils receive special help with homework and areas of need so that they pass each year's final exams in their regular school.

•             Pupils receive Christian education to lead them to possibly making a commitment to Christ.

Thus in the coming months EAB will be encouraging sponsors to switch to new younger children in accordance with the new programme guidelines above, if their current sponsored children are outside the primary school age bracket. This switch will be done slowly over the next year or so, unless sponsors particularly want to stay linked to their current child, because we know friendship links do become strong with some. In this case the sponsors support will go into the schools pool fund.

The point of all this is that EAB realizes it can't do everything and feels it can more efficiently give poor kids a good start in life by concentrating its efforts up to year 5. Please pray with us in this extended period of transition and stay with us in the EAB Action Child programme for the glory of God.