Annual R
'12021- March 2022
This has proved yet another testing year fw MPS ¥Aryth theCovid-19 pandemK stitt great effect
e5pecialty in Kenya and locally ar￿fid thè sthL*￿.
One of our trullees was due to visit in fate March 2021 but due to the tra￿1 restrKfions in ￿e at the tirr
this Msit had to be put 01) hdd & will te rescheduled in due c¢)urse.
Followingthe disruptiork of the previous year there was a re5tructurw)8 ofthe schDoI year which meant 5(¥ne
classes were held b*k & repeated the previous tenns learnin8 the aim of starting a new schod ￿ar in
2021. grade I to 8. 1(w that schod sear 8roup the KCPE exams wtll take place in March 2022. Following
this a new academic Year V•ryll start in Awil 2022 when we wll be workin8 towards the Kenyan Government aim
of runnin8 6 primary classes and 3 new CUfrO¢ulum at t*ginning of January 2023. S(*ne of the pre-primary
dld not retum to sclK)ol cifter the reswnption thèrefore we had IS children in this category. all of whom had to
have a Unlque Personal Informatson IUPII issued on prOd￿tIOn of their l)Frth certrficate and entered In the
National Education MènagÈrnent Infcymation System INEMISI. With the stsffing situation at the school MPS
can ac¢¢thm￿aate up 20 ¢hlktren in the PP d•ts. the Sd￿01 year MPS had awKoyknatety 280
children bn attendance.
At the end of Mar¢h 2022 MPS Is emplffjrfng 11 tea¢htr4stsff. Indudlnl head teacher, 2 caretakin8 Staff
and 2 cooks lon ￿mPorary baslsl.
In Marth the Standard 8 exams took place In the state schcnl of Malac￿1 (due iothe smaller clas$ size at MPS).
fvIPS cooks wepared food for the chiktren who ate il in the tKeak between mcrniwd & afternoon exam* The
new Kademic school veèr wll start on 2514122 when the sthool tMII.. have 7 months to teach a full year5
curriculum x) that by Jai)uary 2023 MPS will be rea(ty to LFThJertake the new ojrriculam as8uided by the Kenya
Educatlon Department r£,dwlr* down to 6 grade classe5 plu5 the PPI cl•s* New Krade 6 text books were
purchased and delivered in readiness for the new year.
There are various repairs ￿qUIred to the Str￿t￿le of the sthool t￿se Indude rebulklir8 of the water tank
structure,. repairs to concrete kYJ5ts on the perlnkn wall: the cooking area requires some shelter for the
cooks to get somè r•spile fr(Nn the heat: the toilet areas forthe boys an(1 Wrt5 hai&P (r￿ed or mlssln8 sinks &
urinals that must bè repaired: general paifttir¥ and 5wucing up requtrèd.. Child￿￿5 chairs with mi$5in8 or
cracked backs that need repalr. All matters were discussed at a loom mèefing In Fets￿￿ry and an aclion
plan agreed upon.
The weather in Xenya aftsund Januarythrry¥h to March was bad and a lo￿ drought was experienced. thls In
turn lJthJ8ht grèat hunger to many families. MPS continues the fe￿thn8 prceramme which gNes some
relief to tht children attendi
As mentioned In our list annu* repLrt a 5chod in Chth IEuxton Prlmary Sthool) made contxt
wish to'partnerf MPS. this wasfurthered 8reaty by 2 of our IrL￿ee5 ViSilir* Eurton and 8ivTrn8 presentatrons
to all clas*5 Iseparatelyl givi￿ the histcry & bxk8round to the schooL This was really well received and tht 2
schools have been working doser ttsgether, with variousfurn1rai5i￿ aclThTties done b¥ Euxton and also various
ex¢han8es of information by chlldren fr¢vn both xhool
Due to the lack of trustee ylsits a loom Meeti￿ was set up between the trurtees and the Head Teather and
his man3Ber, this took place in August and prmd a veryfruitful exhan8e of infomiation. The Covid situation
Was explored & it was revealed how thfficult it is in Kenya for petyle 10 8et Vaccinations. it also transpired how
many lincludin8 our teèchersl are fearful of taksng the ¥￿tinatiOn. We were able to eX￿Ore work5 that may
be required at the school buddin& and also discuss mary t4)i¢s ihat U5uallyBet ccprned wt*n any (rf our
trustees wisit.
It was agreed that zoom meetires were a very good vehicle to talkabwi orvdoir8& U￿omin& issue5 the
5cIth has to fa￿ and furthermeetingsofthis sort would fdlow.
Our Head Teacher (Joshua) had the honour of bein8 awarded a Paul Harris FellowAward by Rotary Oub of
Middleton. Due to the traNEI r￿trICtIonS the award was presented a zoom meeting and Joshua wa5
humbled and much honoured by Ihe award. The artual cerbficate and badge waseventually taken our in
person in De￿mberwhen 2 of our trustees were able to ¥isiL

Due to Vbrgin Monèy Gpiing announong ttr￿ w1tFKtraW￿ charlty platf￿nS arKI new platform wa5
registered wlth. MPS a￿ now utllisi￿ the ser¥Kes of Just Giving- Ihe swltch to thls SeTh￿e went relatively
smoothly.
As far as the balènce sheet Is corKern?d there was a reduthon in ir￿orne recei¥ed from donations MPSalso
Spent rnore in Kenya in an eff(rt to overcome the effert t￿ had the previous year. As a resultthe
charlty ended the year with approxlmaiely 17% less in ternis of tsngible assets. The charity has Continu￿ to
keep administration costs dovm ￿loW 1% so swiws are comforted by the fart that ofmoney received
Is spent solety on the School￿ng ènd upkeep of the buikling in Shan2u. Whilst we monitor closely the spend o
the xh(KA there is very fittle more we can ¢)n a￿1 the Trustees remain eternally erateful to the
supporters who continue to donate to ourcause.
The trustees fcrf MP5 would like a150 to express their thanksto all stsff and suppxt workers who continue
to work hard. In what has been a drfficult year, thelr efforts are m￿h appreciated and brlng hope for the
f￿Ure of all the chlldren that attend the school.
Report complled by K Trlnnarn￿. Trustee & Trwsurw ol Mlktyoshonl Prlmary S¢hr•S. IM10212022.

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