Join us in helping widows, orphans, and distressed persons.
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Helping widows, orphans, and distressed persons
Our mission is to help widows, orphans and other distressed persons.
We do this by providing educatonal opportunities and other support.
Books for Kenya
Donate new and gently used books for our Pater Library in Kenya.
Donate funds to ship books and setup the Library.
Skills Training
Help empower the communities where we operate by donating funds for targeted skills training. You can also share any of your own skills by providing training for adults in the communities we serve.
Donations
There are many ways you can help support our work.
You can donate new or used books, make a financial contribution, or volunteer your time.
Every little bit helps and we are grateful for your support!
Tuition Assistance
We assist young students by providing primary and high school tuition assistance.
We do this to empower the students and their family long term.
100+
Readers
28
Full Tuition
12
Teachers Trained
8
Graduations
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Library – Dock Testimonial 2024
A young volunteer from our 2023 Kenya trip shares his testimonial on the experience and invites his school Dock Mennonite Academy to join him in collecting books.
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Skills Training – Learning Interventions 2023
Thank you to the Spring-Ford Education Association and Upper Providence Elementary for collecting books in support of our library. We are also grateful to have your school psychologist run an early childhood interventions training session for elementary education teachers in Kakamega County, Kenya.
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Learning Interventions – Train the Trainer 2023
The Pater Foundation, partnered with Tomliza Education Center in Navakholo, Kenya to offer a training seminar on early childhood interventions for kids with learning difficulties in June 2023. 14 teachers and staff from the center attended the daylong training and shared views on methods to enable learners with reading difficulties.