Lee Brenneisen Foundation Inc A Tennessee Not-For-Profit Corporati

THE PURPOSE OF THE FOUNDATION IS TO ASSIST KENYAN CHILDREN AND THEIR COMMUNITIES WITH WATER AND LIFE SKILLS THROUGH 8 LEARNING MODULES.

CLEAN WATER IS THE MOST PRECIOUS NATURAL RESOURCE IN EAST AFRICA. ACCELERATING CLIMATE CHANGE MAKES AVAILABILITY AND ACCESS DIFFICULT. CLEAN WATER & HEALTH UNDERPINS OUR REMAINING 7 LEARNING MODULES AS WE ASSIST SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES, LEARNING LIFE SKILLS AND DEVELOPING SOCIAL ENTERPRISE. MOST OF OUR SERVICE AREA CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE DROUGHT. IN 2021-2022 MORE THE 50% PERCENT OF LOCAL LIVESTOCK DIED OF THIRST AND STARVATION. IN 2022 RAINFALL WAS SPARSE. RIVERS AND AQUIFERS HAVE DRIED UP. IN RESPONSE, INNOV8AFRICA, CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY OUR FOCUS ON WATER CATCHMENT AND STORAGE AS VOLCANIC SOILS CONTAIN UNHEALTHY LEVELS OF FLUORIDE AND SODA. WE DIG WATER RESERVOIRS. WE CREATE ROOFTOP CATCHMENT AND WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEMS IN THE 22 SCHOOLS WE SUPPORT. WE ADDED ADDITIONAL 10,000 LITER WATER TANKS FOR OUR SCHOOLS. OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOCUS ON HEALTH, WATER BORNE DISEASES AND PREVENTION FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. 2022 CLEAN WATER AND HEATH COSTS WERE $70,378. WE CONTINUED OUR REFORESTATION PROGRAMS WITH SCHOOLS GROWING ABOUT 44,000 TREES FROM SEEDS ($16,422). OLE NTUTU ARID ZONE PRIMARY STUDENTS PLANTED 1800 SEEDLINGS. EACH STUDENT CARES FOR 5 TREES. ROKONKA HAS SOLD 4000 TREES AND HAS USED PROCEEDS TO SUPPORT SCHOOL NEEDS. FURTHER $5,161 WAS SPENT ON IMPROVING POULTRY PRODUCTION AND ENSURING OPERATIONS AT SCHOOLS WERE ATTENDED TO IN THE ABSENCE OF STUDENTS WITH EGGS AND BROILERS BEING DISTRIBUTED TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES MOST IN NEED.

FAMINE AND FOOD SHORTAGES HAVE RAVAGED MUCH OF KENYA. NAROK COUNTY, WHERE MOST OF OUR SCHOOL ARE LOCATED, IS QUITE ARID. MANY OF OUR 12,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN DO NOT GET ADEQUATE NUTRITION AT HOME. WE ASSIST OUR SCHOOLS IN GROWING THEIR OWN FOOD - PROVIDING A NUTRITIOUS LUNCH FOR EVERY STUDENT. FOOD SECURITY HAS BECOME OUR MOST IMPORTANT LEARNING MODULE. OUR "SCHOOL FARM TO SCHOOL TABLE" PROGRAMS CONSTITUTE MOST OF OUR EFFORTS. WE HAVE ASSISTED OUR SCHOOLS IN PLANTING ACRES OF MAIZE, HIGH PROTEIN AND MINERAL CONTENT LEGUMES, TOGETHER WITH GREEN VEGETABLES AND FRUITS. WE HAVE ASSISTED IN BUILDING SCHOOL KITCHENS AND HAVE PROVIDED KITCHEN EQUIPMENT AND TABLEWARE FOR THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN. WE SPONSOR "COMMUNITY GARDEN DAYS AND SEMINARS. SCHOOL TEACHERS ATTEND OUR AGRICULTURE SEMINARS. WE CAN PROVIDE A NUTRITIOUS LUNCH EVERY DAY FOR LESS THAN ONE-TENTH 1/10TH THE COST OF MAKING LUNCH AT HOME. MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GROWING FOOD AT HOME FOR THEIR FAMILIES. TOTAL FOOD SECURITY EXPENDITURES: $81,956. OUR HONEY COOPERATIVE AT NTUKA PRIMARY IS PROVIDING INCOME TO WOMEN AND WE HAVE INVESTED IN ADDITIONAL HIVES, APIARY SUPPLIES TRAINING, HONEY HARVESTING, ETC: ($8097). WE DEDICATED $15,097 TO LIVESTOCK BANKING, ASSISTING WITH HERD DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, ETC. WE HAVE BEGUN DAIRY OPERATIONS AT SCHOOLS INCLUDING AT OLE NTUTU ARID ZONE, CREATING ZERO GRAZING AND MILKING OPERATIONS.

IN 2022 INNOV8 HAS CONTINUED ITS FOCUS ON ENHANCED COMPUTER LEARNING WITH COMPUTER REMEDIAL SESSIONS ON WEEKEND DAYS. WE HAVE REPAIRED AND REPLACED COMPUTERS AND FOCUSED ON STEM SKILL AND INTRODUCTORY CODING: ($12,927). AS FEW OF OUT STUDENTS HAVE ELECTRICITY AT HOME, WE HAVE PROVIDED 1500 SOLAR STUDY LAMPS TO ASSIST WITH HOMEWORK: ($11,730). ALSO IN 2022, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE MARLENE AND SPENCE HAYS FOUNDATION WE INITIATED AN ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM AT JS OLE NAEKU PRIMARY AND OLOKIRIKIRAI PRIMARY CONSTRUCTING/RETROFITTING ART CLASSROOMS AND PURCHASING ART SUPPLIES FOR A COST OF $12,370. THE HAYS ARTS PROGRAM HAS PROVES TO BE REMARKABLY SUCCESSFUL.