Beverly School of Kenya

We intend to redefine education and provide the framework that will enable our students to sift through the wide range of moral, ethical, and social issues that they will certainly face. Our students must be empowered to see that they have the ability to shape their futures. Engrained in our Integrated, Multicultural and Critical Pedagogy we shall mold character, cultivate a more intimate connection with our students and the earth, and a foster a reverential concern for nature and a compassionate concern for the poor within our communities.

Within the Beverly School Principles and Philosophies we intend to train our students to be self-initiating leaders for sustainability with four transformative intangible powers:

*  The power of perspective – To see the universe as alive and to consciously see themselves as part of the human journey of discovery

*  The power of communication – To engage in a new level of dialogue as the human family about a common future

*  The power of choice – To voluntarily choose a sustainable and meaningful way of life

* The power of love – To bring reconciliation and transformation into relationships of all kinds

We are rural-based because most of our rural poor and disadvantaged children and families have been overlooked in development.

The school campus sits on a 40-acre piece of land, where we shall practice organic farming to sustain the school community both as a source of food and a source of revenue.

In line with Beverly School of Kenya’s educational philosophy, our students will have access to practical education through farm activities to learn about agriculture, which is Kenya’s mainstay in economic development.

• Green houses will help us to carry out year-round farming rather than depend on rain-fed farming to produce for both internal and external markets for financial sustainability. 
• Fattened sheep will be sold for meat and for the local wool industry. 
• Pigs will be sold to Farmer’s Choice, which produce sausages, bacon, frankfurters and hot dogs, chicken broilers and eggs.
• Horticultural products will be sold to the out growers companies within Naivasha.
• Sell our bore hole water after certification from Kenya Bureau of Standards as a bottled commodity for local supermarkets and hotels around Naivasha, Nairobi and Nakuru    
• Incorporate value addition with our farm produce for better and higher returns (package mushrooms and vegetables in pellets, solar dry our fruits and vegetables for preservation and increase shelf life, turn some fruits into healthy dried snacks, make fruit juices)

Sustainable design decreases Beverly School of Kenya’s reliance on outside aid by increasing the school’s self-sufficiency.  By using renewable energy and recycling waste, we shall reduce food and energy-related costs – which are huge financial burdens to the management and operations of schools – by half. 

• Solar energy to maximize on renewable energy and reduce dependence on electricity.
  Gutters on all buildings to harvest rain water.
• Dam to harvest storm water and an underground water tank to reserve rain water. 
• Overhead water tank with a capacity of 20,000 liters is to storm pumped borehole water to reduce daily use of energy to pump water.
• Recycled waste water – after channeled to the oxidation pond, where it is acted upon by bacteria – used on the farm for irrigation.
• Manure will be used not only for farming but to produce biogas to be used for cooking. Chicken droppings will be used in fish farming as fish supplement and food.

 Access to Specialized Pediatric HIV/AIDS Care

Pediatric HIV/AIDS care in Kenya is not a common phenomenon. Our students who will need such services shall be assisted to access treatment, as well as child psychological and psychiatric counseling.  Many children who are HIV infected are not in school; we hope to make this a possibility for all.