Rift Valley Academy
Rift Valley Academy (RVA) is a Christian boarding school located in Kijabe, Kenya run by the African Inland Mission. It was founded in 1906 by Charles Hurlburt. It was ranked 2nd out of the top 100 best high schools in Africa by Africa Almanac in 2003, based upon quality of education, student engagement, strength and activities of alumni, school profile, internet and news visibility. Notable alumni * Erik Hersman * Jason Fader See also *List of boarding schools This list includes notable boarding schools (where some or all pupils study and live during the school year). Africa Cameroon * Our Lady of Lourdes College, Mankon * Saker Baptist College, Limbe Ghana *Aburi Girls' Senior High School *Ac ... References 2. https://rva.org/ * * Honer, Mary Andersen (2003). ''Missy Fundi Kenya Girl.'' Lincoln, NE: iUniverse. External links Official website of Rift Valley Academy {{Authority control Boarding schools in Kenya Private schools in Kenya International ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kijabe
Kijabe is a town in Kenya. Etymology The name Kijabe likely derives from the Maasai 'Donyo Kejabe' meaning 'Gold mountain'.as many would think,kijabe was never discovered by white people Description It stands on the edge of the Great Rift Valley at an altitude of 2200m, some 50 kilometres north-west of Nairobi. Kijabe is located in the sub-county of Lari, Kiambu County. Kijabe has a population 2,026 in 2019. Kijabe has a railway station along the Uganda Railway. The town is located between Limuru and Naivasha. There are actually two places called Kijabe. Kijabe Town is located approximately 2 km north-west of Kijabe Mission Station. Kijabe Town is the closest settlement to the Railway Station of the same name and is a community of small land holders. Kijabe mission station is the home of Kijabe Hospital, AIC-CURE International Children's Hospital of Kenya, Moffatt Bible College, Kijabe Youth Charity initiative, a group that helps the less privileged in the society, an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kenya
) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , official_languages = Constitution (2009) Art. 7 ational, official and other languages"(1) The national language of the Republic is Swahili. (2) The official languages of the Republic are Swahili and English. (3) The State shall–-–- (a) promote and protect the diversity of language of the people of Kenya; and (b) promote the development and use of indigenous languages, Kenyan Sign language, Braille and other communication formats and technologies accessible to persons with disabilities." , languages_type = National language , languages = Swahili , ethnic_groups = , ethnic_groups_year = 2019 census , religion = , religion_year = 2019 census , demonym = ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Emblem
An emblem is an abstract or representational pictorial image that represents a concept, like a moral truth, or an allegory, or a person, like a king or saint. Emblems vs. symbols Although the words ''emblem'' and ''symbol'' are often used interchangeably, an emblem is a pattern that is used to represent an idea or an individual. An emblem develops in concrete, visual terms some abstraction: a deity, a tribe or nation, or a virtue or vice. An emblem may be worn or otherwise used as an identifying badge or patch. For example, in America, police officers' badges refer to their personal metal emblem whereas their woven emblems on uniforms identify members of a particular unit. A real or metal cockle shell, the emblem of St. James the Apostle, sewn onto the hat or clothes, identified a medieval pilgrim to his shrine at Santiago de Compostela. In the Middle Ages, many saints were given emblems, which served to identify them in paintings and other images: St. Catheri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Boarding School
A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. As they have existed for many centuries, and now extend across many countries, their functioning, codes of conduct and ethos vary greatly. Children in boarding schools study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers or administrators. Some boarding schools also have day students who attend the institution by day and return off-campus to their families in the evenings. Boarding school pupils are typically referred to as "boarders". Children may be sent for one year to twelve years or more in boarding school, until the age of eighteen. There are several types of boarders depending on the intervals at which they visit their family. Full-term boarders visit their homes at the end of an academic year, semester boarders visit their homes at the end of an acade ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Erik Hersman
Erik Hersman (born 1975) is a technologist, blogger and commentator who specialises in the impact and application of technology throughout Africa. Raised in Sudan and Kenya, he is a graduate of Kenya's Rift Valley Academy and Florida State University, he runs the websites ''WhiteAfrican'' and ''AfriGadget,'' the latter being a multi-author website dedicated to showcasing African ingenuity. ''AfriGadget'' was named one of '' Time's'' "Top 50 Sites of 2008". He is co-founder of ''Ushahidi'' ("testimony" in Swahili), a crowdsourcing website created to map incidents of violence during the 2007–08 Kenyan crisis. ''Ushahidi'' has since been used for reporting violence in Madagascar and election monitoring in Afghanistan. In December 2009, the Omidyar Network announced an investment of $1.4 million to support the continued growth of the platform. In 2008 Hersman was named a Pop!Tech Social Innovation Fellow. In the summer of 2009 he was awarded a TED Fellow Fellowship, and the foll ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jason Fader
Jason Fader is an American medical missionary who serves in the nation of Burundi. In 2016, Fader was the inaugural winner of the L’Chaim Prize for Outstanding Christian Medical Missionary Service. Fader has worked in Kenya. He currently serves as the assistant medical director for Kibuye Hope Hospital. With the 2016 L'Chaim Prize, Fader intends to build a new ward in the hospital, expand its current laboratories, and buy orthopedic equipment. Early life and education Jason Fader first discovered the missionary field when he was a child when his parents were both medical missionaries. Fader graduated from The Rift Valley Academy in 1995, a school in Kenya for both local children and children whose parents are medical missionaries. The Rift Valley Academy was founded in 1906 and accommodates 10 children at a time. In 1999 he graduated from Calvin College where his wife, Heather also attended. Fader got his MD from Loyola Stritch School of Medicine in 2003 and did his general ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Boarding Schools
This list includes notable boarding schools (where some or all pupils study and live during the school year). Africa Cameroon * Our Lady of Lourdes College, Mankon * Saker Baptist College, Limbe Ghana *Aburi Girls' Senior High School *Accra Academy * Accra Girls Senior High School *Achimota School * Adisadel College * Aggrey Memorial A.M.E. Zion Senior High School *Anglican Senior High School, Kumasi * Archbishop Potter Girls' School *Ghana National College * Holy Child School *Koforidua Senior High Technical School * Kumasi Academy *Kumasi High School *Mfantsiman Girls' Secondary School *Mfantsipim School *Ofori Panin Senior High School *Opoku Ware School * Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary * Prempeh College * Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School * St. Augustine's College * St. Monica's School * St. Louis Secondary School * St. Roses Girls Secondary School * Wesley Girls' High School Kenya *Brookhouse International School * Nairobi Academy *Rift Valley Ac ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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William Carey Library
William Carey Publishing, previously known as William Carey Library, is a book publishing company based in Pasadena Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial district. Its ..., California. It was one of the first companies to publish mission resources exclusively. William Carey Library is part of the U.S. Center for World Mission and was named after William Carey, known as the "father of modern missions." Upon celebrating the organization's 50th anniversary, 1969–2019, William Carey Library rebranded to William Carey Publishing. While the organization is still focused on publishing missiological resources, it is expanding the breadth of its offerings to accommodate the needs of the next 50 years in missions. William Carey Publishing also relocated in 2018 to its new home in Littleton, Co ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Boarding Schools In Kenya
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Boarding may refer to: *Boarding, used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals as in a: ** Boarding house ** Boarding school *Boarding (horses) (also known as a livery yard, livery stable, or boarding stable), is a stable where horse owners pay a weekly or monthly fee to keep their horse *Boarding (ice hockey), a penalty called when an offending player violently pushes or checks an opposing player into the boards of the hockey rink *Boarding (transport), transferring people onto a vehicle *Naval boarding, the forcible insertion of personnel onto a naval vessel *Waterboarding, a form of torture See also *Board (other) *Embarkment (other) Embarkation Embarkment (sometimes embarcation or embarkation) is the process of loading a passenger ship or an airplane with passengers or military personnel, related to and overlapping with individual boarding Boarding may refer to: *Boarding ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Private Schools In Kenya
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International Schools In Kenya
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