Teremi Boys and Chwele Girls Dedications

More than 2,200 students celebrated the dedication of two new school dormitories, October 11, in Chwele, Kenya. <br /> <br />The dormitories, located in Mbungoma East District, are for the Teremi Boys and Chwele Girls Secondary schools. The boys’

By Courtesy CJTF-HOA , CJTF-HOA Public Affairs CHWELE, Kenya Nov 08, 2011

More than 2,200 students celebrated the dedication of two new school dormitories, October 11, in Chwele, Kenya.

The dormitories, located in Mbungoma East District, are for the Teremi Boys and Chwele Girls Secondary schools. The boys’ dormitory will house 1,400 students and the girls’ dormitory will house 840 students.

Representatives from the Kenyan District Commissioner’s Office, U.S. Embassy in Kenya and the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, as well as the Kenyan director of education, Teremi school staff and teachers, attended the event.

The additional housing will provide much needed relief to the school’s previously overcrowded infrastructures.

The dedication ceremony included speeches, traditional songs and dances performed by the students and a comedy skit by students from the Chwele Girls School.

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