Year in Review

It has been another great year for the Suba Lakers on and off the field!

Here are the 2013 highlights:

Off the Field Success

- Working with 20 students in primary school and 40 students in secondary school impacting them physically, socially, academically and spiritually.

- On last year’s Primary School National Exams, 9 of our 12 Eighth Grade girls passed (75%).  In Mbita District less than 50% of girls pass their exams. 

- 28 of the 29 girls in the club who have sat National Exams in 8^th Grade over the past three years are continuing their education in high school.

 
- In November, 5 more of our girls took their National Eighth Grade Exams and are waiting for their results.

- Four 8^th Grade Girls attended a week-long Teen Empowerment and Life Skills Camp.

- Sponsoring 18 girls in secondary school.

- Sponsored 6 girls to attend an Academic Clinic to help them improve in school.

- Alicent Awuor had successful ACL surgery in December and is now recovering and rehabbing.   

 

 

On the Field Success

- Coca Cola Under 14 Regional Champions; Provincial Runners-up

- Homa Bay BUOP Tournament Champions

- Suba Council of Elders Tournament Champions

- KYOC Human Rights Tournament Champions

- CRADLE Tournament Champions

- 2^nd Place for Society Empowerment Project (SEP) Tournament

- 4 Primary School players selected for Nationals- Lavenda (3^rd time), Teresa and Winnie (2^nd time), and Lillian (1^st time).

- 10 Secondary School players competed in the Regional Championships, 4 finished in the top four, and 3 were champions.

- 3 players (Raisha, Leah and Alicent) led their team (Jera) to Secondary School Nationals where they finished 3^rd in the country.

 

 

Even though these highlights are impressive, our main goal is to give each of these girls,

"Hope for a Better Future!"