Students at Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired made a big splash in their "Swimming Strokes for Kenya Kids" Swim-A-Thon in late February 2009. Gathering pledges from school personnel and individuals, they raised over $2,000 for children in the Sub-Saharan African nation to purchase uniforms to attend school. Approximately 100 Kenyan children will benefit from the proceeds as a check was presented to IU-Kenya Partnership Program Outreach Coordinator Elsie Rotich at ISBVI on March 18th.

"I would like to forward our sincere thanks from the Orphans and Vulnerable Children's Department at AMPATH (Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare) in Eldoret, Kenya. As you probably know, we are currently working to serve over 10,000 orphans in Western Kenya and their needs are very great. Through your generosity, there is much more that we can do to help provide them with a happy and stable living environment with their extended families," said Rotich.

"The students at ISBVI get excited to do things for other people. Over the years, people have been very generous to us. Events like this give us a chance to show that we can certainly help other people in need as well," said teacher and event coordinator Dave Schnieders. More ISBVI events and school information can be found at intra.isbrockets.org