GCE has been inactive the last five years for a couple of reasons. The first is that Gosen CS stopped offering Grade 10 in 2020, which made tracking Gosen students logistically impossible as they scattered to random schools for their final year of junior secondary before taking their JSC exams to determine whether or not they'd matriculate to senior secondary. The second is the same reason everything else shut down in 2020: COVID.
When Namibian schools and the rest of the world opened back up a couple years later, GCE remained in stasis as we debated how best to evolve our mission now that there were no specific students to award high school scholarships. We even contemplated shutting down. Eventually, we decided to shift to a more generalized mission in order to provide a wide range of support to Gosen CS and its students, whether that be providing educational resources or supporting ancillary programming.
We recently had an opportunity to test drive our new mission statement when Gosen CS held a fundraiser in order to purchase a smart TV and begin construction on new classrooms. GCE has been sitting on unused funds for awhile now so we decided to donate most of them to this initiative.
When Namibian schools and the rest of the world opened back up a couple years later, GCE remained in stasis as we debated how best to evolve our mission now that there were no specific students to award high school scholarships. We even contemplated shutting down. Eventually, we decided to shift to a more generalized mission in order to provide a wide range of support to Gosen CS and its students, whether that be providing educational resources or supporting ancillary programming.
We recently had an opportunity to test drive our new mission statement when Gosen CS held a fundraiser in order to purchase a smart TV and begin construction on new classrooms. GCE has been sitting on unused funds for awhile now so we decided to donate most of them to this initiative.
It feels good to be back!
As always, thanks to everyone who has supported our initiative over the years and have entrusted us to pass your generosity along to Gosen students. Komesho!
As always, thanks to everyone who has supported our initiative over the years and have entrusted us to pass your generosity along to Gosen students. Komesho!