{"id":639,"date":"2014-05-03T20:07:09","date_gmt":"2014-05-03T20:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenyanoutreach.org\/?page_id=639"},"modified":"2023-01-16T12:13:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T17:13:51","slug":"our-standards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kenyanoutreach.org\/?page_id=639","title":{"rendered":"Our Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyanoutreach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Our-Standards-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1098 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyanoutreach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Our-Standards-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kenyanoutreach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Our-Standards-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kenyanoutreach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Our-Standards-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kenyanoutreach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Our-Standards-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kenyanoutreach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Our-Standards-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our standards for supporting students:<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All scholarship recipients must maintain an acceptable level of academic&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">excellence in order to retain their scholarships. Our philosophy and standards&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">were influenced by the principals described in the book \u201cWhen Helping Hurts\u201d by&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Steve Corbett and Brain Fikkert.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Students who do not meet academic standards in one semester are placed on&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">academic probation. Students who do not meet academic standards for two&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">semesters in a row lose their scholarships.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">KOI makes tutoring services available to students who are struggling&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">academically, but have demonstrated a desire to improve their grades and wish&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">to retain their scholarships.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We believe that with your help we can make a difference and break the cycle of&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">poverty in the Meru Kenya area. But, we also are mindful that we not replace a&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">cycle of poverty with a cycle of dependence.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/kenyanoutreach.org\/?page_id=941\">Donate to Kenyan Outreach, Inc.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-639","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyanoutreach.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyanoutreach.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyanoutreach.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyanoutreach.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyanoutreach.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=639"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/kenyanoutreach.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1100,"href":"https:\/\/kenyanoutreach.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/639\/revisions\/1100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyanoutreach.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}