Stories & News
October 2019 Updates
Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (NEGST) professors gathered on Oct 16, 2019 for prayer and encouragement. Together with their spouses, they shared their hopes for Africa International University and the specific role they could play in making this great university even better. Even though NEGST is only one school of Africa International University, it is still the largest and in some ways, the most famous school of AIU. NEGST was founded in 1983 as a graduate school for African…
June 2018 Updates
Fiscal year 2018 is coming to an end on June 30. We have had a record year in contributions for scholarships, faculty support, the Chet Woods Endowed Chair, library funding and specific donations to complete the interior road project. We are thankful for such generous provision. While we have fulfilled almost all of our commitments to Africa International University – NEGST, we remain a little short on the funding for PhD scholarships. We will need $5,000 by year end to…
December 2017 Updates
Christmas Greetings from CLA. We have a number of praise reports and one request that we want to communicate with you. On the praise front we have met all of our scholarship requirements for the Masters and undergraduate programs for the first semester. Also, our giving to “named students” is ahead of last year. Additionally, we have fulfilled our faculty requirements. We closed our” Road Project” fund at the end of November and have exceeded that goal by a wide…
August 2017 Updates
For years the interior road on the NEGST-AIU campus has been mostly dust or mud. This condition has led to a number of issues. CLA along with a major US foundation, are now offering a solution for this problem…the PAVING OF THE INTERIOR ROAD. This development will have significant economic impact to the school. Let me outline the proposal and the income sources. The university has a lovely guest house facility called Kijiji. The two guest units each have 10…
May 2017 Updates
Sometimes it is good process to go back, to repeat, and to communicate the fundamental principles of any organization. In that regard, CLA at its recent board meeting confirmed its commitment to transform societies by training its teachers. We further believe that Christian Higher Education is essential to meet the needs for effective leadership in Africa. For these reasons CLA has cultivated a fellowship of individuals, churches, and foundations to bring forward the resources to accomplish these objectives. CLA continues…
December 2016 Updates
It seems that everyone writes a Christmas cheer letter with the hopes of getting in one last chance for fund raising before the tax year comes to a close. And here I am writing one as well. How do I make this sound different than the others? How do we appeal to you to put us on your list of year end donations? A big part of me says I don’t want to do that. I don’t want you to…