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From Brookswood to Kenya

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Langley Times

May 14, 2008

Ruth STEWART/Special to The Times

Big Mac & Large Fries

From 10 -11 am every day the children get an Uji (porridge) break. This is recess time for the 76 children in the Emukaba class.

Helping less fortunate through literacy

Parksville/Qualicum News, June 9, 2000
Many children in Kenya never go to school because of poverty. These kids are in basic literacy classes sponsored by ACCES.

In May, George and Beth Scott were in Kenya, where they visited basic literacy classes in the Kakamega area.

Gift of education will keep on giving

by Alex Browne, Staff Reporter
The Peace Arch News, October 6, 1999

ACCES-ing education

ACCES-ing education
Local couple works to help
educate Kenyan students

by Tracy Holmes
Peace Arch News, September 16, 1998

Accessing the hope of a brighter future takes time, education and money. For the past five years, Beth and George Scott have worked to help less fortunate students in Kenya find that hope through education scholarships. Operating the African Canadian Continuing Education Society (ACCES), the Scotts have to date mustered up enough local support to see almost 200 Kenyan students enroll in various post-secondary programs. Sixty-six of those have graduated.