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invited KICS to move into the school property in April 2007 as a partner in
Christian education with ROC and CCR. In order for KICS to be financially sustainable Food for the Hungry International moved their office to the ROC property and stayed until August 2008. FHI and ROC investments enabled KICS to be sustained through its early days as it transitioned to its new environment with a growing patronage. Teachers initially came as volunteers seconded to KICS from Food for the Hungry, World Relief, and Christ’s Church in Rwanda.
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American curriculum with a distinctly Christian philosophy. KICS was primarily established to meet the educational needs of the families of evangelical missionaries and Christian cross-cultural workers. The founders of KICS envisioned it to primarily be a support ministry for these families whose children would be more easily able to eventually transition back into American schools. While KICS still prioritizes the children of missionaries and expatriate Christians it serves a diverse student body.
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January 2006 these families began several clusters of home school cooperatives. In September 2006 these clusters joined at a four-bedroom home of Food for the Hungry International (FHI) in Kacyiru. The founding board members at KICS were serving with the following organizations: Christ’s Church in
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International Community School (KICS) began in November 2005 as expatriate Christian families came together to seek answers for their children’s educational needs. As these families prayed and planned a vision was formed around the key principles of an English medium school using
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Christian ethos and
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