DEKA's Core Values
Provide leadership to expand the capacity for high-quality teachers who might want to teach in the diaspora.
DEKA's Strategic Plan
Provide assistance and guidance to enable KDE members attain higher educational standards, strengthen, and sustain quality programs that will be availed online.
Members Testimonials
I have been an international school teacher for the last sixteen going on seventeen years.
I left Kenya to work in the diaspora in 2011 and I wish I had found and joined KDE earlier. I did so in 2017 and it has been a most incredible experience. In 2018, a Visa to a country I was to report to for work got denied.
I was new to KDE but everyone rallied around with advice and well wishes and in the end, I got the Visa! It has been an eye opener to what potential lies out here for a teacher, from this group.
I have learned to aspire for better and to do better. The group has also encouraged me to invest my hard earned money in potentially lucrative ventures with them.
I am yet to come up with a question or problem that members of KDE will not have a response, suggestion or support for. I feel like I have found family and friends in strangers that have made me feel home, from anywhere in the world.
I left Kenya to work in the diaspora in 2011 and I wish I had found and joined KDE earlier. I did so in 2017 and it has been a most incredible experience. In 2018, a Visa to a country I was to report to for work got denied.
I was new to KDE but everyone rallied around with advice and well wishes and in the end, I got the Visa! It has been an eye opener to what potential lies out here for a teacher, from this group.
I have learned to aspire for better and to do better. The group has also encouraged me to invest my hard earned money in potentially lucrative ventures with them.
I am yet to come up with a question or problem that members of KDE will not have a response, suggestion or support for. I feel like I have found family and friends in strangers that have made me feel home, from anywhere in the world.
Beth Atiavila Mudak
Muscat, Oman.
Connect. Educate. Liberate.
These three words sum up my experience with KDE. I've worked in international education for many years, but it wasn't until 2016 that I decided to leave Kenya. It's difficult to be away from home. It's even more difficult if this is the life you've known for a long time. My first year away was more miserable than I could have imagined. Do not misunderstand me. My job was everything that was promised, I felt at ease in strange places, and there were many people who made me feel welcome. The true connection, however, occurred in 2017, when I joined KDE. KDE is a medley of everything. I consider it a one-stop shop for most of what I want to hear or learn on a daily basis. I was a KDE pioneer, and I am grateful for the amount of information shared. People are always willing to assist with information, finances (sometimes), directing you in the right direction, job advertisements, resources, and, most importantly, keeping us updated on events back home. Having firsthand knowledge of what is going on in the world, as well as the occasional squabble, keeps life interesting. I believe I am extremely well-informed on both national and international issues. I've made friends and made investments, and I know that if I ever get into trouble, someone would come to my rescue
These three words sum up my experience with KDE. I've worked in international education for many years, but it wasn't until 2016 that I decided to leave Kenya. It's difficult to be away from home. It's even more difficult if this is the life you've known for a long time. My first year away was more miserable than I could have imagined. Do not misunderstand me. My job was everything that was promised, I felt at ease in strange places, and there were many people who made me feel welcome. The true connection, however, occurred in 2017, when I joined KDE. KDE is a medley of everything. I consider it a one-stop shop for most of what I want to hear or learn on a daily basis. I was a KDE pioneer, and I am grateful for the amount of information shared. People are always willing to assist with information, finances (sometimes), directing you in the right direction, job advertisements, resources, and, most importantly, keeping us updated on events back home. Having firsthand knowledge of what is going on in the world, as well as the occasional squabble, keeps life interesting. I believe I am extremely well-informed on both national and international issues. I've made friends and made investments, and I know that if I ever get into trouble, someone would come to my rescue
Pam Ogega
Muscat, Oman.
KDE has been helpful in assisting me to secure two job opportunities.
The economic and professional empowerment has been always forthcoming.
I teach English, Literature and Drama. I have taught in three different systems of education. I engage in mounting capacity building events for teachers in the form of workshops, seminars and conferences.
Collins Abuga Onchonga
Tanzania.
DEKA members supported me alot when my Dad passed away early this year and soon after my younger brother. Because of the support I was able to assist my family with the bills and travel home without having to bear the full cost all by myself. To me DEKA is like my family. Also when I need professional information I know somebody in DEKA is likely to have the solution that is trustworthy and reliable.
Joyce Mutie
Oman.
I was under TSC when I went abroad with only my B.Ed certificate. Through the KDE forum I learnt about IB, and enquired from a few members who eagerly helped in answering all my questions. The same teachers guided me through the process of good CV writing.
I attended IB online workshops organized by KDE which enabled me to get employment in an International school in Muscat in September 2021.
Thereafter, I completed my Language Acquisition Category 1 workshop early this year.
Jakki
Muscat, Oman.
There are many benefits that a teacher in the Diaspora enjoys when one becomes a DEKA member. The membership constitutes a group of learned, educated and well-travelled professionals.
Resources:
Through the different WhatsApp groups, members share various resources that are very beneficial for educators. The list includes publications, educational resources, magazines, newspapers, videos, and job vacancies, and the list is not exhaustive.
Bereavement:
When a teacher loses a loved one, all members join hands to condole with the bereaved family. When my beloved mum passed on, the moral support I received from the members was great. I received members' financial, emotional and spiritual support through text messages, phone calls and generous cash contributions. It dawned on me that I had a family to lean on during that difficult time of grief. Lastly, I benefitted from the last Respect compensation from the insurance company organised by DEKA Welfare. The chairman followed up with the company to ensure I was fully compensated. The money received was a significant boost to us as a family. DEKA is a place where all teachers in the Diaspora should strive to be members. You never know when you will need the members. I am forever grateful that I am a member of DEKA.
Resources:
Through the different WhatsApp groups, members share various resources that are very beneficial for educators. The list includes publications, educational resources, magazines, newspapers, videos, and job vacancies, and the list is not exhaustive.
Bereavement:
When a teacher loses a loved one, all members join hands to condole with the bereaved family. When my beloved mum passed on, the moral support I received from the members was great. I received members' financial, emotional and spiritual support through text messages, phone calls and generous cash contributions. It dawned on me that I had a family to lean on during that difficult time of grief. Lastly, I benefitted from the last Respect compensation from the insurance company organised by DEKA Welfare. The chairman followed up with the company to ensure I was fully compensated. The money received was a significant boost to us as a family. DEKA is a place where all teachers in the Diaspora should strive to be members. You never know when you will need the members. I am forever grateful that I am a member of DEKA.
Ruth Adede
Bangkok.
My name is Ombuni Kennedy Obalah, a teacher of Mathematics and Further Mathematics, currently teaching in Arusha, Tanzania.
I have been a member of KDE since 2018 and I can confirm I have learned a lot as a person and towards my professional development.
We have had several insets, subject based and pedagogy based, The MYP training done by David helped me to learn so much about the MYP, and IB in general, a curriculum I have not had a chance to teach. The subject insets done by our brothers Okemo, Waigwa and Ondere has taught me so many things including the use of IT in teaching and learning.
The collaboration has also helped me to gain resources and other useful information. As a person, The DEKA sub groups like the welfare and soko has helped me with ideas across investments and welfare issues.
To sum it up, KDE is a whole rounded group with so many things to learn and benefit from.
I have been a member of KDE since 2018 and I can confirm I have learned a lot as a person and towards my professional development.
We have had several insets, subject based and pedagogy based, The MYP training done by David helped me to learn so much about the MYP, and IB in general, a curriculum I have not had a chance to teach. The subject insets done by our brothers Okemo, Waigwa and Ondere has taught me so many things including the use of IT in teaching and learning.
The collaboration has also helped me to gain resources and other useful information. As a person, The DEKA sub groups like the welfare and soko has helped me with ideas across investments and welfare issues.
To sum it up, KDE is a whole rounded group with so many things to learn and benefit from.
Ombuni Kennedy Obalah
Tanzania.
Early Childhood Education and Primary self-directed, action-oriented professional educator with over 12 years of experience in classroom teaching, leadership roles and community service.
"They may forget what you said but they will not forget how you made them feel."
-- Carl Buechner
"They may forget what you said but they will not forget how you made them feel."
-- Carl Buechner
Dorcas Sarange Anyieni
Headmistress - Zanzibar Smartkidz Cambridge School
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