Keekorak, Masai Mara, Kenya
Reeta Roy has returned from Uganda and Kenya where she was conducting site visits with our Partners, BRAC and Equity Group Foundation in January/February 2010. His name is Lepapa Ole Koonlushu – a tall, handsome and gentle Masai moran (or …
Kiambu District, Kenya
Imagine a vision to enable as many bright but vulnerable girls as possible to receive a quality secondary education. That’s what happens at Starehe Girls Centre, located on a tranquil plot of land northwest of Nairobi. Every single one of …
Kiambu District, Kenya
This afternoon, I was inspired and awed by a group of articulate and confident young graduates of Starehe Girls Centre. They will enter university in 21 months time – a gap period resulting from backlog of applicants for university places …
Matuu, Eastern Province, Kenya
Two hours west of Nairobi is the dusty market town of Matuu. Peggy and I accompanied Stella Njoroge, the dynamic program director of Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) Kenya, to meet 20 young people in this community. They are learning how to …
Migori District, Kenya
Today, in the tiny town of Migori in western Kenya, I witnessed change afoot. Fourteen-year-old David and 17-year-old Katherine were selected to be among the inaugural class of recipients of the largest privately funded scholarship program in Kenya. The program is …
