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Kakenya’s Dream hosted an event last week to commemorate International Day of the African Child, observed annually on June 16 to reflect on the progress made toward improving and protecting African children’s rights and to inspire action to address the challenges they still face. On June 18, Kakenya’s Dream hosted a colorful ceremony to commemorate […]

The closure of schools in Kenya in March of 2020 due to COVID-19 forced students to stay home for over nine months. The government suspended all forms of in-person learning until January of 2021, when the spread of the virus was moderately contained. During this long break, girls across the country became increasingly vulnerable to

This month, two of our 12th graders at KCE II participated in the third annual Young Scientists Kenya National Science & Technology Exhibition, the country’s premier science competition for high school students. The three-day event gives students across Kenya the opportunity to showcase innovative STEM projects they’ve developed and compete for cash and other prizes.

As the second phase of our newly revamped Health and Leadership Training program enters its fourth month, we trace the journey through one of our facilitators, Purity Sanaipei. She shares the exciting behavioral transformation she’s witnessed in the boys and girls we are reaching through the program. Purity is one of our 36 Health and

Cynthia, 19, who is studying nursing at University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in Australia, has been volunteering at a local health center over the break between semesters as a way to give back to her community. Cynthia joined KCE I as a fourth grader in 2010. She is now a member of our Network for

Over the past few weeks, our eighth grade students at KCE I have been preparing to take the annual Kenya Certificate Of Primary Education (KCPE) exam. Taken at the end of primary school (K-8 in Kenya), it serves as a placement test to determine what secondary schools students will attend.   The placement qualifications are

As we commemorate International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) amidst a global pandemic, we are reminded that now more than ever, our mission at Kakenya’s Dream to empower girls and end harmful traditional practices like FGM is vital.   With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, this past year was particularly

It fills our hearts with joy to announce that after nearly a year away, our students finally returned to campus for in-person learning on January 4!   This past fall, the Kenyan government announced that all Kenyan schools would reopen in the new year. Nine long months after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we

As a way to engage Center for Excellence (KCE I and II) alumni who are now in university and provide better support for our current primary school students, this fall, we began the process of revamping our mentorship model. In the past, trained volunteers from universities across Kenya would serve as mentors for our primary

The coronavirus is infecting my community in ways that go far beyond the symptoms of the virus that we’ve all heard so much about.   The lives of girls in rural Kenya, where I am from, have long been plagued by poverty, gender-based violence, child marriage, and female genital mutilation (FGM). Kakenya’s Dream offers boarding