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Held every year on September 8, International Literacy Day sheds light on literacy as a human right and promotes global efforts toward a more literate world. International Literacy Day initiatives around the world attempt to close the literacy gap and advocate on behalf of literacy for everyone, everywhere.  This year’s theme is Literacy and Skills […]

Rachel Bergen and George Radner are undergraduate students at the University of British Columbia. They spent this past summer interning with Kakenya’s Dream on the ground in Enoosaen, where our KCE I campus is located. Here, they blog a conversation about their experiences. Stay tuned for part two of their blog series, Intern Impressions! George:I

Happy International Youth Day! The United Nations designated August 12th as International Youth Day to celebrate the inclusion of young people in conversations on global issues ranging from governance to human rights. This year’s theme for International Youth Day is Safe Spaces for Youth, emphasizing the need and desire youth have for spaces where they

Peyian, 17, is one of our three KCE students who received scholarships to attend universities in Australia.  Peyian is the fifth born in a family of 15 children. She was at high risk of undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) and early marriage. Her family struggled to support her education. In 2009, she was selected to

As part of our holistic approach that empowers girls both in and out of the classroom, our eighth graders at KCE I took an educational field trip to our capital city, Nairobi. The first stop was the National Assembly where elected representatives from each county deliberate and resolve issues such as youth education.   The

Our founder, Dr. Kakenya Ntaiya, dreamed of seeing girls from her village go to university for many years. This was one of the main reasons for creating Kakenya’s Dream. And now, almost ten years since Kakenya’s Dream was founded and the Kakenya Center for Excellence (KCE I) welcomed its first students, that dream is being

When Kakenya met 2010 CNN Hero Harmon Parker of Bridging the Gap Africa, the connection was immediate. Passion and goodwill inspired these two heroes to be bridges to a better world. Watch how they came together to build a new bridge in our community!

Children are directly and indirectly affected by the decisions made on local, national, and global levels. But too often, children are left out of these conversations that affect their lives and wellbeing, even though they have a right to participate. In 1989, the UN General Assembly passed the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Have you heard about the African Union’s Agenda 2063? Here are five things to know about it, and how they relate to Kakenya’s Dream: #1The African Union Vision 2063 or Agenda 2063 was released in January 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It will serve as the African Union’s socioeconomic transformation framework for the next 50