Our recent experience with two secondary schools in Kenya shows the different attitudes and approaches to education. It was illuminating – one heartening, one rather dispiriting. Heartening Our latest trip to visit schools in Kenya took us to Elgeyo-Marakwet county...
My name is Levy Mukolwe, a dreamer, a digital craftsman in the making, and a proud son of Emunali village in Butere Sub-county, a place where the soil was humble but the dreams ran deep. Born into a family of five, life wasn’t always kind. My parents had no formal...
The practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) remains a harmful traditional custom and rite of passage for many young girls in Kenya today. The consequences are horrific. Remember, there are no health benefits or reasons for FGM. The cutting is usually done...
Over recent years the Kenyan government has been making major changes to the school system, introducing a ‘Competency-based Curriculum’ (CBC) structure. These are fundamental and one key aspect will see secondary school children able to specialise in one of three...
Our work in Kenya operates with support from a number of key partnerships, one of which is the Rise to Shine Education Foundation. RTSEF was set up by Bakhitah Akoth, who we have known since 2014 and has become a key contact in our scholarship programme. Bakhitah has...
The Kenyan economy is in a very poor state. Meaningful employment is hard to come by even for graduates, let alone school leavers. Many people are driven to the informal sector, to set up ‘side hustles’ to earn enough income to survive. So many families still earn...
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