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2021 school fees
The Kenyan Ministry of Education has now announced the fees for the forthcoming 2021 school year beginning in July. And it is good news. These are 45,000 Ksh for National schools + those located in the major centres of Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Thika...
Exam joy
Despite the 2020 Kenyan school year being severely disrupted by the COVID pandemic, the 23 RRBF sponsored students in Form Four returned to school after six months at home to complete their final year exams in March. From October to December, they had school to...
In their own words – letters from our sponsored students
We receive the school reports each term for the children we sponsor, and the children often write, telling about their life and expressing their thanks to their sponsors better than I ever can:After being at home for the whole nine months due to the mysterious...
Grandma Sarah Obama
I am sad to announce that Grandma Sarah Obama passed away earlier today in western Kenya following a short illness, aged 99. Granny was a strong advocate for children’s education and supported the schooling for many young girls near to her family home in Kogelo. ...
Moses – My Story
Moses was born and still lives in Kibera. When we first met, Moses had been working for several years to fund his college course. He would work for a while to earn enough money to pay a term’s fees, then study until the money ran out, at which point he had to go...
Veron’s story
Veron is the life and soul of any party! He came to the workshop we organised for the sponsored students in November 2018 and told us his story. “I live in Kisumu, which is very serene and not too hot. I have my mother and brother, my father died five years ago. I...
2020 – a year in pictures
My community – more stories from sponsored children
With schools closed in Kenya, children have faced almost nine months at home. Here are more of their insights into their life and community. Market women - a poem “Down from the hill they come,With swinging hips and steady stride.To feed the hungry town.They...
Cycling in the slums – a force for good
Imagine being a young person living in the slums of Nairobi … “My house is a rental room of 5 metres by 5 metres. The walls are mud, the floor mud and four iron sheets on top for a roof. The house has one door and one window. The house has no running water, no...