Wema Children's Centre and Highway Academy are a private orphanage and school in Western Kenya in an area with some of the highest poverty and HIV/AIDS rates. Kenyans Teresa Wati and Stephen Juma formed Wema to give poor and orphaned children a home and a high quality education. Today at Wema, 510 children are provided with a loving home, three nutritious meals a day, and most importantly, an education at one of the highest performing primary and secondary schools in Kenya.
Mercy lives with her 4 siblings and her aunt 's family of 6. She enjoys science and math. She would like to become a doctor when she grows up.
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Joshua loves English and learning. He comes from a poor background and is unable to raise fees for secondary school.
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Enoch lives with his 8 siblings and unemployed parents. He loves math and science and he would like to become an engineer.
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Jacinta loves English and writing. She comes from an extremely poor family in which she would be the first to graduate high school. She hopes to overcome the generational barrier and needs support.
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Lavin loves math and shines academically. She is an orphan and depends on well wishers to help her through her academics.
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Prudence lives with her 6 siblings and unemployed parents. She enjoys math and science and would like to become a doctor in the future.
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