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.
John enjoys reading and religion. His parents are farmers and cannot afford school fees.He is constantly out of school because they lack the ability to pay.
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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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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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Willington loves math and school. He is raised by a single parent who does not have any stable form of employment to sustain her eight children. He needs help to get a secondary school education.
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Purery enjoys scoial studies and learning. He lives with an ill parent who cannot afford school fees.
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