Wema Children's Centre

Field Partner

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.

Location:
Bukembe Village, Bungoma, Kenya
Partner Type:
Community Based Organization, Private Primary & Secondary School
Population served:
Orphans and vulnerable children from the Village of Bukembe, a poor community of 10,0000 people in rural western Kenya. There are currently 510 students enrolled at Wema evenly split by gender.
Student selection criteria:
Wema does significant outreach into the local community to inform families that their children are eligible for full scholarships. The prospective students are required to take verbal and written tests and they and their families are interviewed at the school. At least 50% of accepted students are female.
Services provided:
Education, boarding, meals, textbooks, counseling (social, college, career), training (agricultural, computer), athletics, clubs and healthcare support.
TSF student promotion rate:
2018 - 100%
2017 - 100%
2016 - 100%
2015 - 100%
2014 - 100%

Wema Children's Centre is raising money for 63 students' school expenses. 2 have been fully funded so far.

  • Grace

    0%

    Grace

    Kenya

    Grace is a total orphan who needs help continuing with her studies, having lost both her parents to HIV.

    • Raised $0
    • Needs $600

    School Year 2027

  • Shirleen

    35%

    Shirleen

    Kenya

    Shirleen is a bright child but needs support in continuing with her education because both her parents have been unable to cater for her because of being HIV positive which has made them very sickly lacking a source of income.

    • Raised $210
    • Needs $390

    School Year 2027

  • Isaiah

    0%

    Isaiah

    Kenya

    A total orphan, Isaiah needs help to continue his education and make a future for himself.

    • Raised $0
    • Needs $600

    School Year 2027

  • Eugene

    26%

    Eugene

    Kenya

    Eugene's father abandoned them with their mother having no source of income and being reduced to begging and working manual and menial jobs to live. He needs help continuing with his education.

    • Raised $160
    • Needs $440

    School Year 2027

  • Hope

    3%

    Hope

    Kenya

    Hope is very bright but almost dropping out of school owing to the extreme poverty at home. She is very passionate about education and needs help fulfilling her goals.

    • Raised $20
    • Needs $580

    School Year 2027

  • Brighton

    0%

    Brighton

    Kenya

    Brighton is a total orphan who needs help continuing with his education. He desperately wants to attend school.

    • Raised $0
    • Needs $600

    School Year 2027

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