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 70 students' school expenses. 70 have been fully funded so far.

  • Benjamin

    100%

    Benjamin

    Kenya

    Benjamin is a sweet boy and loves science. He is a partial orphan. His mother has no stable income to care for him and his six siblings. He needs help to aquire a high school education.

    • Raised $600
    • Needs $0

    School Year 2025

  • Joel

    100%

    Joel

    Kenya

    Joel loves science and academics. His parents are unemployed and cannot afford school fees.

    • Raised $600
    • Needs $0

    School Year 2025

  • Harvinder

    100%

    Harvinder

    Kenya

    Harvinder and her sister stay with their aged and ailing grandmother who cannot provide for or educate them. They need help to continue with their education.

    • Raised $600
    • Needs $0

    School Year 2025

  • Harold

    100%

    Harold

    Kenya

    Harold is a bright boy with ailing parents who can not take care of him. He needs help to be given food and shelter

    • Raised $600
    • Needs $0

    School Year 2025

  • Victoria

    100%

    Victoria

    Kenya

    Victoria is a bright but needy child. Her parents have no meaningful source of income but have a huge number of dependants.

    • Raised $600
    • Needs $0

    School Year 2025

  • Livingstone

    100%

    Livingstone

    Kenya

    Livingstone loves school and Swahili. HIs parents are unemployed and uneduacted, unable to raise secondary school fees for him.

    • Raised $600
    • Needs $0

    School Year 2025

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