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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SLucky is a bright student whose parents are living with HIV and in the latter stages. She needs support as they are very poor and unable to educate her further.
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Ian Goods lives with his siblings and unemployed parents. He elnjoys science and math and would like to become a researcher.
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Both of Bretta's parents are in the latter stages of HIV and therefore unable to provide for her. She needs help to continue with her education.
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Maximilla's father abandoned him and his siblings with their mother having no source of income and being reduced to begging and working manual and menial jobs to live. She needs help continuing with her education.
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Charity's father passed away last year leaving her under the care of ther mother who has no meaningful source of income. She needs support from well wishers to continue with her studies.
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