Kenya Connect's mission is to engage and empower students and teachers to succeed in the 21st century. They do this by providing scholarships to underprivileged students and by breaking down local barriers to education by providing clean water, deworming programs and hand washing stations to schools, offering computer training, including STEM classes to students and teachers, building a culture of reading and strengthening literacy through their mobile library program.
Esther is a second-born child in a family of four. She is driven by the desire to always be of help to the people in the community and that has motivated her to aspire to become a doctor. She has faced a lot of challenges growing up but has been very resilient, believing that hard work never goes unrewarded.
School Year 2027
Fiona is the last born in a family of three. She lives with both her parents who are casual labourers. Her mother had a major surgery on her left hand in 2020. This made them sell part of their property to take care of the medical bills and thus reducing their income significantly and again making it very difficult for them to take care of the education bills of their children. Fiona drew her inspiration to pursue success from her Math teacher and she aspires to be a civil engineer to make contributions in the development of infrastructure in her village.
School Year 2027
Stephen is the first born in a family of four. He lives with his parents who are financially struggling since they lost their casual jobs during the pandemic. He loves drawing and watching action movies and he would love to be a pilot when he grows up.
School Year 2027
Maureen Mueni is the first born child in a family of three. She lives with her single mum and her siblings. Her mother struggles a lot to fend for their needs. She is inspired to be a doctor so that she is able to lift up her family from the shackles of poverty. She loves reading.
School Year 2027
Emmaculate is the last born in a family of three; one sister and one brother. Her parents rely on subsistence farming for livelihood, which has been greatly affected by the changing climate. While in primary school, Emmaculate spent most of the time at home while the other students were at school. This was because of lack of finances to cater for some of the requirements at school. This did not stop her but instead propelled her towards achieving her dream of becoming a cardiologist in order to save lives. Her role model is Barack Obama and she likes his phrase of ‘Yes we can’. Moreover, she likes reading story books during her free time.
School Year 2027
Anthony is the third-born child in a family of four. He lives with both his parents who are casual labourers and are struggling to cater for the needs of their family. He loves drawing and he looks forward to pursuing a career in electrical engineering.
School Year 2027