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.

  • Leah

    18%

    Leah

    Kenya

    Leah's parents are in the latter stages of HIV and therefore unable to work and provide for her. She needs help continuing with her education.

    • Raised $110
    • Needs $490

    School Year 2027

  • Lucky

    26%

    Lucky

    Kenya

    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.

    • Raised $160
    • Needs $440

    School Year 2027

  • Solomon

    0%

    Solomon

    Kenya

    Solomon is a hard working student who loves to go to church and student religion. He is from a large family who cannot support his education.

    • Raised $0
    • Needs $600

    School Year 2027

  • Milcah

    40%

    Milcah

    Kenya

    Milcah's father, the sole breadwinner, got an injury that crippled him making him unable to work. She and her siblings were left with no one to support them. She needs help continuing with her education.

    • Raised $240
    • Needs $360

    School Year 2027

  • Geofrey

    0%

    Geofrey

    Kenya

    Despite having bith his parents, Geofrey's parents are unable to provide for him and his three siblings owing to having no stable source of income and no property of their own. He needs help to have a livelihood and education.

    • Raised $0
    • Needs $600

    School Year 2027

  • Aziz

    4%

    Aziz

    Kenya

    Aziz is a total orphan with no one to support him. He needs help in order to have a bright future.

    • Raised $25
    • Needs $575

    School Year 2027

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