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.

  • Mary

    16%

    Mary

    Kenya

    Mary is a total orphan who needs support to continue with her education. She loves attending school.

    • Raised $100
    • Needs $500

    School Year 2027

  • Bretta

    0%

    Bretta

    Kenya

    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.

    • Raised $0
    • Needs $600

    School Year 2027

  • Peter

    0%

    Peter

    Kenya

    Peter is a bright boy and needs support to continue his education. Both his parents are unable to provide for him because of being in the latter stage of HIV.

    • Raised $0
    • Needs $600

    School Year 2027

  • Patrick

    0%

    Patrick

    Kenya

    Patrick's father, the sole breadwinner, is permanently bedridden with sickness leaving him with no financial backing to continue with his education.

    • Raised $0
    • Needs $600

    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

  • 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

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