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.
Shirleen is a bright child but needs support in continuing with her education because both her parents have been unable to cater for her because of being HIV positive which has made them very sickly lacking a source of income.
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Clinton is a smart boy but needs financial support as his parents have no source of income apart from their very small farm which they depend on for food and other needs.
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Carlos is a handicapped child. Because of his disability, his father abandoned him and his mother shortly after birth. His mother does not have any meaningful source of income and depends on well wishers to cater for him. He needs help continuing with his education.
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Velma lives with her 7 siblings and unemployed parents. She enjoys math and science and she would like to become a doctor.
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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.
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Ralph lives with his sibling and her single mother. He enjoys math and science and would like to an engineer.
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