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.

  • Bonface

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    Bonface

    Kenya

    Boniface is an orphan who lives with his aged grandparents. They are unable to cater for him, let alone raise school fees. He needs help to continue his studies.

    • Raised $0
    • Needs $600

    School Year 2027

  • Isaiah

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    Isaiah

    Kenya

    A total orphan, Isaiah needs help to continue his education and make a future for himself.

    • Raised $0
    • Needs $600

    School Year 2027

  • David

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    David

    Kenya

    David's parents abandoned him in the hands of his grandmother who has no means of getting him an education. He needs help to continue with his education.

    • Raised $0
    • Needs $600

    School Year 2027

  • Grace

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    Grace

    Kenya

    Grace is a total orphan who needs help continuing with her studies, having lost both her parents to HIV.

    • 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

  • Richard

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    Richard

    Kenya

    Both Richard's parents had HIV/AIDS and no meaningful employment or source of income. Richard needs help to continue with his studies after losing both of his parents last year. He loves school

    • Raised $0
    • Needs $600

    School Year 2027

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