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.
Florence is an orphan who needs help to continue with her education. She loves going to school and studying sciences.
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Victoria is a bright but needy child. Her parents have no meaningful source of income but have a huge number of dependants.
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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.
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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.
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Barbra's father is HIV positive and permanently invalid. Her mother has no source of income and therefore cannot afford her an education.
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Valencia's father deserted him and his mother in 2020 leaving them with no means or income. It has been an uphill task for his mother to educate him through selling most of the little property in their possesion leaving them with almost nothing. He needs help with his education and upkeep.
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