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.
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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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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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.
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Marko lives with his mum, a single parent who is overburdened by raising her kids ever since the death of their father in 2012.
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Charity's father passed away last year leaving her under the care of ther mother who has no meaningful source of income. She needs support from well wishers to continue with her studies.
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Patrick's father, the sole breadwinner, is permanently bedridden with sickness leaving him with no financial backing to continue with his education.
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