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. 0 have been fully funded so far.

  • Florence

    8%

    Florence

    Kenya

    Florence is an orphan who needs help to continue with her education. She loves going to school and studying sciences.

    School Year 2027

  • Victoria

    0%

    Victoria

    Kenya

    Victoria is a bright but needy child. Her parents have no meaningful source of income but have a huge number of dependants.

    School Year 2027

  • Solomon

    0%

    Solomon

    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.

    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.

    School Year 2027

  • Barbra

    0%

    Barbra

    Kenya

    Barbra's father is HIV positive and permanently invalid. Her mother has no source of income and therefore cannot afford her an education.

    School Year 2027

  • Valencia

    0%

    Valencia

    Kenya

    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.

    School Year 2027

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