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 70 students' school expenses. 4 have been fully funded so far.

  • Ashton

    50%

    Ashton

    Kenya

    Ashton is a kind boy who loves math. He comes from a very poor family. His parents are both unemployed and need assistance supporting their family.

    • Raised $300
    • Needs $300

    School Year 2025

  • Ralph Kelly

    50%

    Ralph Kelly

    Kenya

    Ralph lives with his sibling and her single mother. He enjoys math and science and would like to an engineer.

    • Raised $300
    • Needs $300

    School Year 2025

  • Joel

    50%

    Joel

    Kenya

    Joel loves science and academics. His parents are unemployed and cannot afford school fees.

    • Raised $300
    • Needs $300

    School Year 2025

  • Joy

    50%

    Joy

    Kenya

    Joy loves Swahili and languages. She comes from a large family who is illiterate. She needs supoport for her secondary education and hopes to become a leader in her community.

    • Raised $305
    • Needs $295

    School Year 2025

  • Tabitha

    50%

    Tabitha

    Kenya

    Tabitha is an academic superstar. She loves Swahili and languages. She comes from a large family with parents who cannot support their home needs. She is very bright and promising and needs help to fulfill that potential.

    • Raised $305
    • Needs $295

    School Year 2025

  • Simon

    50%

    Simon

    Kenya

    Simon lives with his brother and unemployed mother. He loves science and social studies. He would like to become an agriculturalist some day. 

    • Raised $300
    • Needs $300

    School Year 2025

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