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.
Simon lives with his brother and unemployed mother. He loves science and social studies. He would like to become an agriculturalist some day.
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Both of Lavender’s parents passed away so she lives with her grandmother. Unfortunately, her grandmother is poor and cannot afford to pay for her food or school fees. Lavender loves to read and needs help pursuing her dream of becoming a teacher.
School Year 2021
Family is very poor, lives on one meal per day. They need help.
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Enoch lives with his 8 siblings and unemployed parents. He loves math and science and he would like to become an engineer.
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Separated family, Mother is jobless and homeless.
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Mitchell lives with her 6 siblings and unemployed parents. She loves science and would like to become nurse.
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