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 26 students' school expenses. 0 have been fully funded so far.

  • Mercy

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    Mercy

    Kenya

    Mercy lives with her 4 siblings and her aunt 's family of 6. She enjoys science and math. She would like to become a doctor when she grows up. 

    School Year 2025

  • Tabitha

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    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.

    School Year 2025

  • Purery

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    Purery

    Kenya

    Purery enjoys scoial studies and learning. He lives with an ill parent who cannot afford school fees.

    School Year 2025

  • John

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    John

    Kenya

    John enjoys reading and religion. His parents are farmers and cannot afford school fees.He is constantly out of school because they lack the ability to pay.

    School Year 2025

  • Abraham

    16%

    Abraham

    Kenya

    Abraham is a hard working boy who loves math. His parents are jobless, and they cannot pay school fees.

    School Year 2025

  • Velma

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    Velma

    Kenya

    Velma lives with her 7 siblings and unemployed parents. She enjoys math and science and she would like to become a doctor.

    School Year 2025

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