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. 7 have been fully funded so far.

  • Milcah

    25%

    Milcah

    Kenya

    Milcah's father, the sole breadwinner, got an injury that crippled him making him unable to work. She and her siblings were left with no one to support them. She needs help continuing with her education.

    • Raised $150
    • Needs $450

    School Year 2026

  • Velma

    16%

    Velma

    Kenya

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

    • Raised $100
    • Needs $500

    School Year 2026

  • Marko

    25%

    Marko

    Kenya

    Marko lives with his mum, a single parent who is overburdened by raising her kids ever since the death of their father in 2012.

    • Raised $150
    • Needs $450

    School Year 2026

  • Eugene

    25%

    Eugene

    Kenya

    Eugene's father abandoned them with their mother having no source of income and being reduced to begging and working manual and menial jobs to live. He needs help continuing with his education.

    • Raised $150
    • Needs $450

    School Year 2026

  • Mercy

    25%

    Mercy

    Kenya

    Mercy's mother has no means of income to take her to school. This has led to her staying home since the death of her father early in the year. She needs help to continue with her studies.

    • Raised $150
    • Needs $450

    School Year 2026

  • Shirleen

    25%

    Shirleen

    Kenya

    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.

    • Raised $150
    • Needs $450

    School Year 2026

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