support for education in rural Kenya
We’re keeping “Poop in the Loop!” Kenya Connect is partnering with GiveLove an NGO committed to improving lives through clean sanitation. In February and March, the GiveLove team traveled to Wamunyu to install the first school compost toilet and to educate and train teachers, parents, homesteaders and students on the power of composting toilets. Clean …
Kenya Connect has been awarded a $15,000 grant from PayPal’s Tech for Good Program for Expanding Technology for Secondary Students in Rural Kenya. The grant was recommended by employees at PayPal from its Timonium and Hunt Valley offices, and it will be used to provide technology education and resources to students at eight of Kenya …
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We invite you to join us for the Kenya Connect 5k Run/Walk being held on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 9:00 am at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ellicott City. Winding through the beautiful neighborhood of Dunloggin, the race raises funds for the work to enrich education for 17,000 students at 55 partner schools in …
We have big news! Kenya Connect is one of GlobalGiving’s Top 10 Nonprofits Committed to Impact! Look for us at number 4 on the list. This second annual list highlights 10 of GlobalGiving’s nonprofit partners (and five honorable mentions) that have demonstrated a commitment to impact through learning. Winners have earned the most points in GG Rewards, GlobalGiving’s way of …
We are thrilled to announce that Executive Director, USA, Dr. Sharon Runge was named a TIAA100 Difference Maker Honoree. This honor is in recognition for the tireless work by Sharon to help break down barriers to education and through providing enrichment and empowerment programs to students and teachers at 55 partner schools in rural Kenya. …
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“Never ignore small and slow animals because they can do great things” –Matheka Students in Wamunyu celebrated International Literacy Day by reading books and writing a highlight of the story. The growing Kenya Connect library includes books written and authored in Kenya from Phoenix and Longhorn publishing companies, biographies and picture books from the U.S. and …
In a speech I delivered to teachers at our convocation last year, I challenged them to do something outside of their comfort zone. Little did I know that on the last day of the school year, I would be boarding a plane to Nairobi, Kenya, to do something way out of my comfort zone. I …
Read moreLeaving my Comfort Zone: What I Did on the Summer Break by Bridget Suvansri
Most of students at Kenya Connect’s partner schools live in homesteads without running water and electricity. Some families have water tanks that harvest water during the rainy season, but most collect water at streams, ponds, and bore holes. Most of the water is not treated and that coupled with the lack of hand washing results …
Read moreDeworming: What’s That and Why Does Kenya Connect Do It?
Here’s the picture of a typical Wamunyu classroom: cement walls with a few handmade posters of learning concepts, worn wooden bench desks that seat 2 to 3 students, a blackboard and a cracked cement floor. The classrooms are typically dark, but filled with the radiance of pupils, eager to learn. In 2017, the Kenyan government …
As part of the first Book Day celebration at the Learning Resource Center, three secondary students were selected to recite poems they had written. We invite you to enjoy these poems. Reading Is The Key Reading is the key to understanding It is the doctor to grammatical errors Reading aids in creativity Reading, reading is …