support for education in rural Kenya
Students in Wamunyu were invited to write and essay or a poem to celebrate Global Hand Washing Day 2017! One of the six winners, Mercy, wrote the following Poem. Washing My Hands All through the day Killing those nasty germs Pushing them away Clean hands saves lives Our hands, our future Before we eat and …
We are thrilled to announce that Kenya Connect has been shortlisted for the Pan-African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education by the Teach a Man to Fish Foundation. 480 grant applications were submitted and Kenya Connect was selected for the top 50. The selection of the TOP 10 will happen in the next couple of weeks. …
It’s 9:30 am and I am squished between my mom and the window, seated in seats designed for skinny eighth graders. We just left Kenya Connect’s Learning Resource Center and are headed to the primary school we are working at today. The trip takes us out 45 min. from the small village of Wamunyu into …
Special guests include: Mr. James Musyoka of Wamunyu, Kenya- Cofounder, Director of Operations and Field Director of Kenya Connect Mr. Tim Gregory, Washington DC- Cofounder and founding Executive Director His Excellency Robinson Njeru Githae, Kenya Ambassador to the United States Mr Exaudi John of Arusha, Tanzania – Owner/Operator of Allure African Safari Delicious cocktail fare …
By James Musyoka, Co-Founder, Field Director and Director of Operations While it’s a significant achievement to leverage local innovation to create and install efficient hand washing stations at schools in rural Kenya, it’s another to keep them all in use. Over the last five years, Kenya Connect has installed hand washing stations at all of …