support for education in rural Kenya
What a wonderful Day! The 2018 Kenya Connect 5K was a huge success netting over $9,000 for Kenya Connect’s work to empower and engage students and teachers to be successful in the 21st century! RACE RESULTS We would like to take a moment to thank our Sponsors Inside and Out Designs, Compass Capital Management, Swahili Village, …
Resource: to provide (a person or organization) with materials, money, staff, and other assets necessary for effective operation Kenya Connect’s Learning Resource Center (LRC) has become the hub of enrichment activity in Wamunyu for the students and teachers at 44 primary and 11 secondary schools and has provided material and enrichment resources for the community …
It’s that wonderful time of the year filled with Giving! One special way to give this season is to make a donation that supports our Super Hero students in Kenya. Did you know that most of our students are children of subsistence farmers, wood carvers or basket weavers? Staying in school and achieving is very …
Kenya Connect is offering our third Volunteer and Travel Opportunity for Educators at our Learning Resource Center in Wamunyu. The trip, designed to provide teachers a rich cultural experience in rural Kenya, is being offered in June 2018. Kenya Connect Board Member and retired teacher, Laura Carter, will lead the trip in conjunction with the …
It was a glorious day for the 3rd annual Kenya Connect 5K in Wamunyu. Running on the red earth roads through the market and up into the hills of Wamunyu, over 200 students, teachers, and community members ran the 5k race on a beautiful sunny day. A celebration of education, this event recognized Kenya Connect …
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 …