Scholarships
Our organization began with a simple school sponsorship program in Maralal, working with Moi Girls Samburu Secondary School, where we focused on girls who were rescued from or in danger of child marriage by paying their school fees. We initially focused on secondary school girls because most Samburu girls are safe through primary school but face forced marriage if they can’t afford secondary school. We not only saved many girls from marriage, but we also motivated the entire school by rewarding high KCSE performers by paying off school balances. As a result, graduating Form 4 students who scored well enough to qualify for college increased from 39% in 2021 to 99% in 2025 compared to 50% for Kenya as a whole. Those who qualified for university increased from 5% in 2021 to 69% in 2025 compared to 26% for Kenya as a whole.
We soon realized that primary school children and boys also needed help with basic school expenses in order to stay in school – sometimes to rescue them from impending marriage, but more often to rescue them from abuse or the trauma of hunger. So, we expanded the program to provide support for such girls and boys.
By 2026 we were partnering with 3 primary schools, 2 junior secondary schools, and 3 senior secondary schools. We are paying school fees for 137 at-risk students and also cleared the balances of an additional 120 graduating secondary school students who performed well on the national exam. This allowed them to receive their high school diplomas.
All of the students who receive scholarships from us are required to participate in our empowerment clubs. The tools they learn in the clubs not only help students achieve educational success for themselves, but help them become leaders who bring positive change to their communities as well.
