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. 2 have been fully funded so far.

  • Jacinta

    42%

    Jacinta

    Kenya

    Jacinta loves English and writing. She comes from an extremely poor family in which she would be the first to graduate high school. She hopes to overcome the generational barrier and needs support.

    • Raised $255
    • Needs $345

    School Year 2025

  • Benjamin

    50%

    Benjamin

    Kenya

    Benjamin is a sweet boy and loves science. He is a partial orphan. His mother has no stable income to care for him and his six siblings. He needs help to aquire a high school education.

    • Raised $300
    • Needs $300

    School Year 2025

  • Ralph Kelly

    50%

    Ralph Kelly

    Kenya

    Ralph lives with his sibling and her single mother. He enjoys math and science and would like to an engineer.

    • Raised $300
    • Needs $300

    School Year 2025

  • Ian Goods

    50%

    Ian Goods

    Kenya

    Ian Goods lives with his siblings and unemployed parents. He elnjoys science and math and would like to become a researcher.

    • Raised $300
    • Needs $300

    School Year 2025

  • Rachael

    50%

    Rachael

    Kenya

    Racheal loves science and learning. Her parents cannot afford school fees. She needs help to have a better future.

    • Raised $305
    • Needs $295

    School Year 2025

  • Purery

    50%

    Purery

    Kenya

    Purery enjoys scoial studies and learning. He lives with an ill parent who cannot afford school fees.

    • Raised $300
    • Needs $300

    School Year 2025

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