About the Project
The project consisted of paying school fees to help orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) attend school.
Location
Informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya
Quick Project Stats
| Funding Date | January 2025 |
| Luena Investment | $1,500 |
| CBO Partner | Community Implementing Initiative (CII) |
| Village | Mathare, Huruma, Baba Ndogo and Korogocho |
| Country | Kenya |
| # of Children Impacted | 69 |
| Community Contribution | Security and ensuring the children go to school each school day |
Many Obstacles to Child Education in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements
In Kenya, most of the informal settlements are associated with poor people who do casual labor to feed their family and live below a dollar a day. With the rate of non-communicable diseases, HIV/AIDS, and cholera outbreaks because of poor sanitation in the slums, most of the children identified are orphans or vulnerable due to the death of one parent or a run-away parent. These children are either taken for child labor to help sell items at roadsides or others have run away from home and become street children. Despite the Government of Kenya reducing the fee levies in primary and secondary schools, orphans and children from vulnerable families can not afford $24 to pay for school fees and primary feeding program.
School Fees Facilitate Security and Education for Children
The donation from Luena Foundation was used to pay fees for one year for 69 OVCs to attend different primary schools and levels. With the help of peer educators, we will be monitoring the students’ attendance and performance each term. Most of the assisted children have been redeemed from the temptation of being street children or going out to search for scrap metals which leads most of the young children to drop out of school. With educational support to the OVCs their self-esteem and wellbeing are improved.
Meet our Partner Community-Based Organization
Community Implementing Initiative (CII) is a community based organization which is registered with the Ministry of Social Gender Services as a CBO in 2006 and working in Mathare, Korogocho, Eastleigh and Babadogo. Our mandate is to improve the wellbeing of vulnerable communities through child protection, improved access to basic quality education, quality healthcare, and mitigate impact of HIV/AIDS among the marginalized communities and groups.
To learn more about our partner organization, click here.
