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.
Marko lives with his mum, a single parent who is overburdened by raising her kids ever since the death of their father in 2012.
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Aziz is a total orphan with no one to support him. He needs help in order to have a bright future.
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Elly is a bright but disadvantaged child. His father's whereabouts are unknown, and the mother has no meaningful source of income. He needs financial support to continue with his education.
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Carlos is a handicapped child. Because of his disability, his father abandoned him and his mother shortly after birth. His mother does not have any meaningful source of income and depends on well wishers to cater for him. He needs help continuing with his education.
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Solomon is a hard working student who loves to go to church and student religion. He is from a large family who cannot support his education.
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David's parents abandoned him in the hands of his grandmother who has no means of getting him an education. He needs help to continue with his education.
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