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.
Hope is very bright but almost dropping out of school owing to the extreme poverty at home. She is very passionate about education and needs help fulfilling her goals.
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Barbra's father is HIV positive and permanently invalid. Her mother has no source of income and therefore cannot afford her an education.
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Eugene's father abandoned them with their mother having no source of income and being reduced to begging and working manual and menial jobs to live. He needs help continuing with his education.
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Meshack's father is a local watchman who doesnŐt earn much but has many children whom he has failed to provide for. He needs help securing his ecucation.
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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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Peter is a bright boy and needs support to continue his education. Both his parents are unable to provide for him because of being in the latter stage of HIV.
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