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 51 students' school expenses. 1 has been fully funded so far.

  • Ellam

    0%

    Ellam

    Kenya

    Ellam is a bright orphan who needs support to continue with his studies after losing both his parents to HIV.

    • Raised $0
    • Needs $600

    School Year 2026

  • Florence

    8%

    Florence

    Kenya

    Florence is an orphan who needs help to continue with her education. She loves going to school and studying sciences.

    • Raised $50
    • Needs $550

    School Year 2026

  • Geofrey

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    Geofrey

    Kenya

    Despite having bith his parents, Geofrey's parents are unable to provide for him and his three siblings owing to having no stable source of income and no property of their own. He needs help to have a livelihood and education.

    • Raised $0
    • Needs $600

    School Year 2026

  • Brighton

    0%

    Brighton

    Kenya

    Brighton is a total orphan who needs help continuing with his education. He desperately wants to attend school.

    • Raised $0
    • Needs $600

    School Year 2026

  • Victoria

    0%

    Victoria

    Kenya

    Victoria is a bright but needy child. Her parents have no meaningful source of income but have a huge number of dependants.

    • Raised $0
    • Needs $600

    School Year 2026

  • Lucky

    50%

    Lucky

    Kenya

    SLucky is a bright student whose parents are living with HIV and in the latter stages. She needs support as they are very poor and unable to educate her further.

    • Raised $300
    • Needs $300

    School Year 2026

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