Student Sponsorship = Hopeful Future
We firmly believe that a foundational education is the key to a hopeful future. In Kenya primary education (K-8) is provided free by the government; however, in order to attend our students need to provide their own uniform, scholastic materials and school fees. Your monthly gift of $40/month provides all the necessities for your sponsored student to stay in school and continue his/her education.
School Fees
Scholastic Materials
Daily Nourishing Meal
Yearly Uniform
"A hungry stomach does not learn."
Because many of our students come to school hungry, we started our feeding program that feeds a nourishing meal to every student that attends our Hope Center schools. Our student sponsor gifts support this ministry so that you are not just feeding your student but all of his/her classmates. For many of our students, this is the only meal they will have that day.
Kibera Student Sponsorship
Kibera is the largest slum in Kenya located in the capitol Nairobi. The estimated population of Kibera being 500,000 people living in a 1 square mile region closely bounded by more affluent areas.
Only around 40% of Kibera's children attend school on any given day. Rate of unemployment is 50%. It is here that we have set up a Hope Center in Mashimoni village (one of twelve communities in Kibera) and offer student sponsorship.
The cost of living is double in Kibera compared to our rural Maasai communities. Due to this we assign each Kibera student with two sponsors.
Watch the video below to see what life in Kibera looks like for our students and ways Kenya Hope is seeking to meet basic needs of families there.
A Day in the life of a Maasai Kenyan Student
Students Needing Sponsorship
You will find a clock icon on the profiles of children who have been waiting the longest for their sponsor.
Alex
ILK-M110
15 year old, boy
Birthday 04/15/2010
Ilkerine Hope Center
Alex lives with his mother, Jane. His father was an alcoholic and Alex has four siblings. They have all been under the care of his grandparents who had a tragic road accident last year. Right now, Alex and his siblings have no support for their education and hardly any food.
Rebecca
ILK-F106
13 year old, girl
Birthday 02/05/2012
Ilkerine Hope Center
Rebecca lives with her mother and father and her 7 siblings. Her family depends on the burning and selling of charcoal to be able to cover their daily needs. This business has been outlawed in Kenya and now they are not able to send their children to school, nor do they always have sufficient food for the children.
Elvis
ILK-M101
9 year old, boy
Birthday 09/04/2015
Ilkerine Hope Center
Elvis lives with his parents and one sister. His parents have been dependent on the selling of charcoal to support their family, but this has been outlawed by the government. Most of the time, Elvis has been sent home from school due to the lack of the school fees.
Fidel
KIB-M320
14 year old, boy
Birthday 06/11/2011
Kibera Hope Center
Fidel is one of five children being raised by a single mother, his father abandoned the family. Fidel is a bright boy who loves education and dreams of becoming a doctor someday. Some days he has to stay home from school so his older siblings can go, it is hard for his mom as a casual laborer to raise funds for school fees for all five children.
Marion
KIB-F304
14 year old, girl
Birthday 04/3/2011
Kibera Hope Center
Marion has one older brother and two sisters, ages 10 and 4. Her dad abandoned the family when she was young, leaving her mother to raise them as a single parent in Kibera. Marion's mother works as house help and is unable to provide for the family's basic needs and also pay for education consistently.
Ronald
KIB-M323
12 year old, boy
Birthday 02/01/2013
Kibera Hope Center
Ronald is one of seven siblings. Ronald has not been able to go to school this whole year because there is no money to pay school fees. He desires to go to school where he knows he will be able to have lunch, get an education and hopes to one day become a nurse to provide for his family. All of his siblings are home with maybe one meal a day, provided by well wishers. His parents are both unemployed.
Joshua
KIB-M305
10 year old, boy
Birthday 05/12/2015
Kibera Hope Center
Joshua and his 3-year old brother live with their parents in Kibera. He is a bright child who loves drawing and coloring. Their father is the bread winner of the family. However, he doesn't earn much working as a casual laborer and is unable to provide for the family and also pay for Joshua's school fees.
Eliyz
ILK-M99
6 year old, boy
Birthday 05/16/2019
Ilkerine Hope Center
Eliyz is a very bright, jovial and outgoing boy. He is the second born in his family. He has a potential to excel in academics because he has performed well when he has been able to go to school. His parents are not always able to send him to school because they do not continuously have jobs to support the family. They are praying that God will come through so that Eliyz is able to go to school and achieve his dreams of being a doctor.
Dominic
ILK-M100
11 year old, boy
Birthday 07/01/2014
Ilkerine Hope Center
Dominic lives with his mother and father and 2 brothers and 3 sisters. His parents depended on the keeping of the livestock, but in some years past the drought caused the death of all their livestock. Dominic's parents cannot afford the school fees or the uniforms to allow their children to go to school. They can barely feed the children.