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Goodness (Swahili)
What does it take to build one of the country's top schools in one of Kenya's poorest regions? This is what Teresa, director and founder of Wema Children’s Centre, asked when she started Wema in 2008. Fifteen years later it turns out a school can change not just lives of the children, but of their families and community. This is the story of Wema.
Goodness (Swahili)
What does it take to build one of the country's top schools in one of Kenya's poorest regions? This is what Teresa, director and founder of Wema Children’s Centre, asked when she started Wema in 2008. Fifteen years later it turns out a school can change not just lives of the children, but of their families and community. This is the story of Wema.
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WHO WE ARE Wema is a school in Bungoma, Western Kenya, providing education to 550 students from elementary to high school as well as services to their community. |
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THE NEED
This is the public school across the street from Wema. In public schools in Western Kenya, numbers can reach 100+ for one classroom and absenteeism is as high as 25%. Wema provides high quality education for students who wouldn't otherwise have the opportunity.
This is the public school across the street from Wema. In public schools in Western Kenya, numbers can reach 100+ for one classroom and absenteeism is as high as 25%. Wema provides high quality education for students who wouldn't otherwise have the opportunity.
WEMA BY THE NUMBERS
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