Jitegemee: Empowering Street Children through Education

jee-teh-geh-máy v [Swahili : sustain yourself]

A Mechanic in Training – Ann’s Story

"Winning is about identifying a gap, then approaching it as an opportunity rather than an obstacle," says Ann as we meet her in the motor vehicle workshop. Ann is a student in our Vocational 16 class. She and 25 of her peers recently visited booths at Mutisya Technical Training Institute to learn more about choosing a trade to pursue. While Ann has always had a passion for cars, she thought she would choose another trade as she was not sure young women could become mechanics. But her visit to … [Read more...]

Jitegemee Youth Hub – Hope & Entrepreneurship

"Nilipoingia Jitegemee, nilianza kufeel ni kama niko home, watu wanakukubali bila kuangalia umetoka wapi." (When I got into Jitegemee, I started feeling at home, with people who accept you without looking at your background)," - Alex, a 21 year-old Youth Hub student Alex is one of Jitegemee's Youth Hub students, and has been participating in Jitegemee's entrepreneurship and life-skills training program. He tells us that being part of the program has changed his outlook in life. Coming from a … [Read more...]

Miriam’s Story – Paying it Forward

Miriam Mutindi, 26, has fond memories of growing up in Machakos, Central Kenya, especially accompanying her mother, who would sell newspapers at the Machakos town law courts and Garden Hotel. “When I was growing up I wanted to be a magistrate, I admired the way they looked when I would see them buy newspapers in the morning from us,” Miriam recalls. Miriam and her elder sister were raised solely by their driven mother, who worked her hardest to ensure they had the best.  But it was … [Read more...]

2020 Annual Report

Despite the extraordinary challenges of last year, we are so pleased to also share our progress and successes in our 2020 Annual Report. … [Read more...]

Reopening our campus

Like much of the world, here at Jitegemee, we've had to make so many adjustments and changes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are happy to let our friends know that after a year of school closures and lockdowns, in 2021 we have reopened our campus and are finding safe ways to continue serving our children, families and community during these uncertain times.Video production by Armstrong Too-Toe Studios. The video above was shared during our first ever online fundraiser, held on April … [Read more...]

Striving for Success

I want to become a neurosurgeon and help improve the quality of life of people in my community." Elizabeth is 16, and in her family she's the sixth born of seven children raised in Machakos town, Central Kenya. Her elder siblings are all married with some of her sisters married as early as seventeen. Before joining Jitegemee, Elizabeth had been in and out of schooling for years, her primary school graduation date delayed for years, having to drop out of school for lack of tuition fee. Her … [Read more...]

Updates from a Difficult Year

Habari yako! How are you, friends? It's been a while since we last updated our friends on how we're doing at Jitegemee. Just like everyone else, we have been struggling to deal with the impact of the Covid-19 crisis. But we are still here, and we are grateful for all the support our friends have shown us! Kenya has been fairly hard hit by Covid-19, with over 25,000 cases of Covid-19, and over 400 deaths to date. Schools across the country have been closed since March, and will likely remain … [Read more...]

Jitegemee 2019 Annual Report

2020 has been a long year with unforeseen challenges for everyone, which has resulted in our 2019 Annual Report being a lot later than we'd hoped. However, as this year comes to an end, we wanted to share our highlights from 2019. Please enjoy our 2019 Annual Report. And to all our friends and donors, please accept a big Thank You from all of us at Jitegemee for making our work possible! … [Read more...]

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