Jitegemee Children's Program

Sustainability through Education

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...]

Jitegemee 2018 Annual Report

We are thrilled to share all our good news from 2018! Please take a look at our recently-published 2018 Annual Report for all our updates, activities, successes, and financial reporting from last year. … [Read more...]

Vocational Students Attend Biggest Skills Show in Kenya

In February 2019, our Vocational students traveled to Nairobi to attend Kenya's biggest skills show - Hands on the Future Kenya Skills Show 2019 - which was attended by over 20,000 young people from across the country. The theme of the show was #JijengeNaSkills (Build yourself through skills) - a vision we subscribe to here at Jitegemee. Our students were thrilled to learn from the hundreds of exhibitors about the vocational, technical, entrepreneurship and life-skills training opportunities … [Read more...]

Jitegemee’s Growing Team

Jitegemee has seen some rapid growth and changes over the past year or two, and that includes a number of additions to our wonderful staff team. We'd like to introduce some of the amazing people who have joined us during the past few years, and let you know more about the great work they are doing! Jennifer Katiwa is Jitegemee’s Country Director and took over this leadership role in January 2018. Jennifer joined us after working for Windle Trust for more than seven years in Dadaab … [Read more...]

Look who’s moving on in 2019!

Last year was a big one for so many of our students and parents who took their education and self-empowerment to the next level! The end of primary school marks an important point in the academic careers of many Kenyan students. At the end of the school year, students take the pivotal Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exam. With help from study materials distributed by Jitegemee, all of our 15 exam candidates passed their tests. And 9 out of 15 Jitegemee Class 8 students received … [Read more...]

Such Wonder – A Field Trip to Lake Nakuru

In October 2018, students from our 14th Vocational Program class left Machakos for their first field trip. They headed to Lake Nakuru National Park on the annual field trip, but it wouldn’t be just the animals and beautiful landscapes that amazed them. Students gathered at the Huduma Center bus station in Machakos Town hours before the bus even arrived. The sun had not even risen, but the students were not going to miss a chance to see more of their country. As soon as the bus left town, … [Read more...]

Dennis’s #JitegemeeDream is to build his mum a home

In 2017, we launched our #JitegemeeDream, a series, an online visual storytelling initiative that we are continuing and expanding in 2018. Working with Zimbabwean photojournalist, Fungai Tichawangana, our high school students took photos, videos, and wrote stories about their lives and their dreams for a brighter future. Here is Dennis's story: My name is Dennis Mutuku, I just started college this year against all odds. My Jitegemee Dream is to help my mother build a good house and to help my … [Read more...]

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