Jitegemee Children's Program

Vocational Class 11 Students give new Exec Director Tour of Machakos

Welcome to Machakos! On Thursday, August 19, a group of Jitegemee Vocational Class 11 students gave new Jitegemee Executive Director, Verity Norman-Tichawangana, a tour of Machakos and the sites of their trade attachments. This group of students is nearing the end of the 18-month training they receive as part of Jitegemee's 2-year vocational training program. Every year, 35-40 young people who have previously lived or worked on the streets are selected for this vocational training … [Read more...]

Jitegemee attends Segal Family Foundation Annual Meeting

Mike Kimeu, JitegemeeÂ Program Director and Verity Norman-Tichawangana, Executive Director attended the Segal Family Foundation (SFF) Annual Meeting in Kampala, Uganda from 10-13 August, 2016. The gathering included all (approx.)Â 200 SFF partners, as well as a number of other donors or friends of SFF who support similar initiatives. For the past three years, Jitegemee has received funding support from SFF and this year in addition to the regular funding, we received a $25,000 matching grant in … [Read more...]

Friends of Jitegemee show huge support at DC fundraiser

Friends and family of Jitegemee came together on Thursday, July 7 for another fun and successful fundraiser for our work with street children in Machakos. The event was hosted by Rebecca Abou-Chedid at her beautiful Washington, DC home, and guests raised over $11,000 forÂ Jitegemee's work. These funds will be matched by Segal Family Foundation's matching grant awarded to Jitegemee for 2016. The generosity of Jitegemee friends was overwhelming: Our featured raffle prize of the evening was a … [Read more...]

Jitegemee Students attend #LifeInMyShoes camp

In May 2016, two Jitegemee beneficiaries â€“ John Kiluma and Harrison Mutulu â€“ were invited to attend the Seagal Family Foundationâ€™s (SFF) 6-day Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) camp dubbed #LifeInMySHoes, that took place at Hana Mixed School, Nsangi in Uganda. The camp was organized by Reach a Hand Uganda (RAHU). Numerous SFF beneficiaries joined our students at the camp, and together they focused on how to communicate with young people in a way that empowered them to … [Read more...]

Jitegemee welcomes new Executive Director

In May, 2016,Â Verity Norman-Tichawangana joined Jitegemee as our new Executive Director. Verity isÂ taking over fundraising and program management responsibilities from Jitegemee Founder, Farah Stockman. The Jitegemee board is delighted to welcome Verity to the team. Verity has a strong background in international development education, working with vulnerable youth.Â SheÂ most recently worked at World Education, Inc's Bantwana program in Zimbabwe - a national program that provides education … [Read more...]

Successful First Annual Jitegemee Charity Golf Day

On Saturday, 11 June 2016, Jitegemeeâ€™s local advisory board hosted our first ever Annual Jitegemee Charity Golf Day at Machakos Golf Club. We are thrilled to report that the event was a huge success, thanks to the hard work of the Jitegemee team and all our partners. Thank you to everyone who helped us raise over KSh400,000 to support our work with former street children in Machakos. Leading up to the Golf Day,Â we were nervous, as none of the Jitegemee team members had ever organized a … [Read more...]