The Safaricom Foundation recently released their 3-year strategy which will set to run from April 2018- March 2021. The unveiling of the strategy also marked The Foundation’s 15 year anniversary. The strategy is based on one goal which is to make a significant contribution towards Kenya’s sustainable development in our areas. The mission is to […]
Most people enjoy listening to music. The love for musical genres may vary but one thing you can not deny is that music has a great impact on the world we live in. It has been used for various reasons such as to educate, inspire, and even to entertain. Ironically, most schools have opted to […]
As a parent, all you want for your children is a healthy and happy childhood. You want them to grow both emotionally, socially and academically. However, no matter what you do, your child is bound to struggle in one or all of these aspects. It is part of life. When it comes to academic success, […]
The second Safaricom Foundation and MPESA Foundation dissemination forum last week focused on coming together for sustainable livelihoods. The forum’s theme was Green House. The first one was held in January in Machakos. Together, MPESA Foundation and Safaricom Foundation have created an ecosystem of more than 1000 partners. Over the last couple of months, they […]
-Over the years, our forests have undergone massive deforestation. What used to be acres of green cover has now been replaced by barren land or by other man-made structures. The truth is, many of us are passionate about protecting our forest cover but lag behind when it comes to doing something about it. We wait […]
Nampala Jane from Uganda was elated when I enquired about her Science exhibit. The student from Kyebambe Girls’ Secondary School was one of the delegates at the Celebration of International Day for Girls and Women in Science, 2018. Present were also women in different professions in STEM and Kenyan students from high schools and universities. […]
In partnership with The M-PESA Foundation Academy and The Travelling Telescope, The Airbus Foundation recently launched their ‘Little Engineer’ Program in Kenya. The Airbus Foundation is an International group that aims at supporting aid organizations in various countries. One of the major pillars the foundation is set upon is the continuous empowerment of youth by […]
Many Kenyan students by now have settled in school and are learning. During this period, the opportunity to encourage more students into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) is been presented. We all know that gender disparity hinders development in all areas, and therefore cannot ignore the pressing need to involve women in STEM. In past […]
Microsoft EA is partnering with InABLE, The Ministry of Education, and The Ministry of ICT to provide computer labs for the blind. Disability is not inability were words initially stated by New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in 1945. Over the years those words have served to empower people living with disabilities from all […]
Is there a way academic dresses can be made in right sizes? As I prepared for my graduation last year, I was so excited to finally wear a proper gown that would see me get admitted to what Condoleezza Rice calls the club of the most privileged – the club of the educated. And since […]
The harrowing details of rampant bullying in a recently released story on Alliance High School and Maseno High School caused public uproar and sparked conversations on Twitter and other social media sites as more and more people recounted their high school bullying experiences. What these conversations revealed was that bullying had become the new normal […]
I started out as a boarder in the second term of standard eight. It was a dream come true. The school was a stone throw away from home, I’d been there all my life, my friends were there and as the boarding bit was new, we were pampered to no end. We had hot water, […]
KCB Foundation kicked off the 2017 #2Jiajiri program last week in a effort to decrease unemployment among the youth. Unemployment among the youth has been a constant threat to the country’s development. With over 800,000 young people being rolled out into the job sector every year where in 2014 the number of new jobs in […]
Africa is undoubtedly one of the continents in the world with thriving entrepreneurial spirits. Even despite the high number of infrastructural and financial burdens facing these entrepreneurs, there is still a high percentage breaking the barriers in the developmental front. It is actually these challenges that make us more innovative, creative and more willing to […]
Are videos taking over? These days it seems like you can’t go anywhere on the World Wide Web without a video clip or two being thrust into your line of vision. Even for the lover of the written word, there is the realization that videos are taking over. From 15sec. boomerangs to Snapchat videos and […]