Kakenyas Dream

Health and leadership training: with extremely limited healthcare and education in the region, most people know very little about their bodies, sexual and reproductive health, and the harmful effects of fgm and child marriage. With its kenyan partner, kakenya's dream launched health and leadership trainings to educate both boys and girls on fgm, child marriage, and sexual and reproductive health. Nearly 35,000 students have been trained at 202 schools. To further meet the region's dire healthcare needs, in 2024 we opened the community's first and only health clinic providing primary care, mental health support, and stigma-free sexual and reproductive care. The clinic has provided care for 3,696 individuals in its first six months of operation.

Network for excellence: the network for excellence supports our kce alumnae as they make the critical transitions to high school, college, and early adulthood, a time when most girls in our community experience increasing pressure to get married and are often forced to drop out. Working alongside our local partner, we have provided over 420 students with college and career guidance, scholarships and financial aid, tutoring, professional skills development, and social support so that our students are set up for success in adulthood. The goal of the program is to support kce alumnae to reach their first-choice destination, whether that's a university education, trade school, or employment, as well as to ensure job readiness so that they can achieve economic empowerment.