Senator Karen Nyamu sponsors secondary education for 17 needy students

Seventeen needy and bright students who completed their 2023 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams will now be able to further their studies after benefiting from the Education Endowment Program run by the Karen Nyamu Foundation.

The students who hail from informal settlements within Nairobi County including Mathare, Kibra, Korogocho, Kiambiú, Mukuru kwa Njenga, and Dandora slums among others will have the opportunity to enjoy a four-year full scholarships after joining their dream schools across the country.

The program will cater for their uniforms, shopping, and admission to their respective secondary schools and the foundation is expected to spend at least Ksh.1.5 million every academic year for the next four years.

The 17 students have seen the foundation and its partners spend over Ksh.2 million for their uniforms, shopping, and admission as they kick off their secondary education.

Addressing the beneficiaries at the Senate buildings, the foundation’s patron, Nominated Senator Karen Nyamu, expressed confidence in the potential of the minors urging them to pursue excellence.

“I’m very happy for allowing me to impact your lives; from today, even if you have parents, it’s as if I’m your adoptive parent who will mentor you,” Nyamu said.

“I wanted to expose you to this (Senate) setup so that it can impact you differently; you cannot be the same as another student who has not been here…now you can dream to be here or better.”

She underscored her commitment to ensure the learners realize their academic dreams saying she would walk with them throughout their four years in secondary school.  

“I wanted to reach out to that student whose dream could not come to pass without such an opportunity, Congratulations for your scholarship and for excelling in your studies,” Nyamu said on the mission of the foundation.

“Our journey with you has just started. I will be visiting you so that I know your progress and where we can improve. We are in this together.”

The initiative, which has in the last two years revived the hopes of many children in slum dwellings, has also been financing several youth to gain skills such as hairdressing, plumbing and other technical courses in different colleges within the county.