by jenn | Dec 16, 2025 | KCEF Updates
Strengthen Foundations, Nourish the Future “Joining the KCEF board for me was out of something instilled in me while in high school in Kenya: ‘From those to whom much has been given, much will be required.’ I went on my first KCEF trip expecting I would give back to...
by jenn | Nov 18, 2025 | KCEF Updates
I remember writing a descriptive essay about my mom for an 8th-grade English class. One late evening, with my pencil in hand, I wrote everything I observed as she sat grading her 4th-grade students’ papers. Foremost to me were her eyes. They looked so tired, strained...
by jenn | Oct 21, 2025 | KCEF Updates
I just returned from my 4th trip to Kenya since joining the board of the Kijabe Children’s Education Fund. Challenges for residents of the slums of greater Nairobi have only intensified in that time. Inflation remains an enormous issue for our families who get by on...
by jenn | Sep 23, 2025 | KCEF Updates
Dear KCEF Friends & Partners, My son took a big chance at the start of 10th grade last week. Instead of continuing with soccer, he put forward a request for a sport that had not existed at his school. He and his friends developed a proposal, met with the...
by jenn | Aug 20, 2025 | KCEF Updates
This month, I (Jane Mwikali) had the joy of hosting my two younger sisters, ages 14 and 17, who are visiting from Switzerland during their school break. Their days have been filled with spending time with extended family, vacationing at the beach, shopping, and screen...
