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...
by jenn | Jul 22, 2025 | KCEF Updates
In just three weeks, our family will move our middle daughter into her first year of college. A week later my eldest will be back on her campus, and our son will start his sophomore year of high school. As they’ve been working hard, saving for college, and enjoying...
by jenn | Jun 24, 2025 | KCEF Updates
An old Sara Groves song has been playing over and over in my mind since I returned from Kenya two weeks ago: I saw what I saw and I can’t forget it I heard what I heard and I can’t go back I know what I know and I can’t deny it Something on the road, cut me to the...
