by jenn | Apr 22, 2026 | KCEF Updates
Double your impact with our $50K match for vocational training! Margaret Wangari’s early life was grim, and she could have easily fallen by the wayside. But she survived and vowed to help others like herself. In 2023, KCEF partnered with Margaret to launch a...
by jenn | Mar 31, 2026 | KCEF Updates
Friends, Please save the date of October 1, 2026 to celebrate 20 years of educating and nourishing God’s children in Kenya. More information to come this summer. All the best, Jennifer Jukanovich
by jenn | Mar 17, 2026 | KCEF Supporters, KCEF Updates
It was a certifiable shack. Here in the United States, it would have been marked for demolition. But in Kenya’s Rift Valley, it was packed with preschoolers. This was my first look at Gentle Bells Preparatory School in Longonot, a rural spot over an hour outside of...
by jenn | Feb 21, 2026 | KCEF Updates
Friends, A few weeks ago we received a surprise letter of thanks from Jane, a former primary student at Gentle Bells, our first partner school. She proceeded to secondary school and then university through KCEF scholarships provided in partnership with Education for...
by jenn | Jan 20, 2026 | KCEF Updates
Friends, It is the beginning of a new school year in Kenya. And what better way to start than by hearing from St. Catherine’s—one of our new partner schools—about the impact KCEF is having in their community thanks to the generosity of our donors. In addition to these...
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...
