KCEF News
Dr. Jennifer Jukanovich Hired as new Executive Director
Dear Friends of Kijabe Children’s Education Fund, We are pleased to announce that Dr. Jennifer Jukanovich has been selected as our very first Executive Director. Her appointment has been made...
A Look Back at 2024 and Double Your Impact With Our Matching Grant!
Dear Friends and Partners of KCEF: We write to you at this holiday season to give thanks for you and for what we have accomplished together in 2024. It is not an exaggeration to say that your...
From Devastation to Rebirth
By Jud Reis, Vice Chair KCEF Board I’ve just returned from my third trip in the last two years to visit the schools we support in Nairobi. I’ve become almost accustomed to the significant day to day...
Hard times…but good times…in Kenya
by Craig Hammon, KCEF Board Chair As summer ends and a new academic year begins here, I wanted to reaffirm what a difference your prayers and support are making for our children in Kenya, where it...
Jobs…and Hope!
Many of you know that, in addition to our work with primary schools in the Nairobi slums, we partner with a group of pastors in the Kiandutu slum in Thika, just outside Nairobi. These faithful...
Three Week Holiday?
Dear friends and partners of KCEF: I am writing this as the second term of school is beginning for students in Kenya. They have just returned from what the Ministry of Education calls a “three week...
Just Back From Kenya
Dear KCEF Friends and Partners, After a very successful week of visiting our schools in February, I wanted to find a way to share with you—friends of KCEF—some idea of the stark contrast between...
Receiving & Giving…
Dear Friends of Kijabe Children’s Education Fund, In December, we wrote to you about a matching grant of $30,000. I’m delighted to report that your generous response, totaling significantly more...
Hunger, but HOPE From a Matching Gift
Most of us anticipate Christmas with joy and excitement even though the parties and pageants and sheer abundance—especially of the food all around us—can begin to feel overwhelming. As you can...
Receiving…and Giving Back
Education for all Children For many years now, KCEF has enabled capable graduates of our partner primary schools to attend secondary school and university. Without our support, secondary school...