Redhill School, Korogocho
About Korogocho
Known as one of the most polluted sites in Africa, the Dandora landfill surrounds the Korogocho slum. It is home to nearly 300,000 people, half of whom are children under the age of 18, crammed into an area of 1.2 square kilometers.
Over 2,000 tons of garbage arrives every day, as it is the primary landfill for Nairobi.
Red Hill Education Center
And in the heart of this trash dump is the Red Hill Education Center, founded by Andrew Omamo Awino, a journalist who turned educator after he did a story on education in Korogocho and witnessed small children working in the landfill. What began as a rescue center in 2013 has now developed into a school with 271 students, 98 of whom are ages 3-9.
KCEF & Red Hill: Working Together
This May, we officially launched a partnership with the Red Hill Education Center. We always begin a partnership by ensuring all the children receive a daily meal. We know that 85% of households in Korogocho are food insecure, with 50% facing severe food insecurity. Providing a meal at school ensures the child receive one meal a day. This also increases their learning engagement and reduces truancy. The school is currently unable to pay for meals and only one out of every six children brings the 24 cents required for lunch.
How You Can Help
KCEF wants to remove that burden by launching a meal support program for the primary children (preschool through 5th grade), that ensures the children have a breakfast porridge and lunch every day. We are also committing to fund new educational materials, as their curriculum is nonexistent. The needs are overwhelming at Red Hill, but there is a strong leader in Andrew.
To learn more about how you can support this school, email us at info@kcefund.org
