Category: News & Blog

Jack has recently passed away, aged 95 and has given a very generous gift in his Will to Kisumu Children Trust. With no children of his own, Jack made it clear that he wanted to help poor children receive the education that had helped him so much. As a young man during Second World War, […]

As Kenya looks to start easing the lockdown, there are some important developments going on in the education sector. Returning to school will not be easy for many. Students and parents are anxious and there are a number of criteria which a school must be able to show that it can satisfy if it is […]

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is one of those phrases that has become highly recognised amongst established businesses almost as routine. I don’t believe it would take you long to think of a well-known brand with a well-known CSR campaign… perhaps Persil (Unilever) and its campaign to provide education for underprivileged children, Innocent Smoothies and their […]

Kenya in the pandemic outbreak As the Coronavirus spreads across the world, it is particularly concerning for countries like Kenya who cannot possibly be prepared for such a pandemic. Kenya reacted relatively quickly to the outbreak as cases arrived in the country.  The government closed their borders to international arrivals, something which has kept numbers […]

It is an odd title to consider here in the UK when we think of the challenges facing Kenyan healthcare where over 50% of doctors born and trained in Kenya work abroad. Most Kenyan counties have fewer than 1 doctor to 10,000 people and 80% of Kenyans don’t have any access to healthcare insurance and […]

These children are off to secondary school; no longer a dream for the destitute but an opportunity open to every child.     There have been some very exciting developments at National Government level regarding education in the last year. The Education Cabinet Secretary, George Magoha, has been very vocal about the initiative which has […]

Following all the hard work, not just by our children studying for their exams but also our staff supporting them tirelessly with homework and extra support where needed, the results of the 2019 KCPE exams are in. We have results for 14 CBCH children, those that board full time and those that still live with […]

This year has been a very busy one for us at Kisumu Children, not just because of all the goings on in Kisumu itself of which there are many exciting developments (please do signup for our newsletter if you would like to hear all about those). But for us here in the UK, we have […]

Volunteering has never been so important as it is today. Not only because of the desperate need in this world from so many areas, whether it be human, animal or environmental but because volunteering builds people up and helps to develop us as human beings. As a volunteer, I completely fell in love with the […]

It is clear that the job market for women across Kenya is clearly a very different prospect for them than it is for men. I am aware of this, not only through first hand observation, but also from the heat of African debates I have witnessed through media channels tackling the subject. Gender equality in […]