Location

Kakamega County, Kenya


Impact

3,000 students across 50 schools


Funding Need 2026

$40,000


Region

East and Southern Africa

Theme

Formal Education

Project Partner

Pursue

Every child reading, every teacher supported 

The situation

In Kakamega County, classrooms are overcrowded, under-resourced and teachers are untrained. One in three young children cannot read a single word—closing doors to their future before they even begin.

Our Response

Teacher coaching, mobile libraries, school leadership development, and child safety training across 50 community schools ensures every child learns and thrives. 

Impact

  • > 200 untrained or under-trained teachers and school leaders trained in pedagogical skills and instructional leadership 
  • > 3,000 students supported across 50 schools 
  • > Parents receive training in positive discipline, child safeguarding and improved learning 
  • > Increased literacy and student engagement 
  • > Stronger teaching and safer classrooms 

 

Together, we can help children read and build the foundations for a brighter future.

Your support of: 

  • $6.50 helps one child learn to read 
  • $1,000 equips a school with teacher support 
  • $10,000 strengthens multiple schools and over 1500 learners 

 

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About

In rural Kakamega County, many community schools lack trained teachers and basic resources. One in three children in early grades cannot read a single word. Without strong foundations, their future opportunities are limited. 

The Schools Development Programme (SDP) by Pursue is changing this. In its first year, the project will strengthen 50 community schools supporting over 6,000 teachers, students and parents through: 

  • > Quality Teaching: Teacher workshops, in-school coaching, and peer networks  
  • > Literacy: A mobile library, phonics training and reading support 
  • > School Leadership: Coaching for principals to build safe, high-performing schools 
  • > Child Safety: Training in child rights and positive discipline 
  • > Engagement: Parent and community engagement  

 

In a region with few government schools, strengthening community schools is critical to giving every child the chance to learn and thrive.  

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Your support helps children read, grow in confidence, and build the foundations for a brighter future. 

 

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1 in 3 children in Western Kenya cannot read a single word.

As we head towards the end of the financial year, your gift can help children learn, read and thrive. 

In rural western Kenya, classrooms are overcrowded, teachers are untrained and under-supported, and children are leaving school unable to read, leaving them disadvantaged for life. 

But, with your help, this can change. 

 

With improved teacher training, better literacy support and safer classrooms, children can gain the foundational skills they need to succeed at school and beyond. 

Your support this tax time will help train teachers, strengthen schools and help thousands of children learn to read with confidence.