Giving back to local communities has been a commitment of Davis & Shirtliff since its founding in 1946...
Thunguma Children &Youth Empowerment Centre is an institution located in Thunguma area, 6km from Nyeri town. It was established in October the year 2006 by the Nyeri local government (Nyeri municipal council) in partnership with churches & NGO to aid in rehabilitation and empowerment of the street children and youth in the region.
Gatanga, in Murang’a County, is one of Kenya’s more picturesque locations. It is home to the Ndakaine Dam, which supplies water to most of Nairobi, and also home to the organization that conserves the dam, Ndakaine Dam Conservation Association (NDEKA).
While the African continent seems to have been spared from the worst of the pandemic, it joins the world in a cautiously optimistic walk into the New Year. In this spirit, Kenya too has relaxed some of its COVID restrictions and opened its schools to all learners, in an effort to return to ‘pre-corona’ normalcy.
Eshikomere girls is a Boarding school situated in Butere Sub County, Kakamega County. It has a population of 680 girls .The School had no access to water save for a stream 2 kms away. Pupils were required to make the trek to the stream to fetch water for their daily use. As expected, pupil enrollment as well as academic performance greatly suffered.
Very few children with disabilities have access to basic education. Because of this, young people with disabilities are less likely to be employed, and more likely to be living in poverty, than people without disabilities.
Lack of access to clean water is a key factor in students’ academic performance and attendance rates. Kibuye Girls is a girls’ primary day school in Kisumu County, Kenya. It sources learners from disadvantaged backgrounds such as the informal settlements of Obunga,