Top Secondary School Scholarships Kenya 2022-23

Scholarships for Kenyan Secondary School Students

Africa Educational Trust

• Kenya is our newest programme. Our expertise in reaching remote and excluded communities made expanding into Kenya a logical extension to our work. First, we partnered with the Leigh Day law firm to help support schooling for vulnerable children in Laikipia North. This provided us with the opportunity to better understand the educational needs of the communities in this region, and in particular the local Maasai community who have lost their traditional pastoralist livelihood and yet still remain isolated from education and opportunity.

Annie L. Jeter (ALJ) Scholarships

• Designed to support school fees for deserving students whose families cannot afford the cost of an education. The ALJ Scholarship includes, but is not limited to primary school fees, secondary school fees, room and board, exam fees, books and other school-related items like uniforms, shoes, etc.

Akili Dada

• Partner with a select number of brilliant, highly motivated young girls and make long term commitments to help them attain their leadership potential. Akili Dada canvasses for scholarship recipients in the poorest areas of Kenya. We commit to paying all tuition fees, and we expect the student’s parents to remain active partners in their daughter’s education by providing for necessities such as uniforms and school supplies.

Canadian Harambee Education Society

• Provides support for female students, paying school fees for girls who meet scholastic standards in Kakamega, Kenya

Elimu Fund

• creates a scholarship fund to help intelligent Kenyan students with limited financial resources to pursue and successfully complete secondary education. To be considered for the scholarship, the applicant must have completed the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) in the preceding year with a minimum grade of “B” and must be in the top 10% of his or her class. The recipient must have received admission to a public or private secondary school that is recognized as such by the Ministry of Education in Kenya. The scholarship, in most cases, will cover 100% of the tuition, dormitory room and board (where applicable), and other associated costs, such as books, uniforms, travel, and a monthly stipend.

Free The Children – Adopt a Village in Action: Kenya

• works with communities in the rural Maasai Mara. The communities we work with are Maasai or Kipsigis, pastoral people who face significant challenges that threaten the way they live. This region of Kenya has the highest primary school dropout rate in the country, a direct result of poor educational facilities, the need for children to tend to cattle and goats, and the lack of educational and health support. Frequent droughts and flooding add to these challenges.
• Adopt a Village in Kenya provides quality education in communities where there is often no school. Our mobile health clinic and education initiatives address specific health concerns including HIV/AIDS. Alternative income initiatives include milking animals and a women’s beading cooperative. The development of clean water projects specifically address the prevalence of water-borne disease and the inaccessible distance of rural water sources.

Helping Youth Through Educational Scholarships (“HYTES”)

• Provides educational scholarships to youth in developing countries to advance and grow themselves, contribute to their community and benefit society.
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Hilde Back Education Fund (HBEF)

• is a charitable community-based group registered under the laws of Kenya to pursue the following objectives:
• To provide education scholarships and othe r academic opportunities to bright children from poor families and disadvantaged communities
• To unlock the unexplored potential in children and young persons from disadvantaged communities by making available to them a wide variety of new local and international opportunities in the areas of education, arts, sports, science and modern technology
• To inculcate public service values on the youth by encouraging them to participate in community development projects aimed at achieving community self-reliance and advancement
• To protect and promote the right of education for all, as provided for under international human rights instruments

Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF)

• Scholarship grants that support local organizations and secondary schools to facilitate the secondary education of poor and needy Kenyan youth. Four year maximum for school fees only (boarding, examination and tuition fees). Continuing students requiring less years are eligible and is subject to continued satisfactory performance by the student. Priority will be given to organizations that encourage students’ families and communities to make at least some contribution towards the expenses of the student.

Kenya Scholarship Fund

• is a US based 501(C) 3 IRS tax exempt organization. It was established to promote academic advancement for at-risk high school students in Kenya.
• KSF is headquartered in Houston, Texas with an operations branch office in Nairobi, Kenya. Since its inception in 2007, KSF has awarded numerous scholarships to needy students in several high schools in Kenya.
• The Organization provides scholarships to academically gifted Kenyan students who would otherwise not be able to successfully pursue a High School Education and realize their full potential as talented human beings.

Maasai Education Discovery (MED)

• A not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) organization located in Boston, Massachusetts, London, England and Narok, Kenya. MED was founded in 1999 by Ledama Olekina, a Maasai from Kenya to promote education for the Maasai people. The Maasai Foundation of America, INC., and numerous other anonymous donors, sponsor over 800 Maasai students a year to attend primary, secondary and tertiary level of education. The program targets Maasai children, mostly girls who, for various reasons, lack the resources and opportunity to pursue their education. The program works toward increasing the retention level of Maasai children in schools.

Nomadic Kenyan Children’s Educational Fund (NKCEF)

• was founded in 2001 and is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization, whose primary focus is a secondary school scholarship program for nomadic girls and boys in Kenya. Inspired by a visit in 2000 to Kenyan schools and nomadic villages with native Kenyan, Joseph Lekuton, NKCEF’s founders raised funds and established a scholarship program that has grown rapidly and now supports hundreds of nomadic children in Kenyan high schools. Without NKCEF support most of these students would not have the opportunity for post-primary education. NKCEF has built a body of information and experience, and a network of advisors and contacts within the Kenyan community that have enabled us to continually improve our program.

Sango Association

• Fosters synergistic partnerships dedicated to enhancing the education and educational achievement of disadvantaged high school students in Luo Nyanza Kenya. The objectives of the Sango Association are to: Provide financial assistance to deserving students who are either orphans and/or living in poverty and cannot afford high school fees and Assists schools in Luo Nyanza to acquire much needed expendables and laboratory equipment, books, computers, and physical improvements to the schools.

ST. JOSEPH MATUU HIGH SCHOOL

• WILL DURING THE YEAR 2010 SPONSOR OR SUPPORT AT LEAST 10 NEEDY STUDENTS WHO EXCELLED IN THEIR EXAMS IN YEAR 2009 KCSE EXAMS BUT DO NOT HAVE ANY MEANS OF PURSUING HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION.
• QUALIFICATION : AS A MINIMUM ONE MUST HAVE ATTAINED 380 MARKS IN K.C.P.E.
• FOR CONSIDERATION OR TO OBTAIN THE APPLICATION FORM PLEASE CONTACT – THE PRINCIPAL, ST.JOSEPH MATUU HIGH SCHOOL, P.O. BOX 112-90119, MATUU. e-mail: stjosephmatuuhs@gmail.com; Telephone : 0722 388 681 , 0736 189 255
• THE DIRECTORS OF ST.JOSEPH MATUU HIGH SCHOOL CONSIDER COMMUNITY SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO BE AT THE EPICENTER OF THE INSTITUTE’S DEVELOPMENT. THIS SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME WILL BE SUSTAINED EVERY YEAR TO BE COMPETED FOR BY NEW AND CONTINUING STUDENTS.

Tumaini Scholarship for Vocational Training

• Supports young people pursuing vocational training such as carpentry, tailoring, mechanics, masonry, etc. The goal of the program is to alleviate poverty by empowering youth and equipping them with the necessary skills to compete in the job market, reduce unemployment, and support their families.

UNICEF Canada – Kenyan Girls’ Scholarship Programme

• has created a four-year scholarship programme for nomadic girls. Working with community and religious leaders and the Ministry of Education, UNICEF identifies 60 of the most deserving girls from poor Nomadic communities to further their education. The scholarship provides a bright young woman with enough funding for four years to cover all the costs related to secondary school education, including uniforms, school supplies, transport, housing spending money and the guidance of a volunteer female mentor.

Zawadi Africa

• A program geared towards providing exceptional young African women from rural and disadvantaged backgrounds, the opportunity to attend some of the best Universities in the United States of America.