Teach For Kenya champions a multidisciplinary approach to education reform. We view Teaching as Collective Leadership and students as the promise of a brighter future for all Kenyans.

October 25, 2024 Erastus Karani No Comments

Creating a Safe and Loving Classroom Environment.

In a recent reflection, Vannesa Muthama, a first-year fellow at Mavoko Primary, emphasized the importance of emotional well-being in the classroom. She highlighted that a safe and nurturing environment is essential for effective learning. According to Vannesa, when students feel secure and cared for, their ability to learn and grow flourishes. To foster this supportive […]

May 28, 2024 admin No Comments

Giving Hope to Children affected by the Floods!

Fundraising Campaign Giving Hope to children affected by the floods! In the last couple of weeks, Kenya has been facing a devastating flood crisis caused by relentless heavy rains. Schools have lost major learning infrastructure such as desks, chairs, textbooks and computers that were washed away by the floods with others being converted to shelters […]

May 24, 2024 admin No Comments

Boys and Girls Safe Spaces: A Partnership Against Harmful Gender-Based Norms in Our Schools

“The most overwhelming key to a child’s success is the positive empowerment and engagement of the community.” – Jane D. Hull. The prevalence of school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) has a profound impact on millions of children worldwide. In Kenya, the 2019 Violence Against Children Survey (VACS) revealed alarming statistics, with a high percentage of girls […]

October 12, 2023 admin 6 Comments

Global Knowledge Sharing Can Transform Kenya’s Education

Imagine opening the doors to your home, finally free of the solitary confinement that grounded the world, but then perceiving a sense of disconnectedness from humanity. That’s how we felt coming out of the COVID lockdown of 2020. Adrift for months in the digital sea of social media, watching the seasons change from the window […]

September 12, 2023 admin 8 Comments

If Tomorrow Never Comes

The classroom is packed with tiny desks, resembling a family of sardines. The walls are covered with colorful manila papers, stickers that proudly display key learning points, and perhaps some infantile graffiti that adds a touch of youthful exuberance. An image of a clock, a cow, and a bus are displayed in different corners of the room. There is a blackboard with arithmetic homework on another wall.

November 19, 2021 admin 3 Comments

Changing the paradigm of Education through Partnership

In pursuit of addressing the systemic challenges faced in high need schools in Kenya, we partnered with ProFuturo, where we trained our Cohort 1 Fellows by elevating their knowledge on; how to be visionary teacher leaders, how to have a positive classroom culture, and integrating technology in the classroom. Additionally, we began to cascade this […]