About the Fellowship
The Teach For Kenya Fellowship is a 2 year full-time paid leadership development program that recruits Kenya’s most outstanding graduates and professionals from varied disciplines to teach in high-need communities. The Fellowship program equips Fellows with transferable leadership skills that help change the trajectory of their students by developing their academic knowledge, skills, and mindsets needed to shape a better future for themselves and their communities. Additionally, Fellows gain exposure to the realities of Kenya’s education system and develop into empowered leaders whose voices and actions inspire lasting change.
Why Join the Fellowship
- Build a career of impact and purpose: Teach For Kenya gives you an opportunity to redefine your purpose in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As a Fellow, you will grow your skills, build your resilience, adaptability, and personal drive and take your career of impact to new heights.
- Develop your leadership: Through the Teach for Kenya fellowship, you will hone your leadership skills and get a chance to support young children, empowering them to access quality education and unlock their full potential.
- Be a part of a global movement: As a Teach For Kenya Fellow, you will gain access to a global network of like-minded individuals across the world where you can share, network, and learn from each other.
- Drive change: The fellowship will enable you to lead transformation in the school or your local community by supporting and inspiring others to make changes that will have a meaningful and positive impact on students. Additionally, you will develop a capstone project that will challenge you to collaborate with communities to create homegrown solutions to some of the challenges you have observed in the field.
Your Pathway to Leadership
Wondering what the Fellowship journey looks like? Take a look at the safari of a Teach For Kenya Fellow:
Testimonials
At first, I wasn't sure whether I was good enough to carry on with the great task ahead but I put my best foot forward. I was quite startled to see my learners achieve great literacy and numeracy skills as well as advance in their learning areas in the last 1 and 1/4 years through the TFK fellowship program.
Olive ThukuCohort 1 
My fellowship journey has been a life-transformational experience not only for me but also for my learner. I have elevated my skills, knowledge, and mindset to higher levels from my fellowship. The best moment of it all is that have laid a strong foundation for the young generation which they will use to build up their entire future.
John MuiaCohort 1 
I was inspired to join the Fellowship Program to touch the lives of children from low-income areas through education. It has been challenging yet rewarding, I have learned to be resilient, empathetic, and patient while managing young learners. It has shaped my mindset and helped me discover my authentic power while giving me the opportunity to make a difference.
Elia OketchCohort 2 
The Teach for Kenya fellowship program inspired my drive to join the multi-dispensary team that supports and helps to bridge the education inequality in Kenya. The journey has been transformative, seeing children grow and transform positively in academics and leadership has been a great milestone. It is, therefore, true that someday we shall break the limits and raise the bar.
The skills the learners gain will help them to greatly thrive and be independent individuals as they are able to make super decisions irrespective of the storms in life.
Joseph WanjauCohort 2 
I was inspired to join Teach For Kenya because of an opportunity to give back. I was privileged to have an opportunity to study all through my life and I felt this would be a great chance to impact the lives of learners in under-privileged communities. The journey so far has been really fun yet equally challenging. Teaching young children is an experience that has challenged me to grow as an individual. Seeing their desire to learn and grow each day has been my source of joy.
Curtis WambaniCohort 3 
My fellowship journey has been delightful. It has helped me build on my leadership skills and exposed me to new perspectives and ideas through my interactions with individuals passionate about making a difference and ensuring that quality education becomes a reality for children in underserved communities. It has also challenged me in new ways which has steered up my personal growth and development. Above all, I have witnessed my learners' academic excellence and their zeal in becoming the best version of themselves despite their backgrounds. This has been the epitome of it all. It inspires me to keep working to ensure that no child is left behind.
Liz KamauCohort 3 
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