Scholarships for Needy Students and School Infrastructure Development

The social and economic opportunities facing our country can best be addressed by educating many people, and more so, beyond secondary school. As we provide excellent education we improve the economy, strengthen civic engagement; reducing the costs of crime, poverty and disease. The education programme focuses on: Mobilizing resources and providing scholarships to needy bright students Partnering with communities in developing school infrastructure for best outcomes, with specific emphasis on building and equipping school libraries Helping educational institutions in developing robust governance structures and systems to ensure excellent education for all learners Partnering with communities to provide education improvement interventions such as conferences, seminars, workshops, prize-giving days, etc Access to education is a basic human right. It reduces poverty and child labor and offers the tools needed to succeed in life 1.9 Million – Children who are of elementary school age but are not enrolled in school. Education is only compulsory for children through Junior High School. After graduating from Junior High School, children must take an exam to see if they qualify to go onto High Education. The average student/teacher ratio in public schools if 46 students to 1 teacher with many classrooms consisting of up to 100+ students per teacher. Education in Kenya is a privilege that most cannot afford. Even free schools are not completely free so children have to stay home and work instead of going to school. Girls who are not in school are at a higher risk of being married at 12 and 13 years old. If they are in school, this risk reduces drastically. Rusken Charitable Foundation helps to break the cycle of poverty by providing for needy children through Child Sponsorship. If you would like to sponsor a child, click on donation button below . Your gift will be life changing for a child who desperately wants to go to school. It will change their whole world!