Education
Foundational learning skills
SomaSawa
In many classrooms across Western Kenya, some students are quietly falling through the cracks – not because they can’t learn, but because their teachers don’t always have the tools to reach them. Soma Sawa – “learn well” in Swahili – works with those teachers, building their skills and confidence so every student gets a genuine chance to keep up and move forward.
SomaSawa Approach:
- Building public school teachers capacity with innovative interventions to enhance students learning in their classrooms.
- Mentor and support teachers as they strive to address barriers to learning and improve student outcomes.
- Give learners access to resources and tools that will enable them to build foundational and advanced skills for lifelong learning.
- Advocate for policy change and curriculum support by engaging county and national education leaders and stakeholders in all levels of our work.
Community Economic Development
Livelihood
YouthHub
For many families in Western Kenya, poverty isn’t a single problem – it’s a tangle of them. Youth Hub works alongside young people and families to loosen that tangle, one practical step at a time. Through skills training, social enterprise cooperatives, agribusiness, and access to health and insurance, the program builds the conditions for people to earn income, feed their families, and invest back into their communities. Young women are at the centre of this work – because when women have economic agency, whole households and neighbourhoods feel it.
YouthHub Objectives:
- To give youth access to opportunities for exposure and learning.
- To create a girls safe space for creativity, innovation and leadership.
- To develop youth leadership and advocacy skills.
- To give youth access to formal and informal education.
- To empower youth, girls and young women for entrepreneurship, job market and tech opportunities.
How to get involved
No matter how you choose to get involved, when you're a part of Sawa, the support of generous people like you empowers us to achieve our mission.