Education · Life Skills · Sport
With Better Me you help children in Kenya shape their own futures.
Better Me has been part of the Kisumu community since 2015. Our work is rooted at the Korando Educational Centre, where around 300 children learn and grow, and extends across Kisumu through mentorship, life skills and sport.
What we've achieved together
Since 2015, Better Me has supported Korando — a community school in Kisumu — to give around 300 children access to education, daily meals, and care that extends far beyond the classroom.
For 112 of those children, Korando is also home. Over the past decade, we've helped more than 240 students graduate and go on to build independent lives.
Kenya, East Africa
Korando Alumni
Success Story
Vivian Anyango
Korando alumni · Sophomore at Kenyatta University
"It felt like stepping into sunlight after a long stretch of dark. Korando and Better Me carried me through my hardest days, shaping me into who I am today and who I'll become tomorrow."
Vivian joined Korando in nursery class in 2008. By fifth grade, BetterMe volunteers were coming through — and something shifted. Inspired by their belief in education, she pushed herself harder. She finished eighth grade with top marks and earned a place in high school through the BetterMe Bursary Program.
Vivian's journey is her own. Along the way, consistent access to education, bursary support and people who believed in her helped her keep moving forward. Today, she is studying Communication and Media Studies at Kenyatta University.
She is one of 242 children who have already graduated from Korando. A sponsorship helps another child continue working toward that day.
Child Sponsorship
One child. One sponsor. Reliable education.
Every child at Korando is currently able to attend school. Children without individual sponsors are temporarily funded through the Better Me Bridge Fund. Our goal is to replace that temporary funding with regular monthly sponsorships, one child at a time.
69 of 300 children currently have sponsors
Every new sponsorship brings Korando closer to reliable educational support for every child.
Education is where it begins—not where it ends.
Better Me works alongside Korando and community partners in Kisumu to help children access education, develop life skills and grow through sport.
At Korando, around 300 children receive education, meals, mentorship, activities and care. Beyond the school, our youth and community programs reach children and young people across Kisumu.
Everything is connected by one belief:
Children should have the opportunity and support to shape their own futures.
Explore Our Work
Come to Kisumu. Become part of the work.
Spend between two weeks and six months volunteering with Better Me in Kenya. You will join programs that have grown over more than ten years, work alongside our Kenyan team and contribute according to your abilities and the needs on the ground.
You do not need to arrive with all the answers. Come ready to contribute, learn and become part of the Better Me community.
- Supported arrival and orientation
- Accommodation at the Dome Home
- Roles matched to your skills and interests
- Opportunities across education, sport and youth programs
- Safeguarding guidance and local supervision
Our approach
Kenyan people. Kenyan decisions. Kenyan leadership.
Every program at BetterMe is designed, led, and run by Kenyans who grew up in the same communities they now serve. They set the priorities, choose the projects, and know what actually works on the ground.
Our role from abroad is to provide resources and trust, not to direct or impose solutions from the outside. The people closest to the problem are best equipped to solve it.
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Locally led Our Kenyan team decides what programs run, where resources go, and what comes next.
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Community knowledge, not outside assumptions Programs grow out of real conversations with families, teachers, and youth, not imported templates.
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Support, not direction Donors and international supporters provide the fuel. The Kenyan team steers.
Every child should have the chance to shape their own future. Poverty should not decide it for them.
Torsten “Toto” Kremser, Founder
Help us bridge the gap.
No sponsor yet doesn't mean no school. The Bridge Fund keeps children enrolled while we find their long-term sponsor. Each new sponsorship reduces the amount the Bridge Fund needs to cover. Until we reach 300 sponsors, one-time donations help us fund the difference. Learn more →
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Seen with their own eyes
These aren't donor testimonials. Every voice here belongs to a volunteer who lived at Korando: who taught the classes, swam with the kids, and saw the impact firsthand.
Ten years of impact, built together.
