1ST PILLAR
Support for Children and Youth
Direct Youth Support
We provide…
- Education and Training
- Mentorship and Counseling
- Soft- and Life-Skills
Our main activities and programs:
- Fly High: High-School Bursaries for vulnerable youth to access secondary schools.
- YUMP (Youth Unleashed Mentorship Program): Supports youth in high-schools with emotional wellness, through group work and individual counseling.
- Beyond School Holiday Camps: Gives children a place to connect, play and self-express, while they learn critical soft- and life-skills.
- Chapati JOY Festivals: One day events to uplift, inspire and share love with children in institutions.
“Thank you for saving my life” – Success story from the Kisumu Children’s Remand Home
“Thank you so much for saving my life”. These simple words coming from a 12-year old boy while tears were rolling down his cheeks was enough to make our social work team cry. They were not tears of sadness, everyone was feeling the emotion of a family reunited, a...
How I broke through fear – Emily from the U.S.
My breakthrough experience Hi, I'm Emily from the United States, an intern at Better Me Kenya. If you had asked me a month ago how much my experience working with Better Me would change my life, I would have said a great deal. But what I never would have expected is...
Spring Camp “Adventure Begins”
The Camp Adventure Begins: “Unusual, exciting, daring” The camp was born out of the desire to nurture the mental wellbeing of the children at Korando. For this we created a space for the children to feel heard and seen, to share, to explore and to have...
Fablab Digital Fabrication Training
Introduction to digital fabrication training An intense four-week training held at Korando Education Center, in Kisumu, Kenya, from 24th November to 1st January 2020. The goal of this project was to offer the upper-level students at Korando Education center an...
Youth UPliftment Mentorship Program (YUMP) for Woman & Girls
As part of our contribution to the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence (GBV), we engaged in activities that targeted adolescents and particularly girls through our Youth Upliftment Mentorship Program. 25. November marked the UN Day Opposing Violence...
The Next Generation of Innovators
We are proud to announce our partnership with FabLab Winam, an open-access laboratory for creative fabricators, artists, scientists, engineers, educators, students, amateurs, and professionals of all ages. The goal is to empower our students with skills and knowledge...