Tumaini Academy Namanga

Tumaini Academy Namanga

Tumaini Adademy is a WMO2H signature site and a private school on the border of Kenya and Tanzania that empowers children in the community with education through scholarships. The girls at the academy were at risk of undergiong FGM, early marriage, and early pregnacy. The founder focus efforts on ensuring youth are prepared for life beyond the center and works to provide scholarships to more children across the country.

WMO2H Projects: 2 Greenhouses, Water Solution (Pump), WASH Program

Project Implementation: 2017

Total Beneficiaries: 155

"I am doing well in school and I feel honoured to have been sponsored here. I mingle a lot with children from different comunities and classes unlike back home. Though I still have friends in the slums of Kibera, I still find it awesome to be at Tumaini Namanga Academy."
- Agrippina, Student, 2019
Small-scale farming project at Tumaini Academy in front of their WMO2H greenhouse (2019)
Small-scale farming project at Tumaini Academy in front of their WMO2H greenhouse (2019)
Children of the community using their WMO2H water tank (2019)
Children of the community using their WMO2H water tank (2019)
Young community member watering their WMO2H greenhouse (2019)
Young community member watering their WMO2H greenhouse (2019)
Agrippina and her friends excitedly posing for a photo (2019)
Agrippina and her friends excitedly posing for a photo (2019)

Greenhouse made possible by DeMarcus Ware