Global Alliance for Africa partners with households in Makomboki village to fund scholarships for adolescent boys and girls to attend secondary school.  The youth are either orphans or made vulnerable by the impact of HIV/AIDS, and have little or no resources to pay school fees.  If they are forced to leave school due to lack of funds, it is very likely they will never return.  And without completing their secondary school education, these youth are certain to experience a life of poverty.  Located in Kangare subdistrict in central Kenya, neighboring Thika Dam, the main source of Nairobi’s water supply, the population of Makomboki village is approximately 11,000 people, with 3 secondary schools, 7 primary schools, and 11 small trading centers.  The main cash crop in the area is tea, which is grown on small-scale farms.

Global Alliance has made an agreement with the guardians of these youth to raise funds for their school fees.  The agreement stipulates that GAA will pay for 80% of the annual school fees, and that the guardians will pay for 20%.  It costs GAA $150 to pay for one youth’s school fees for the entire year.  Please help us expand this program so that more orphans and vulnerable youth from the area will be able to attend and complete their secondary school education.