Kuumba Development
For almost a decade, we have built a sustainable educational environment for children in the Kibagare informal settlement, Nairobi Kenya.
The Kuumba mission, to create the space for personal and professional growth for spectacular students living in severe poverty in East Africa, acknowledges the challenge our recipients have before we meet them.
We look for partnerships and projects which can provide sustainable relief to the most significant infringements to education. We apply the Kuumba operating principle of 100% of investments focusing on:
education and leadership development
the democratization of technology and reduction of the digital divide
sustainable health and wellbeing for vulnerable students, particularly females
economic development of the communities in which we serve
Kuumba's operating principle
sustainability
empowerment instead of aid
local sourcing
less than zero administrative costs and overhead
Notable projects
Digital education
Implementation of two computer labs, e-learning software and nearly 75 student stations as well as laptops for all teachers for school in Nairobi slums
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Solar-power energy
Solar-powered, clean, sustainable energy for school in the Nairobi urban slums
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Clean water and food
Providing access to clean water and food with the construction of an on-site borehole for Nairobi school in slum
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Community empowerment
Community empowerment programs, including parents empowerment group seed funding and support for orphaned students
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Ongoing mentorship
Ongoing mentorship and club engagements with future Kuumba scholarship applicants
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