Kiwimbi International

Ten years ago, Kiwimbi began with nothing more than the desire to create opportunity through education for people in a very underserved rural area in western Kenya and some hard-working folks eager to make change. We didn’t even have a building!

Today, ten years later, we have a borrowed building that we have lovingly and beautifully restored. It houses Kiwimbi International Library collection of over 30,000 books and serves as the home base for all of our programs. In total, over 75 schools access our books for their students! Kiwimbi’s programs help children with their academics in school, and they are passing the required Grade 8 national exam at a higher rate than ever- in 2021 the pass rate was 63%, up from a rate of 38% in 2019 as we have developed and refined our programs and surpassing the national average of 19%.

The adults in our free tailoring and carpentry vocational programs have a 100% retention rate and the students are well-prepared for their exams at the completion of their courses. In fact, all of the tailoring students in 2021 took their certification exam and passed! Our cultural preservation programs and museum ensure important cultural traditions will be preserved, and our fine arts program develops skills in this often-neglected area of instruction in rural schools.

This is your invitation to continue the ripple of change, providing thousands of children in rural Kenya the opportunity to receive educational supports that would otherwise not be available.